HC Deb 16 February 1939 vol 343 cc1921-2W
Mr. Poole

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will make suitable representations to the Staffordshire County Council, in view of the fact that only approximately one in 50 of the children on the registers of the elementary schools in the county are receiving secondary education free, or at reduced fees?

Mr. Lindsay

As I pointed out to the hon. Member in a previous answer the provision of secondary school places in the county of Staffordshire is comparatively low, though I might add that there are over 500 pupils from the county attending schools in the county boroughs, who pay partial fees or no fees at all. I have not the evidence of a demand for more secondary school provision, such as would justify the Board making special representations.