§ Mr. GROVESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of local education authorities in England and Wales; the number that have prepared schemes of reorganisation in connection with the recommendations of the Hadow Committee; how many have been approved by the Board of Education; and what number of the approved schemes have been put into operation?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMThe number of local education authorities in England 517W and Wales is 316. Schemes of reorganisation to give effect to the recommendations of the Hadow Report have been carried out by 255 of these authorities; but such schemes do not, of course, necessarily cover all the schools in any area. I am afraid that I have no precise information as to schemes prepared but not carried out. In the public elementary schools of England and Wales as a whole about 37 per cent. of the total number of children over the age of 11 were, on 31st March last, in senior departments organised on Hadow lines, or in departments containing separate senior divisions.