§ Mr. MUFFasked the President of the Board of Education whether the Bradford Education Committee have taken any steps to reorganise its schools under the scheme known as the Hadow reorganisation?
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§ Sir C. TREVELYANAll the provided public elementary schools in the area of the Bradford local education authority have already been reorganised on the lines suggested in the Hadow Report.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the President of the Board of Education how many local education authorities are now ready to undertake the education of children aged 14 to 15 years in primary schools along the lines recommended by the Hadow Committee; and what is approximately the number of boys and girls, respectively, provided for by such arrangements?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI could not say how many local education authorities already have accommodation available for children between the ages of 14 and 15, along the lines recommended by the Hadow Committee, without a special investigation of the position in each area; but in my speech last May on the Second Reading of the Bill then before the House, I explained that inquiries showed 140 local authorities as likely to have substantially reorganised most of their areas by the time that the additional children would be retained in the schools. The experience of the last few months has served to show that this estimate was a reasonable one, and could perhaps be slightly increased.