HC Deb 17 March 1927 vol 203 c2218W
Mr. SHORT

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children on the registers at the end of December, 1926, attending the elementary schools, of Walsall, Willenhall, Bilston, and Coseley, respectively?

Lord E. PERCY

The average numbers of children attending public elementary schools in Walsall, Bilston and Coseley during the quarter ended the 31st December, 1926, were 15,611, 5,228 and 4,019, respectively. Similar returns are not available for Willenhall, which is not an independent authority for education, but for the year ended the 31st March last the total average attendance at schools in Willenhall was 3,409.

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