§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Education if she will state the number of teachers and the amount of school accommodation necessary, under reasonable conditions, when the school-leaving age is raised to 16 years; and what are the figures at the latest available date.
§ Miss WilkinsonNo, Sir. Until all local education authorities' development plans have been received and approved, it is not practicable to estimate the amount of school accommodation which will be needed when the compulsory age is raised to 16. Neither is it possible to state with any precision the number of teachers 435W needed by that time. I am at present concentrating on getting the age raised to 15.