§ 14. Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Minister of Education when he proposes to publish the building survey of the 30,000 maintained schools in England and Wales recently completed by his Department.
§ Sir E. BoyleWork on the assembly and analysis of the survey material is progressing. I hope to publish a summary of the results within a few months from now.
§ Mr. IrvingAs the report is likely to follow the lines of the survey conducted by the National Union of Teachers which disclosed a shocking state of affairs in many of our schools, will the Minister press his colleagues in the Government now to permit an enlarged school building programme so that we may get rid of some of the bad schools in the shortest possible time?
§ Sir E. BoyleAs I said last week, we must reach a final conclusion, in the light of available resources, on the school building programme for 1964–65 before I can say anything about the programme for subsequent years. In answer to the first point which the hon. Gentleman makes, the material published by the N.U.T. covered only a sample of schools. My Department's survey embraces every maintained primary and secondary school in England and Wales. As the House knows, I am keen that, when the time comes, it shall have the results as soon as possible.