§ MR. CLOUGHI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the Brodsworth Colliery Company have sunk a pit at Woodlands, Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, where school places are non-existent; whether the West Riding local education authority have given notice to provide a school for 960 children; and, if so, whether the board have given consent to this proposal; and whether the Board can suggest a cheap method by which the 527 excess school places can be transported from Selby to Woodlands in order to relieve the burden that is about to be thrown upon the ratepayers.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe local education authority gave public notice of their intention to provide a new school for 600, which was subsequently increased to 960, children. The provision of 600 places has been sanctioned by the Board, the statutory period of notice in respect of the remaining 360 has not yet expired and no decision has therefore been given. The Answer to the last part of the Question is in the negative.