§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of farm institutes and their total staff at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsThere are 18 farm institutes in England and Wales, of which three are at present being used for other purposes. At 30th September last the number of teachers on the agricultural and horticultural education staffs of the local education authorities responsible for the remaining 15 institutes was 189, including a few employed full-time and others part-time on work outside the institutes. Staffing arrangements have undergone some change in consequence of the establishment of the National Agricultural Advisory Service on 1st October, but I am unable at present to say to what extent the foregoing figure has been affected.