§ Mr. COVEasked the President of the Board of Education the average number of children in attendance at elementary schools during each of the years from 1914 to 1925, and the estimated numbers for each of the years 1926. to 1930?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe number of children in average attendance at public elementary schools of all types in England and Wales during each of the years 1914 to 1925 was as follow:
Year. Average Attendance. 1913–14 … 5,392,579 1914–15 … 5,364,594 1915–16 … 5,306,420 1916–17 … 5,230,194 1917–18 … 5,195,476 1918–19 … 5,123,526 1919–20 … 5,198,964 1920–21 … 5,215,863 1921–22 … 5,189,107 1922–23 … 5,143,664 1923–24 … 5,031,680 1924–25 … (provisional) 4,939,392 As regards the current and future years, it is not practicable, owing to the fluctuation in the number of children who may attend school outside the period of compulsory attendance, to frame a really reliable estimate, but, the hon. Member-will find certain relevant information on pages 11 to 13 of the Memorandum on the Board's Estimates, 1924–25 [Cmd. 2148].