HC Deb 23 June 1938 vol 337 cc1283-4W
Mr. Griffith

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what proportion of boys who left grant-aided secondary schools in 1937 had previously obtained a school-leaving certificate?

Mr. Lindsay

52.2 per cent. of the boys who left grant-aided secondary schools in England and Wales during the school year 1936–37 had obtained a school-leaving certificate.