§ Captain E. EVANSasked the President of the Board of Education what is the total number of free places available in secondary schools; and what proportion such number bears to the total number of places in such schools?
§ Lord E. PERCYOn 1st October last there were about 128,500 free-place pupils in grant-earning secondary schools in England and Wales, representing nearly 36 per cent, of the total number of pupils in the schools.
§ Captain EVANSfurther asked in how many areas free secondary education is being provided; and how many free places in secondary schools per 1,000 of its population are provided in each of those areas?
§ Lord E. PERCYI have taken the first part of the question to refer to areas in which some of the secondary schools are entirely free:
which they attended was free, and whether or not they resided within the area of the local authority concerned.
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