HC Deb 22 November 1916 vol 87 cc1445-6W
Mr. KING

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state for each of the last three years for which figures are available the number of students in training as elementary school teachers who have been admitted to a third year of training abroad in accordance with Appendix J (1) of the regulations and the number in accordance with Appendix J (2)?

Mr. LEWIS

The numbers of students who have been admitted to a third year of training abroad under Appendices J (1) and J (2) of the regulations for the training of teachers for elementary schools have been for each of the last three years:

Under Appendix J (I.) Under Appendix J (II.)
Men. Women. Men. Women.
1914–15
1915–16 1
1916–17 1

Mr. KING

asked the Parliamentary) Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state, for the last three years for which figures are available, the number of departments in public elementary schools in which fees were charged; the total amount of fees paid; and the total number of children in respect of whom fees were paid?

Mr. LEWIS

The number of departments in public elementary schools (including higher elementary schools) in England and Wales in which fees were charged, the total of the fees paid, and the total number of children in respect of whom fees were paid in the statistical years 1911–12, 1912–13, and 1913–14, the latest for which information is available, were as under:

Number of departments in which fees were charged. Amount of fees paid. Number of children in respect of whom fees were paid.
£
1911–12 768 65,048 142,312
1912–13 765 66,612 141,863
1913–14 739 67,150 143,296