SCHOOL PLAYING-FIELDS.

HC Deb 22 July 1936 vol 315 cc453-4W

Mr. DAY

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will give the number of sites for playing-fields attached to schools which have been approved by the board during the three years ended, to the last convenient date?

Mr. STANLEY

During the three years ended 31st March, 1936, the board approved 565 sites either for playing-fields, or for school sites with areas of over two acres large enough to provide playing-field facilities. The board's records do not enable me in all cases to distinguish between playing-fields which do and those which do not adjoin schools.