§ Major Sir F. Markhamasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what would be the estimated net saving if educational divisional executives were to be abolished; and what would be the estimated net saving if the number of existing committees were to be reduced by half.
§ Sir E. BoyleOn the information available, it is difficult to make any reliable estimate of net saving. If288W divisional administration were abolished everywhere, including the excepted districts, and nothing were substituted, the net saving in administrative costs, which would not necessarily be realised immediately, might be of the order of £1 million a year. The answer to the second part of the Question would depend on various factors and, in particular, on the process by which the number of divisional executives was reduced by half.