§ Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he has noticed the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Local Taxation, and especially the increased Grants recommended for elementary education in paragraphs 82 to 90 of the Final Report (Cd. 7315); whether he has observed that the proposed increased Grants approximately equal 75 per cent. of the total loan charges, and that column seven of the table given in paragraph 88 shows for the selected local authorities an aggregate excess of Grants over existing Grants as given in column five, which is about equal 943W to 75 per cent. of the aggregate loan charges of the local authorities selected in this table; and whether he can give, in the form of a new table, the effect of a Grant of 75 per cent. of the loan sharges for each of the same local authorities, so that it may be known in detail whether a Grant as proposed by the Departmental Committee or a Grant in aid of loan charges will secure the desired reduction of existing inequalities in the local rates for elementary education?
§ Mr. J. A. PEASEThe Report of the Committee is under the consideration of the Government. The table for which the hon. Member asks is as follows:—
Area. Grants under Existing Scheme for the Year, 1911–12. Grants as Proposed by Scheme of Departmental Committee based on Figures of 1911–12. Grants, representing Grants under Existing Scheme with the Addition of 75 per cent. of Loan Charges for the Year, 1911–12. (1) (2) (3) (4) £ £ £ Ebbw Vale Urban District … 14,774 17,740 17,964 Tottenham Urban District … 66,302 71,966 80,099 West Ham County Borough … 177,963 185,838 214,910 Barry Urban District … 26,069 25,181 31,684 Glamorganshire … 135,961 194,505 174,845 Rhondda Urban District … 65,316 80,358 81,091 Halifax County Borough … 31,103 35,257 38,311 London … 1,323,207 1,809,074 1,871,103 Leeds County Borough … 159,642 192,987 196,556 Sheffield County Borough … 139,403 179,155 167,820 Dudley County Borough … 21,382 24,898 24,236 Durham County Council … 259,351 328,413 307,792 Carnarvonshire … 40,910 51,134 49,392 Cardiff County Borough … 58,664 72,341 69,351 Manchester County Borough … 223,008 273,105 266,866 Tipton Urban District … 12,178 13,678 13,846 Bristol County Borough … 113,108 132,579 134,684 Yorks, West Riding … 365,545 438,958 431,620 Hornsey Borough … 13,253 14,325 19,925 Norfolk … 106,488 123,044 115,772 Kent … 157,506 179,067 175,208 Warwickshire … 74,678 84,133 82,794 Beckenham Urban District … 5,588 5,071 7,450 Cambridgeshire … 29,672 31,135 32,221 Devonshire … 116,675 119,255 126,775 Preston County Borough … 38,689 37,427 39,678 Richmond Borough … 6,869 3,925 7,380 Bournemouth County Borough … 13,827 6,589 16,466 Herefordshire … 28,080 24,117 29,461 Eastbourne County Borough … 10,436 6,469 11,433 Grantham Borough … 5,892 5,118 5,892 Total … 3,841,539 4,766,842 4,842,625