§ Mr. LESLIE SCOTTasked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Surrey County Council has recently closed its special schools for mentally defective children; and what steps he proposes to take in regard to this contravention of the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1914, with a view to enforcing compliance by the county council with its statutory duty?
§ Mr. HERBERT LEWISI understand that the two schools in question have been closed partly on grounds of economy and partly owing to difficulty experienced in organising satisfactorily small schools of this kind. I am making inquiries as to the arrangements made for the educations of the children.