HC Deb 17 October 1950 vol 478 c231W
Commander Maitland

asked the Minister of Education how many children have received grants to enable them to be educated at boarding schools during each of the years 1948 and 1949 in each of the following local education authorities: Lindsey County Council, Kesteven County Council, Holland with Boston County Council, Leicestershire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council; and if, in each case, he will also give the number of children available for such grants.

Mr. Tomlinson

In the educational years 1948–49 and 1949–50 the local education authorities concerned gave assistance towards the education of children at boarding schools in the following number of cases:

L.E.A. 1948–49 1949–50
Leicestershire 35 56
Lincs. Holland 13 22
Lincs. Kesteven 32 48
Lincs. Lindsey 103 121
Nottinghamshire 87 137

Assistance with boarding education is given by local education authorities only where this form of education is agreed by them to be desirable in any particular case. It is not possible to say how many potential cases there were in any one area.