§ 61. Mr. Dunnasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many elementary schools are still on the black list; where they are situated; what education authority is responsible; and how many are provided or non-provided schools?
Mr. LindsayThe number of public elementary schools still on the Board's list of schools with defective premises is 797, of which 225 are provided schools and 572 non-provided schools. I will circulate in the Official Report a list showing the number of schools in the area of each local education authority.
§ Mr. DunnWill the hon. Gentleman say what steps are being taken at the present time to correct the position?
Mr. LindsayA very great variety of steps is being taken. The main reason for defective schools being in existence at the present time is the failure to complete the reorganisation, and the only answer to that is to press on with reorganisation. In the case of schools which can be slightly altered, where reorganisation will 1488 not affect the problem, the answer is to do away with the obvious difficulties, and that work is being proceeded with.
§ Following is the list:
| Number of Public Elementary Schools on the "Black List" in England and Wales on 30th June, 1939. | ||
| Number of Schools. | ||
| Local Education Authority. | provided. | Non-Provided. |
| Bedfordshire | 2 | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | — | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 | 3 |
| Isle of Ely | 2 | — |
| Cheshire | — | 7 |
| Hyde | — | 1 |
| Birkenhead | — | 5 |
| Stockport | — | 2 |
| Wallasey | — | 1 |
| Cornwall | 3 | — |
| Cumberland | 18 | 31 |
| Whitehaven | — | 1 |
| Workington | — | 3 |
| Derbyshire | 6 | 15 |
| Chesterfield | — | 3 |
| Derby C.B | — | 4 |
| Devon | 18 | 31 |
| Plymouth | 8 | 3 |
| Dorset | 1 | 1 |
| Poole | — | 2 |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | — | 1 |
| Durham | 26 | 9 |
| Hartlepool | 1 | — |
| Stockton-on-Tees | — | 1 |
| Hebburn | — | 1 |
| South Shields | — | 1 |
| Essex | — | — |
| Colchester | — | 1 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 2 | — |
| West Ham | 3 | 4 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 | 2 |
| Hampshire | — | — |
| Aldershot | — | 1 |
| Gosport | — | 1 |
| Portsmouth | — | 1 |
| Southampton | — | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 1 | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 | 7 |
| Huntingdonshire | 2 | 5 |
| Kent | 6 | 7 |
| Chatham | — | 1 |
| Dover | — | 2 |
| Gillingham | 1 | — |
| Gravesend | 1 | — |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | — | 1 |
| Lancashire | 2 | 29 |
| Ashton-under-Lyme | — | 1 |
| Chorley | — | 3 |
| Crosby | — | 2 |
| Darwen | — | 1 |
| Eccles | — | 2 |
| Middleton | — | 2 |
| Mossley | — | 2 |
| Radcliffe | — | 1 |
| Swinton and Pendlebury | — | 1 |
| Chadderton | 1 | 2 |
| Blackburn | — | 2 |
| Bootle | — | 2 |
| Burnley | 1 | 2 |
| Liverpool | 2 | 29 |
| Manchester | — | 28 |
| Number of schools. | ||
| Local Education Authority. | Provided. | Non-Provided. |
| Lancashire—cont. | ||
| Preston | — | 1 |
| Rochdale | — | 3 |
| St. Helens | — | 6 |
| Salford | 1 | 5 |
| Southport | — | 2 |
| Warrington | 1 | 3 |
| Wigan | — | 3 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | 5 |
| Lincs-Holland | 1 | 4 |
| Lincs-Kesteven | — | 4 |
| Lincs-Lindsey | 2 | 4 |
| London | — | 2 |
| Middlesex | 1 | — |
| Enfield | — | 1 |
| Norfolk | 1 | 1 |
| King's Lynn | — | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 | 14 |
| Northampton C.B. | — | 4 |
| Northumberland | 5 | 7 |
| Wallsend | — | 1 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | — | 3 |
| Tynemouth | 1 | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2 | 15 |
| East Retford | — | 2 |
| Newark | — | 3 |
| Nottingham C.B. | — | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | — | 7 |
| Banbury | 1 | 1 |
| Salop | — | 10 |
| Somerset | 7 | 17 |
| Staffordshire | 3 | 5 |
| Bilston | — | 1 |
| Wednesbury | — | 1 |
| Cannock | — | 4 |
| Coscley | 1 | — |
| Smethwick | — | 1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | — | 1 |
| Suffolk (East) | — | 7 |
| Suffolk (West) | 1 | 11 |
| Surrey | 1 | 2 |
| Sussex (East) | — | — |
| Hastings | — | 1 |
| Warwickshire | — | 2 |
| Nuneaton | — | 1 |
| Birmingham | — | 5 |
| Coventry | — | 1 |
| Westmorland | 1 | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 3 | 5 |
| Worcestershire | — | 10 |
| Kidderminster | — | 1 |
| Worcester C.B. | — | 1 |
| Yorkshire (East Riding) | — | — |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | — | 2 |
| Yorkshire (North Riding) | 1 | 1 |
| Middlesbrough | 1 | 1 |
| Yorkshire (West Riding) | 18 | 26 |
| Batley | 1 | 1 |
| Keighley | — | 3 |
| Ossett | 1 | 1 |
| Spenborough | — | 2 |
| Bradford | — | 1 |
| Dewsbury | — | 1 |
| Doncaster | 1 | — |
| Huddersfield | — | 1 |
| Sheffield | 3 | 9 |
| Wakefield | — | 2 |
| Breconshire | 2 | 2 |
| Caernarvonshire | — | 3 |
| Cardiganshire | 3 | 6 |
| Number of Schools. | ||
| Local Education Authority. | Provided. | Non-Provided. |
| Carmarthenshire | 3 | 5 |
| Carmarthen B. | 1 | — |
| Llanelly | 2 | — |
| Denbighshire | — | 4 |
| Flintshire | 2 | 5 |
| Glamorgan | 4 | 1 |
| Neath | 3 | 1 |
| Aberdare | 2 | — |
| Rhondda | 3 | — |
| Cardiff | — | 1 |
| Swansea | 7 | — |
| Monmouthshire | 13 | 1 |
| Abertillery | 3 | 1 |
| Ebbw Vale | 2 | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | — | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 2 | 13 |
| Radnorshire | — | 2 |
| Totals | 225 | 572 |