§ Mr. Lipsonasked the President of the Board of Education the names of the counties and county boroughs with a population at the 1931 census of less than 70,000 which are to be local education authorities under the Education Bill and in each case the population at the 1931 census; and the number of pupils on the rolls of public elementary schools at 31st March, 1939.
§ Mr. ButlerI append a list of the counties and county boroughs with a population at the 1931 census of less than 70,000 which are at present local education authorities, together with particulars of their population at the 1931 census and of their public elementary school population on 31st March, 1939. Certain of these local education authorities may be combined under the provisions of Part I of the 1st Schedule to form a joint education board, but it is not possible to say which, since under paragraph 1 of that Part the Minister is precluded from making an order establishing a joint board except after a local inquiry, unless all the councils concerned consent to the making of the order.
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County and County Borough Local Education Authorities with a population at the 1931 Census of less than 70,000. ENGLAND. Counties. Population 1931 Census. Public Elementary School Population 31st March, 1939. Isles of Scilly 1,740 185 Huntingdonshire 56,206 6,928 Soke of Peterborough 8,288 1,025 Rutland 17,401 2,146 Westmorland 49,831 5,285 County Boroughs. Barrow 66,202 8,480 Bath 68,815 6,953 Burton-upon-Trent 49,486 6,700 Bury 56,182 6,208 Canterbury 24,446 2,681 Carlisle 57,304 8,242 Chester 41,440 5,912 Dewsbury 54,302 6,567 Doncaster 63,316 9,936 Dudley 59,583 9,172 Eastbourne 57,435 4,763 Exeter 66,029 7,195 Gloucester 52,937 7,668 Great Yarmouth 56,771 6,737 Hastings 65,207 6,131 Lincoln 66,243 7,146 Rotherham 69,691 10,958 Tynemouth 64,922 9,356 Wakefield 59,122 7,350 West Hartlepool 68,135 10,441 Worcester 50,546 6,413 WALES. Counties. Anglesey 49,029 6,168 Breconshire 57,775 7,034 Cardiganshire 55,184 5,657 Merionethshire 43,201 5,015 Montgomeryshire 48,473 5,778 Radnorshire 21,323 2,410