§ 4. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Education what was the cost per child per annum in elementary schools and secondary schools, respectively, for the years 1900, 1929, 1939, and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe cost per pupil in board schools and voluntary elementary schools in the year ended 31st March, 1900, was about£2 10s. The cost per pupil in public elementary schools in the years ended 31st March, 1929, and 31st March, 1938, was about£12 11s. and£15 16s. respectively. There was no public secondary school system in 1900, but in the years ended 31st March, 1929, and 31st March, 1938, the average gross cost per pupil in grant-aided secondary schools was about£28 and£29 respectively. In 1947–48, on the basis of the revised estimates of local education authorities for that year, the estimated net expenditure per pupil, including all the ancillary services such as school milk and meals, social and recreative training, etc., was about£25 in the case of maintained primary (including nursery) schools, and about£40 in that of maintained secondary schools.