§ Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he will state the latest yearly totals for which figures are available of the following items for elementary schools in England and Wales, in continuation of the summaries which before the War were included in the annual volume of Statistics of Public Education in England and Wales, namely: total receipts from Parliamentary Giants, total receipts from rates and borough funds, expenditure in purchase of land, and erection, enlargement, or alteration of school buildings, salaries of teachers, salaries of officers other than teachers, total accommodation in all elementary schools, and total number of scholars on the school registers?
§ Mr. HERBERT FISHERThe only items for which later figures can be given than those published in the Board's statistics for 1912–13 are the following:
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1915–16. Total receipts from Parliamentary Grants for public elementary schools maintained by local education authorities £12,164,000
5915–16. Salaries of Teachers in public elementary schools maintained by local education authorities £17,148,718 1917. Accommodation in public elementary schools... 7,114,023 1917 (31st January). Scholars on the registers in public elementary schools 5,979,689