§ Mr. SPENCERasked the President of the Board of Education whether he will state the total number of His Majesty's inspectors for secondary schools; how many of such inspectors have had at least five years' experience of actual teaching in grant-aided secondary schools; and whether any and, if so, how many have had no such experience?
Mr. STANLEYThe total number of His Majesty's Inspectors of secondary schools is at present 39. Of these 20 have had five or more years' previous teaching experience in grant-aided secondary schools; 3 less than five years, and 16 no such experience. It will be appreciated, 2997W however, that those Inspectors who have not previously taught in grant-aided schools have had considerable experience of teaching in public schools or secondary schools not in receipt of grants from the Board. The average teaching experience in all types of schools in this branch of the Board's Inspectorate is 11½ years.
§ Mr. SPENCERasked the President of the Board of Education whether he will state, giving figures for the elementary and secondary branches separately, the numbers of His Majesty's Inspectors who are graduates of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, graduates of other universities, and non-graduates, respectively?
Mr. STANLEYThe number of His Majesty's Inspectors employed in the elementary branch is 126, of whom 74 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, 31 graduates of other universities, and 21
Countries to which consigned. 1924. 1931. 1934 Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value. Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ British Countries 156,097 3,810,700 122,905 2,108,420 190,087 3,561,341 Japan (including Formosa and Kwantung Peninsula) 22,274 557,950 21,214 354,963 11,901 207,999 Italy 20,981 491,591 4,084 66,157 2,052 35,328 Belgium 17,641 420,254 9,790 153,177 2,334 40,466 Spain 22,001 548,319 19,270 318,038 4,690 89,106
§ Mr. R. EVANSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make inquiries and inform the House what was the output of sheets and tinplates during the years 1924, 1931, and 1934 in India, Australia, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Germany?
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— Sheets. Tinplates. 1924 1931 1934 1924 1931 1934 Tons. Tons. India (a) … … 725 22,253 26,358 20,000 38,270 51,389 Japan (b) … … 33,708(d) 248,064 289,262 Nil 27,000 61,000 Germany (c) … … 478,530 517,714 777,091 85,098 146,641 225,000 Notes:—(a) Sheets under ⅛-inch thick. (b) Sheets under 0.7 m.m. thick. (c) Sheets under 3 m.m. thick. (d) Figures relate to the year 1925. non-graduates. The number employed in the secondary branch is 39, of whom 32 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, and 7 graduates of other universities.