HC Deb 07 April 1925 vol 182 c2055W
Mr. S. MITCHELL

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in connection with the grant of £80,000 recently made for school buildings in Kenya Colony, if he can state the number of European school children in that Colony?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

The following figures are taken from the Kenya Census report of 1921:

EUROPEAN CHILDREN.
Age. Boys. Girls.
0–5 … … … 462 426
5–9 … … … 357 359
10–14 … … … 203 235
15–19 … … … 213 199
Later figures are not available, but it may be assumed that the number of school age is not now less than the number under 9 years in 1921—that is, 819 boys and 785 girls.