§ Mr. Hutchinsonasked the President of the Board of Education in how many single-school areas the school is a provided school; and what was the average attendance at such schools for the latest year for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. ButlerThe number of provided public elementary schools in single-school areas in England and Wales on 31st March, 1935, the latest date for which statistics are available, was 2,125, and it is unlikely that this number has materially changed, though the tendency is for it to increase. For the purposes of these figures a single-school area is taken as a civil parish in which there is only one public elementary school. No account has been taken of the accessibility of schools in adjoining parishes. I regret that figures for the average attendance at these school are not available.