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Written Answers To Questions

Friday, 31st May, 1946

Grammar Schools (Direct Grant Status)

asked the Minister of Education, which schools have now been granted direct grant status; which have become independent; and which schools have been refused the status of direct grant.Miss Wilkinson:Following is the answer:A. LIST OF GRAMMAR SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCORDED DIRECT GRANT STATUS UNDER PART IV OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (GRANT CONDITIONS) REGULATIONS, 1945.

Bedfordshire—

Bedford Modern School for Boys.
Bedford Modern School for Girls.

Berkshire—

Abingdon Roysse's School (B).
Reading, The Abbey School (G).

Cambridgeshire—

Cambridge, Perse School for Boys.
Cambridge, Perse School for Girls.

Cheshire—

Birkenhead School (B).
Birkenhead, Convent of Faithful Companions of Jesus School (G).
Birkenhead High School for Girls. Birkenhead, St. Anselm's College (B).
Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme, The Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks Orphan Schools (B & G).
Chester, Ursuline Convent School (G).
Chester, King's School (B).
Chester, Queen's School (G).
Stockport Grammar School (B).

Cornwal—

Truro School (B).
Truro High School for Girls.

Devon—

Bideford, Edgehill Girls' College.
Exeter School (B).
Exeter Maynard's Girls' School.
Plymouth College and Mannamead School (B).
Plymouth, Convent of Notre Dame High School (G).
Plymouth. St. Boniface's College (B).
Shebbear, Methodist College (B).
West Buckland School (B).

Durham—

Barnard Castle School (B).
Stockton-on-Tees, Queen Victoria High School (G).
Sunderland, St. Anthony's Secondary School (G).
West Hartlepool, St. Joseph's Convent School (G).

Essex—

Brentwood, Sir Anthony Browne's School (B).
Brentwood, Ursuline High School (G).
Ilford, Ursuline High School (G).
Woodford, Bancroft's School (B).

Gloucestershire—

Bristol Cathedral School (B).
Bristol Christian Brothers' College (B).
Bristol, Clifton, La Retraite High School (G).
Bristol Grammar School (B).
Bristol, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (B).
Bristol, Red Maids' School (G).

Hampshire—

Bournemouth, Talbot Heath School (G).
Portsmouth Grammar School (B).
Portsmouth High School for Girls.
Southampton, King Edward VI Grammar School (B).^*
Southampton, St. Anne's Rockstone Place Grammar School (G).

Herefordshire—

Hereford Cathedral Grammar School (B).

Hertfordshire—

St. Albans, City of St. Albans Grammar School (B).

Huntingdonshire—

Kimbolton Grammar School (B).

Kent—

Bromley High School for Girls.
Harbledown, Kent College (B).
Mottingham, Eltham College (B).
Sevenoaks, Walthamstow Hall (G).

Lancashire—

Blackburn, Convent of Notre Dame Secondary School (G).
Blackburn, St. Mary's College (B).
Blackpool, Arnold,School (B).
Blackpool. College of St Joseph (B).
Blackpool, Convent Secondary School (G).
Bolton, Church of England Educational Institution School (B and G).
Bolton, Mount St. Joseph Secondary School (G).
Bolton, The Bolton School, Boys' Division.
Bolton, The Bolton School, Girls' Division.
Bolton, Thornleigh College (B).
Bury Convent High School (G).
Bury, Grammar School for Boys.
Bury, Grammar School for Girls.
Crosby, St. Mary's College (B).
Crosby, The Merchant Taylors' Boys' School.
Crosby, The Merchant Taylors' Girls' School.
Crosby, Convent of the Sacred Heart of Mary School (G).
Liverpool, Bellerive Girls' School.
Liverpool, Belvedere School for Girls.
Liverpool, Everton Valley, Notre Dame Collegiate School (G).
Liverpool, St. Edmund's College (G).
Liverpool, St. Edward's College (B).
Liverpool, St. Francis Xavier 's College (B).
Lytham St. Annes, Lytham, King Edward VII School.
Lytham St. Annes. Lytham, Queen Mary School (G).
Manchester, Fallowfield, Convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus High School (G).
Manchester Grammar School (B).
Manchester High School for Girls.
Manchester, Hulme Grammar School (B).

This school has been granted provisional recognition until end of July, 1946.

Manchester, Loreto High School (G).
Manchester, Notre Dame High School (G).
Manchester, St. Bede's College (B).
Manchester, Withington Girls' School.
Manchester, Xaverian College (B).
Oswaldtwistle, Paddock House School (G).
St. Helens Catholic Grammar School (B).
St. Helens, Notre Dame High School (G).
Salford, Ade1phi House Secondary School (G).
Salford, De La Salle College (B).
Wigan, Convent of Notre Dame High School for Girls.

Leicestershire—

Loughborough Grammar School (B).
Loughborough High School for Girls.

London—

Hammersmith, Latymer Upper School (B).
Hampstead, Haberdashers' Aske's Hampstead Boys' School.
Hampstead, South Hampstead High School for Girls.
Kensington High School for Girls.
Lewisham, Blackheath High School for Girls.
Lewisham, Sydenham High School for Girls.
Wandsworth, Putney High School for Girls.
Wandsworth, Streatham Hill and Clapham High School for' Girls.

Middlesex—

Acton, Haberdashers' Aske's Acton Girls' School.
Ealing, Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls.
Edgware, Canon's Park. North London Collegiate School (G).

Norfolk—

Norwich High School for Girls.
Norwich, King Edward VI Grammar School (B).
Norwich, Notre Dame High School (G).

Northamptonshire—

Brackley, Magdalen College School (B).
Northampton High School for Girls.
Northampton, Notre Dame High School (G).

Northumberland—

Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Central) High School for Girls.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Convent of the Sacred Heart Secondary School (G).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dame Allan's Boys' School.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dame Allan's Girls' School.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Royal Grammar School (B).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St. Cuthbert's Grammar School (B).

Nottinghamshire—

Nottingham High School for Girls.

Oxfordshire—

Oxford High School for Girls.
Oxford, Magdalen College School (B)

Rutland—

Oakham School (B).

Shropshire—

Shrewsbury High School for Girls.

Somerset—

Bath High School for Girls.
Bath King Edward's School.
Wellington, The Wellington School (B).

Staffordshire—

Stoke-on-Trent, St. Dominic's High School for Girls.
Stoke-on-Trent, St. Joseph's College (B).

Suffolk (East)—

Framlingham, Albert Memorial College (B).
Ipswich High School for Girls.
Woodbridge School (B).

Suffolk (West)—

Bury St. Edmunds, Culford School (B).

Surrey—

Caterham and Warlingham, Caterham School (B)
Croydon High School for Girls.
Croydon, Old Palace Girls' School.
Croydon, Whitgift Middle School (B)
Kingston-on-Thames, Grammar School (B)
Sanderstead, St. Anne's College for Girls.
Sutton and Cheam, Sutton High School for Girls.
Wimbledon High School for Girls.

Sussex (East)—

Brighton and Hove High School for Girls.

Warwickshire—

Birmingham, King Edward VI High School for Boys.
Birmingham, King Edward VI High School for Girls.

Wiltshire—

West Lavington, Daunstey's School (B)

Worcestershire—

Worcester Cathedral Grammar School (B)

Yorkshire (East Riding)—

Kingston-upon-Hull, Hymer's College (B).
Pocklington School (B).
York. The Bar Convent Secondary School (G).

Yorkshire (North Riding)—

Scarborough, Convent of the Ladies of Mary Secondary School (G).

Yorkshire (West Riding)—

Aireborough, Apperley Bridge, Woodhouse Grove School (B).
Bradford Girls' Grammar School.
Bradford Grammar School (B).
Bradford, St. Joseph's College (G).
Harrogate, Ashville College (B).
Leeds, Notre Dame Collegiate School (G).
Leeds, St. Mary's College (G).
Leeds, St. Michael's College (B).
Sheffield, De La Salle College (B).
Sheffield High School for Girls.
Sheffield, Notre Dame High School (G).
Wakefield Girls' School.
Wakefield Grammar School (B)

British Army

Civilian Clothing

asked the Secretary of State for War when 5889294 Sergeant Hodges, who was demobilised on 17th January, may expect to receive his demobilisation suit from Branston Depot; and when ha may expect an acknowledgment of letters written to Branston Depot

I regret the delay in supplying a civilian suit to Sergeant Hodges, but I understand that one has now been sent to him. I am aware that there has been some delay in dealing with the large volume of correspondence received at Branston; this has been due to the concentration of all available staff on the despatch of clothing.

Naafi (Released Personnel)

asked the Secretary of State for War if the N.A.A.F.I. Council grants any gratuity and terminal leave to men and women on a scale analogous to the benefits given to men of the Forces and women of the Auxiliary Services on their demobilisation.

The majority of N.A.A.F.I. employees serving overseas are commissioned or enlisted into the Armed Forces as R.A.S.C./E.F.I. or A.T.S./E.F.I. personnel and I understand that N.A.A.F.I. pays War Service gratuities on the normal scale in respect of military service overseas. When released under the release scheme R.A.S.C. / E.F.I. and A. T.S. / E.F. I. personnel receive the normal 56 days' release leave plus any overseas service leave to which they are entitled under N.A.A.F.I. rules, except those who were employed by N.A.A.F.I. before the war and continue in its service as civilians after release.

Educational Corps (Teachers)

asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present strength of the Army Education Corps; and how many of its number are teachers eligible for returning to civil life under Class A.

On 30th April the strength of the Army Educational Corps was 1,844 all ranks. Of this number 764 are classified as teachers before enlistment and are serving on non-Regular engagements. These men will be eligible for release in due course under Class A, provided they do not defer their release voluntarily.

Prisoners Of War (Ex-Wehrmacht Personnel)

asked the Secretary of State for War how many non-German ex-members of the Wehrmacht are still held as prisoners of war or surrendered enemy personnel in Germany; and what are their nationalities.

The numbers of non-German ex-Wehrmacht personnel held in the British Zone of Germany as surrendered enemy personnel are as follow:

Nationality.
Austrians	1,846
Belgians	43
Claimants to British nationality	1
Bulgarians	1
Czechs	39
Danes	19
Danzigers	5
Dutch	41
Estonian	60
Finns	1
French	5
Greeks	1
Hungarians	7,308
Italians	165
Lithuanians	23
Luxembourgers	1
Poles	71
Roumanians	2,259
Turks	1
Jugoslavs	157
Total	12,047

Trade And Commerce

Licensed Trades And Occupations

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will specify the trades and occupations for the pursuit of which it is necessary to have a licence from a Government Department.

The Board of Trade have no information as to the conditions under which licences are required by the various Government Departments concerned. Perhaps the hon. and gallant Member will put down a Question relating specifically to the Board of Trade. In the meantime, I have called for the information he desires.

Target Making (Paper Board)

asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that miniature rifle clubs are still unable to obtain adequate supplies of targets; and if he will take steps to make more targets available.

I have been asked to reply. Appreciable quantities of paperboard have been released for making targets, and I am not aware of the difficulties to which the hon. and gallant Member refers. But I shall be glad to make further inquiry if he will furnish me with details.

Unemployment Benefit Clynnog (Payment)

asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that unemployed persons in the Clynnog district of Caernarvonshire are obliged to travel to the Penygroes local office each Friday in order to receive their benefit, at a cost of 1s. 10d. omnibus fare; and if he will either arrange for benefit to be paid in the village of Clynnog each Friday, or for benefit to be sent by post to recipients, as already is the case with unemployed persons in the neighbouring village of Trevor.

Yes, Sir; and in consultation with my right hon. Friend the Minister of National Insurance I am arranging for the unemployed persons in the Clynnog district to be paid by post as from the pay week in respect of week ending 8th June.

South Persia Oil Industry (Members' Visit)

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the importance to this country of oil supplies from South Persia, he will make arrangements for a party of Members of Parliament to visit that area to study conditions in the oil industry.

My right hon. Friend is arranging for a party composed of the hon Members for Bolton (Mr. J. Jones), Hulme (Mr. Lee) and Rye (Mr. Cuthbert) to proceed to South Persia in the immediate future to examine and consider labour conditions in the area of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

National Finance

Polish Faculty Of Law (Oxford)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reconsider the decision to close the Polish Faculty of Law at Oxford University, as 90 per cent. of the men concerned have served for over five years under British command and many are invalided and some crippled, or, as Oxford University has given a pledge to continue the Faculty until next October, if he will postpone the closure until after October.

I have decided that this Faculty can be maintained out of public funds until the end of October of this year, but, to avoid unnecessary disappointment, I think it best to give notice of this closing date now.

Government Subsidies

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a list of the subsidies given by His Majesty's Government.

If the right hon. Gentleman is referring to the cost of living subsidies, I would refer him to my reply to the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Mr. Turton) on 15th April, 1946. If he has other subsidies in mind, I should be much obliged if he would define them mote precisely.

European Relief (Us Military Surpluses)

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he is prepared to grant facilities to charitable organisations, including churches in Great Britain, for sending money to the continent of Europe to enable approved relief agencies to purchase U.S. military stocks in Europe for the benefit of necessitous people.

I have been asked to reply. I understand that all U.S. military surpluses in Europe of bulk essential foods and relief supplies are already appropriated, either by U.N.R.R.A., by European governments, or by the U.S. authorities to supply their own zone in Germany.

Volume 423: debated on Friday 31 May 1946