§ Mr. WATERSONasked the President of the Board of Education the amount granted by the German Government for education for the year 1913–14, and each succeeding year respectively?
§ Mr. FISHERThe Imperial or Central Government of Germany has not, either before or since the Revolution, been responsible for expenditure on education. The administration of this service has always been strictly reserved to the individual States, which numbered 26 under the old Constitution and now number 18. Each of these States, however inconsiderable in extent, has its own educational system, and there are many differences of organisation. So far as the Board are aware, no return has been issued by the Central Government containing the desired information for the whole country.