§ Mr. TURTONasked the President of the Board of Education what number of children who will be affected by the raising of the school-leaving age are receiving instruction in rural and urban schools, respectively?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANWhen the raising of the school-leaving age has become fully effective, approximately 400,000 additional children will be retained in the schools in England and Wales, divided roughly as follows: 80,000 in schools in rural districts and 320,000 in schools in urban districts.