§ Mr. KINGasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will state for the last three years for which information is available the number of students intending to be teachers, recognised for the first time during each year, in conformity with Column 10 of Table 52 of Cd. 8907.
§ Mr. LEWISThe following table gives the number of students intending to be teachers recognised for the first time during the year:
— 1913–14. 1914–15. 1915–16. England … … 5,022 5,517 6,203* Wales … … 754 851 851* 5,776 6,368 7,054* * The figures for 1915–16 are subject to correction.
§ Mr. KINGasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will state, for the year 1914–15, the annual output of trained teachers (in continuation of Table 54 (7) (e) of Statistics, 1913–14 [Cd. 8097])?
§ Mr. LEWISThe number of students who finished their period of training in training colleges for elementary school teachers in 1914-15 was 4,836 (l,179 men and 3,657 women).