HC Deb 08 February 1944 vol 396 cc1642-3W
Mr. Lipson

asked 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. Butler

I 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.

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

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