§ Wing-Commander JAMESasked the President of the Board of Education the number of mentally defective children for whom special educational facilities have been provided in the last pre-War year and during the last three years; and the additional cost involved in the current year?
§ Sir D. MACLEANThe average numbers on the registers of special schools for mentally defective children were as follow:
Year ended 31st March. 1914 … … … … 13,563 1929 … … … … 15,479 1930 … … … … 15,308 1931 … … … … 15,269 1932 … … … … figure not yet available. In regard to the last part of the question, I regret that information is not available as to expenditure incurred on these schools as distinct from special schools for defective children of other types.