§ Mr. COVEasked the President of the Board of Education the average gross expenditure of local education authorities on salaries and on other expenditure, respectively; the average receipts from fees and other sources for each registered pupil in a secondary school in the year 1925–26; and the corresponding estimates for 1926–27?
§ Lord E. PERCYI assume that the hon. Member desires me to supply him with figures for 1925–26 and 1926–27 corresponding to the figures given on page 10 of the Board's Estimates Memorandum [Cmd. 2688] relating to gross cost per registered pupil in secondary schools maintained by local authorities. The The figures for 1925–26 may be provisionally given as follows:
Gross expenditure— £ s. Salaries 20 13 Other Expenditure 6 11 27 4 Receipts; Fees, etc 7 16 Net expenditure per registered pupil 19 8 The above figures are based on returns of expenditure for completed years, and corresponding figures cannot, therefore, be given for 1926–27.