§ Mr. R. MORRISONasked the President of the Board of Education the cost per child in special schools for mentally defective children as compared with the cost per child in primary schools, showing how the additional cost in special schools is made up.
§ Lord E. PERCYThe returns of local authorities do not enable me to supply248W the information asked for by the hon. Member. Special schools for mentally defective children are more costly to maintain than ordinary elementary schools because the schools themselves are generally not so large, the classes are necessarily smaller and the teachers receive, under the Burnham Scales, a special increment within the ordinary elementary scale.