§ Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the President of the Board of Education the number of school children who were in the reception areas in March, 1940, and the 492W number that are there now, dividing them into the local children and evacuated children?
Mr. M. MacDonaldI have been asked to reply. The number of school children evacuated under the Government scheme who were in the reception areas was approximately 347,000 in March, 1940. and is 426,000 at the present time. I understand from the President of the Board of Education that the total number of school children in reception areas in February, 1940, was 2,037,618 and that no later figures are available.