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Mr. Harvey
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will state, separately, the numbers of students who left training colleges and training departments in 1938 in England and in Wales; and, if the figures are available, how many in each case have received appointments in grant-aided schools?
Mr. Lindsay
The numbers of students who left training colleges and university training departments respectively in England in 1938 are 4,620 and 1,267; and of these 3,849 from training colleges and 753 from university training departments have been notified to the Board up to 18th November last as having obtained appointments in grant-aided schools
| Secondary Schools on the Grant List (excluding Direct Grant Schools). | |||||||
| Local Education Authority. | Number of Pupils on 31st March, 1937.* | Number of special place pupils paying | Total number of Special Place pupils. | ||||
| Full Fees. | Partial Fees.† | No Fees. | |||||
| 1 | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | ||
| Counties. | |||||||
| London | … | … | 33,202 | 348 | 1,264 | 12,273 | 13,885 |
| Durham | … | … | 7,261 | 453 | 283 | 5,074 | 5,810 |
| Essex | … | … | 10,962 | 646 | 3,461 | 3,343 | 7,450 |
| Kent | … | … | 13,413 | 221 | 593 | 3,459 | 4,273 |
| Middlesex | … | … | 21,703 | 3,695 | 3,297 | 10,139 | 17,131 |
| Surrey | … | … | 10,751 | 224 | 467 | 2,061 | 2,752 |
| County Boroughs. | |||||||
| Bradford | … | … | 4,291 | 227 | 808 | 2,879 | 3,914 |
| Croydon | … | … | 912 | 41 | 36 | 204 | 281 |
| Leeds | … | … | 4,924 | 43 | 142 | 1,187 | 1,372 |
| Sheffield | … | … | 4,006 | 274 | 258 | 2,480 | 3,012 |
| South Shields | … | … | 873 | 56 | 44 | 283 | 383 |
| * Figures for March, 1938, are not yet available. | |||||||
| † The Board are unable to analyse these figures in the precise form asked for in the question. | |||||||