§ Mr. Fosterasked the President of the Board of Education the school population per thousand of the populations of the Parliamentary Boroughs in Lancashire, separately for each borough.
§ Mr. ButlerFollowing is the information:
Table showing the number of pupils on the registers of public elementary schools on 31st March, 1939, per 1000 of population (estimated at the middle of 1938) in each Parliamentary Borough in Lancashire.
Parliamentary Borough and Public Elementary School population per 1000 of population. Accrington … … 110.3 Ashton-under-Lyne … … 112.7 Barrow-in-Furness … … 126.9 Blackburn … … 113.9 Blackpool … … 85.1 Bolton … … 111.4 Bootle … … 147.9 Burnley … … 110.4 Bury … … 106.4 Eccles … … 120.6 Leigh … … 129.2 Liverpool … … 154.4 Manchester … … 127.4 Nelson and Colne … … 99.2 Oldham … … 107.6 Preston … … 128.5 Rochdale … … 107.6 Rossendale … … 108.3 St. Helens … … 170.8 Salford … … 136.6 Southport … … 90.1 Warrington … … 140.1 Wigan … … 139.2