§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the President of the Board of Education the number of students leaving training colleges in England and Wales who failed to secure employment as teachers?
Mr. WOODOn 19th October the Board asked the training colleges to supply such information as they possessed on this point. The returns which have been received up to date are not complete, but they show that of 6,448 students leaving the colleges last summer, 5,046 were known and 1,402 were not known by the college authorities to have obtained employment.
1216Wauthorities form part of the expenditure on which grants are paid under the Board's Regulations. In the case of higher education, the grant on the recognised expenditure is at the rate of 50 per cent. In the case of elementary education, the rate of grant on loan charges is at 20 per cent. The total expenditure on loan charges by local education authorities for elementary and for higher education in recent years is as follows:
Elementary. Higher. £ £ 1919–20 3,083,767 524,244 1920–21 3,054,031 583,363 1921–22 3,066,000 (appx.) 689,000 (appx.)
§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the President of the Board of Education the sum expended on education in our elementary, secondary and higher grade schools and in technical colleges; and what part of this expenditure was charged to the national Exchequer for the years ending 31st March, 1914, and 31st March, 1922?
Mr. WOODThe total expenditure from public funds in the years 1913–14 and 1921–22 for elementary and higher education, respectively, is shown in the appended table: