Boarding Secondary Schools and Hostels

HC Deb 13 July 1961 vol 644 cc75-6W

Mr. Fitch

asked the Minister of Education which local education authorities have exercised their powers under the Education Acts to establish boarding provision at maintained secondary schools; and how many boarding places have been provided in this way.

Sir D. Eccles

The following local education authorities in England and Wales maintain boarding secondary schools and hostels under the Education Acts:

• Berkshire.
• Reading.
• Buckinghamshire.
• Cambridgeshire.
• Cornwall.
• Cumberland.
• Derbyshire
• Devon.
• Dorset.
• Essex.
• Hampshire.
• Hertfordshire.
• Kent.
• Lancashire.
• Blackpool.
• Leicestershire.
• Lincolnshire: Kesteven.
• Lincolnshire: Lindsey.
• Lincoln.
• London.
• Norfolk.
• Northamptonshire.
• Peterborough J.E.B.
• Northumberland.
• Nottinghamshire.
• Oxfordshire.
• Shropshire.
• Somerset.
• Staffordshire.
• Suffolk, East.
• Suffolk, West.
• Surrey.
• Sussex, East.
• Sussex, West.
• Warwickshire.
• Birmingham.
• Westmorland.
• Wiltshire.
• Worcestershire.
• Worcester.
• Yorkshire (East Riding).
• York.
• Yorkshire (North Riding).
• Yorkshire (West Riding).
• Glamorgan.
• Merioneth.
• Pembrokeshire.

The total number of boarding places in such schools in January, 1960, was 8,500.