§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will indicate the recent progress made in the reduction of the size of those school classes where the number of pupils exceeded 40 in each class?
Mr. LindsayOn 31st March, 1938, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of classes in public elementary schools in England and Wales with more than 40 children on the roll was 44,582 as compared with 46,193 on 31st March, 1937.