I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education if he has received official notification that the managers of any non-provided schools in Merionethshire, and, if so, which, have paid to the teachers in those schools the salaries earned by them up to the 30th June last; whether the managers of these schools have applied to the Board for repayment; and what action is being taken by the Board.
The managers of four voluntary schools, the names of which I will send to the noble Lord, have informed the Board that they have paid the teachers' salaries and have applied for repayment. The Board have asked the local authority whether the salaries have been correctly stated in the claims.
Are we to understand that in the event of the local authority replying that that is so, the Board of Education will pay the salaries?
I will then consider whether it is expedient.
How long is the consideration likely to last?
I think I shall probably come to a conclusion very quickly.
Has the right hon. Gentleman not decided yet that it is expedient that managers should be paid the salaries when due?
If the right hon. Gentleman will apply his mind to reading the clause he will find it enacts that the Board of Education may pay the salaries if they think it expedient. Therefore, I am bound to consider the expediency in each case as it arises.