§ Mr. LOWTHasked the President of the Board of Education the number of children under the age of 11 at present in secondary schools, the number of children of the age of 11 plus awaiting secondary school accommodation, and the total number of children which secondary schools throughout the country can accommodate?
§ Mr. TREVELYANOn 1st October, 1923, there were about 42,000 pupils under 11 in grant-earning secondary schools. I am unable to answer the second part of the question. The total number of the children in the schools on 1st October, 1923, was about 359,000. I cannot state the nominal accommodation of the schools, but they are mostly full.