§ Captain Pluggeasked the President of the Board of Education how many children there are in Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham, respectively, who are receiving full-time education and provided with adequate air-raid shelters, respectively?
§ Mr. ButlerThe following table gives the information:
Local Education Authority. Number of children receiving full-time education. Number of air-raid shelter places available. Rochester 2,600 1,620 Chatham 2,401 2,430 Gillingham 2,914 2,510 The discrepancy between the number of children and the number of shelter places is accounted for at Rochester by the fact that two 3¼ hours' shifts for two separate sets of children are worked each day, and at Gillingham by the fact that a number of children are able to reach shelter in their own homes on the sounding of an alert.