§ Mr. NEWBOULDasked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state the amount of the loans sanctioned for providing schools in England and Wales in each of the years from 1912 to 1920; and, if possible, the amounts spent in each of these years by the local education authorities on land and buildings from loan account and current account?
§ Mr. FISHERThe amount of loans sanctioned by the Local Government Board 63W (or the Ministry of Health) for purposes of education in England and Wales (excluding London*) in the years named is as follows:
£ 1911–12 2,691,723 1912–13 2,390,742 1913–14 2,349,722 1914–15 2,038,547 1915–16 239,749 1916–17 116,375 1917–18 17,992 1918–19 32,620 1919–20 816,866 * To provide funds for their capital expenditure (including expenditure on educational premises) the London County Council are empowered to issue Consolidated Stock by the London County Council (Finance Consolidation) Act, 1912. Power to expend the money is conferred annually by a Money Act.
The collection by the Board of Education of statistics of the expenditure of focal education authorities was largely suspended during the War. The expenditure of local education authorities out of loans can therefore only be given for the following years:
£ 1912–13 3,133,647 1914–15 2,718,404 1918–19 109,425 Complete figures showing the amount spent on land and buildings from current account cannot be given. The amount spent from current account on land and buildings for elementary education in 1912–13 was £237,797.