The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
MR. SPICER
(Hackney, Central)
To ask the President of the Board of Education what was the total cost of elementary education in the years 1873, 1879, 1884, and 1900, and the number of children in average attendance for each of the above-mentioned years; and how much was received towards the cost during the same years from grants, rates, fees, endowments, and voluntary subscriptions, respectively.
| (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) | ||||||||||
| Table showing Abstract of Income for maintenance of Public Elementary Day and Evening Schools inspected for Annual Grants. | ||||||||||
| Year. | Government Grants. | Rates. | Voluntary Subscriptions. | Endowment. | Fees and Books. | Other Sources. | Total Income. | Total Expenditure Day and Evening. | Average Attendance. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 1873 | Day and Evening | 772,072 | *61,209 | 539,502 | 73,405 | 688,296 | 31,562 | 2,166,046 | 2,206,640 | 1,528,453 |
| Day Schools only | 749,293 | Not known | separately Evening | as distinct Schools. | from | — | 2,143,267 | — | 1,482,480 | |
| 1879 | Day and Evening | 1,828,703 | 636,792 | 754,134 | 136,079 | 1,372,365 | 48,841 | 4,776,914 | 4,773,825 | 2,647,525 |
| Day Schools only | 1,804,165 | Not known | separately Evening | as distinct Schools. | from | — | 4,752,376 | — | 2,594,995 | |
| 1884 | Day and Evening | 2,515,776 | 915,474 | 734,128 | 157,124 | 1,734,115 | 64,922 | 6,121,539 | 6,131,887 | 3,297,558 |
| Day Schools only | 2,503,481 | Not known | separately Evening | as distinct Schools. | from | — | 6,109,244 | — | 3,273,124 | |
| 1900 | Day and Evening | 8,002,981 | 2,959,717 | 812,104 | 156,012 | 262,135 | ‡144,037 | 12,336,986 | 12,453,006 | 4,872,465 |
| Day Schools only | †7,827,837 | 2,809,666 | 801,202 | 154,519 | 237,962 | 104,145 | 11,935,331 | 12,045,046 | 4,666,130 | |
* Includes £4,157 paid by School Boards under Section 25, Act of 1870. | ||||||||||
| † This total is made up as follows: Annual Grant, £4,820,674 ; Fee Grant, £2,327,416 ; Aid Grant, £669,772 ; Science and Art Grants, £9,975. | ||||||||||
| ‡This total includes £35,930 County Council Grants to Evening Schools. | ||||||||||