Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education. – in the House of Commons at on 12 February 1931.
| — | Council Schools. | Voluntary Schools. | Total. | |||||||||
| A. | B. | C. | Total. | A. | B. | C. | Total. | A. | B. | C. | Total. | |
| 1. Original totals | 219 | 345 | 150 | 714 | 460 | 1,421 | 232 | 2,113 | 679 | 1,766 | 382 | 2,827 |
| 2. Removed from List: | ||||||||||||
| (a) Closed or replaced | 97 | 23 | 1 | 121 | 119 | 47 | 4 | 170 | 216 | 70 | 5 | 291 |
| (b) Defects removed | 19 | 118 | 48 | 185 | 105 | 520 | 67 | 692 | 124 | 638 | 115 | 877 |
| (c) Total | 116 | 141 | 49 | 306 | 224 | 567 | 71 | 862 | 340 | 708 | 120 | 1,168 |
| 3. Schools remaining on the list on 31st December, 1930.* | 119 | 262 | 110 | 491 | 209 | 807 | 152 | 1,168 | 328 | 1,069 | 262 | 1,659 |
| NOTES.—The "black lists" were drawn up in the years 1925 and 1926. | ||||||||||||
| Division A includes schools the premises of which appear to be unsuitable for continued recognition and incapable of improvement. | ||||||||||||
| Division B includes schools which, upon the information before the Board, ought not to continue to be recognised in their present condition—at all events for their present numbers—but which might possibly be made suitable either for the same or for reduced numbers, but only by means of large expenditure. | ||||||||||||
| Division C includes schools which, although in the opinion of the Board unsuitable for their present recognised accommodation, may not be unsuitable for much lower numbers. | ||||||||||||
| * These figures (other than the grand total) do not agree exactly with the difference between 1 and 2(c), owing to (i) the original category having been changed in a few cases, and (ii) some Voluntary Schools having been transferred to the L.E.A. |
