§ Mr. MOLSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of secondary 2022W schools for boys and for girls, and the total number of places in the administrative county of London in each of the years 1920 to 1934; the number of boys and girls attending those schools in each of those years; the estimated number of children of secondary school age in the administrative county of London in each of these years; and the estimated number of children of secondary school age in the administrative county of London in 1935, 1940, 1945, and 1950?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMThe following is the information asked for in so far as it is available:
LONDON. Secondary Schools on the Grant List. — Number of Schools for Number of Pupils on 1st October. Boys. Girls. Boys and Girls. Boys. Girls. Total. 1920 … … 36 52 2 17,467 18,704 36,171 1921 … … 36 52 2 17,940 19,738 37,678 1922 … … 36 52 2 17,893 19,470 37,363 1923 … … 36 52 2 17,632 18,660 36,292 1924 … … 36 52 2 17,652 18,469 36,121 1925 … … 37 52 2 18,078 18,824 36,902 1926 … … 38 52 2 18,222 18,995 37,217 1927 … … 37 52 2 17,367 19,000 36,367 1928 … … 37 52 2 17,465 19,149 36,614 1929 … … 38 52 2 17,691 19,042 36,733 1930 … … 39 52 2 18,113 19,011 37,124 1931 … … 39 51 2 18,982 19,307 38,289 1932 … … 38 51 2 19,182 19,137 38,319 1933 … … 38 51 2 18,968 19,028 37,996 NOTES.—(1) Inasmuch as no recognised accommodation is laid down in the case of secondary schools, information as to the number of places as distinct from the number of pupils in such schools is not available. (2) (a) The total number of children aged 11 and under 17 in London was 491,786 in 1921, and 394,011 in 1931; but similar information is not available for the inter-censal years. (b) It is estimated that the number of children in London between those ages in 1935 will be of the order of 370,000. Sufficient data are not available on which the frame estimates for the years 1940, 1945 and 1950.