Mr. T. THOMSONasked the President of the Board of Education what were the amounts paid in the last financial year by way of increased grants to highly rated areas for educational services and to which authorities were such grants paid; and will he state the approximate amount of such grants likely to be paid in the current financial year and the local authorities likely to benefit thereby?
§ Mr. TREVELYANThe amounts of the increased grants payable to highly rated areas are not determined until the audited accounts for the year are received and examined. The audited accounts for 1923–24 have not yet reached the Board, and I cannot add anything to the information given by my predecessor in his reply of the 17th January last to the hon. Member for Walsall (Mr. Collins), a copy of which I am sending the hon. Gentleman. For the year 1924–25 the sum contained in the Estimates for this purpose is £200,000, as stated in paragraph 12 of the Memorandum of the Board's Estimates [Cmd. 2148], but the number of probable participants cannot be ascertained at this early date.