52. Major Whiteleyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that, under present conditions, local education authorities frequently are not informed of the projected building of houses likely to contain children of elementary school age in sufficient time to enable the authority to make adequate preparations for provision of school facilities; and whether he will make arrangements to ensure that such information is invariably given by a building promoter to the local education authority?
Mr. LindsayThe Board are aware that local education authorities have, on occasions, not been informed of projected building developments likely to affect the supply of elementary school accommodation in their area. It is, however, open to any county local education authority to make arrangements with the appropriate local authorities within their area to ensure that adequate notice is given to them of any proposed developments likely to necessitate additional elementary school accommodation. My Noble Friend does not consider that any action is called for on his part in the matter, which is essentially one for mutual co-operation between the authorities concerned. In the case of county boroughs and boroughs and urban districts which are local education authorities for elementary education, no such problem should arise.