§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what number of classes there are in each county in Wales with over 40 children in each class, over 50, and over 60, provided and non-provided; and what progress has been made in making prepara- 1157W tion for the raising of the school age in each county?
WALES. Number of classes with over 40 pupils on Registers in Provided and Non-Provided Schools on 31st March, 1938. Area. Over 40 but not over 50 Over 50 but not over 60. 61 and over. Provided. Non-provided. Provided. Non-provided. Provided. Non-provided. Anglesey … 1 1 — — — — Brecknockshire … 2 — — — — — Caernarvonshire … 20 4 — — — — Cardiganshire … 1 — — — — — Carmarthenshire … 22 61 — 3 — — — — Carmarthen B. … 7 — — — — — Llanelly B. … 32 3 — — — — Denbighshire … 12 24 8 13 — 1 1 — — Wrexham B. … 12 5 — — — — Flintshire … 52 28 8 2 — — Glamorgan … 163 633 1 85 4 6 — 3 — 1 — Neath B. … 13 9 — — — — Port Talbot B. … 35 11 — — — — Aberdare U.D. … 8 1 — — — — Barry U.D. … 24 — — — — — Mountain Ash U.D. … 16 — — — — — Pontypridd U.D. … 15 1 — — — — Rhondda U.D. … 22 — — — — — Cardiff C.B. … 153 48 2 2 — — Merthyr Tydfil C.B. … 22 6 — 1 — — Swansea C.B. … 162 8 — — — — Merionethshire … 4 — — — — — Monmouthshire … 78 201 7 28 3 3 — — — Abertillery U.D. … 4 — — — — — Ebbw Vale U.D. … 10 — — — — — Newport C.B. … 109 21 — — — — Montgomeryshire … — 1 — — — — Pembrokeshire … 13 20 1 1 — — — — Pembroke B. … 7 — — — — — Radnorshire … — — — — — — I regret that it is not possible to deal adequately with the last part of the question by means of question and answer. At the present time the great majority of the local education authorities in Wales are either in process of carrying out schemes of reorganisation or have schemes under consideration. The rate of progress varies from authority to authority, but in some areas, particularly those which are sparsely populated, a good deal remains to be done before adequate provision for senior pupils in reorganised departments will have been made.