§ 13. Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will review the criteria governing the provision of car parking spaces for new school building projects.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeCar parking allowances are kept under review.
§ Mr. ButlerWhile thanking my hon. Friend for that reply, may I ask him whether he can give the House a little more information about his thinking on this subject? Can he say whether the allocation for junior teachers will be increased above the present one in three, which is already proving inadequate and will become increasingly so as teachers' salaries increase? Will my hon. Friend also consider the provision of spaces for older schoolchildren who increasingly will be driving to school?
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeMy hon. Friend's question illustrates the difficulties facing all those concerned with the education service. After all, there are very great demands on capital resources for school building, and there will be a number of different views about whether further priority should be given to the provision of car spaces. But of course I undertake to keep this matter carefully under review.