asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that the London County Council has refused the offer of 80 boarding places, made by independent schools; and, as this offer is in accordance with the recommendations of the Fleming report and its refusal deprives some 80 schoolchildren of these advantages, if he will make inquiries into the reason for this action, with a view to its modification.
The L.C.C. are taking up 90 of the 170 places offered to them by independent schools. They are not taking up all the places because on the basis on which they have been proceeding this year an insufficient number of suitable applications was received by the time it was necessary to close with the schools' offers. These arrangements are quite distinct from the schemes recommended in the Fleming Committee's report.