§ 13. Mr. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for Air, in view of the growing number of men stationed at North Cotes, Lincolnshire, who have children of school age, and the already inadequate school accommodation in the village school, if he will make available the now disused school on the Royal Air Force camp for the joint use of all children in the district.
§ Mr. C. I. Orr-EwingI am afraid there is no accommodation that could be made immediately available. There is no children's school at the station and the buildings which formerly housed the Armament and Bombing School are now used for other purposes.
§ Mr. OsborneA lot of young married officers are going to this station and most of them have young children. In view of that, and because the present village school is totally inadequate to provide accommodation, could one of the buildings not at present being used be made available to the local education authority, both for village children and the children on the station? Will my hon. Friend look at this matter again?
§ Mr. Orr-EwingMy right hon. Friend is aware of the increasing problem of finding educational accommodation for the very large population moving to this station. We shall certainly see whether anything can be achieved in co-operation with the local education authority.