§ 111. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Education to state the total number of boys and girls at present attending direct grant schools, the proportion of them being maintained by local education authorities, and the total annual payment out of public funds to these schools, at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydApart from junior school pupils, for whom no payment is made from public funds, there were about 84,000 pupils in direct grant grammar schools in January, 1958. About 55 per cent. of these had their tuition fees paid by local education authorities. In the financial year 1957–58, grants from my Department amounted to about £3,900,000 and fee payments by local education authorities to about £2,500,000.