§ Sir A. Knoxasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, how many evacuated children and how many local children, respectively, are attending school full-time, and how many half-time in the counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire?
Mr. LindsayFollowing is the answer:
Berkshire. Local Children. Evacuated Children. Elementary Full-time 17,260 3,842 Half-time 1,987 1,120 Higher Full-time 1,870 45 Half-time 801 1,138
Buckinghamshire. Local Children. Evacuated Children. Elementary Full-time 26,088 8,507 Half-time* 2,217 1,161 Higher Full-time 2,610 1,275 Half-time* 806 622 * These children are receiving much more than half-time education but not sufficient to include them in the full-time category. There are no children in either county receiving less than half-time education.