VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS AND MODERN BUILDING TECHNIQUES

HL Deb 18 June 1964 vol 258 c1382WA

BARONESS HORSBRUGH

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps they have taken to assist the managers and governers of voluntary schools in taking advantage of modern techniques of industrialised building.

LORD NEWTON

The voluntary school bodies received copies of my Department's Circular 1/64 which deals with industrialised building and educational building consortia. Officers of my Department have recently spoken on these themes at a conference of voluntary school authorities and their architects. A building productivity group has been established within the Department to advise on more efficient ways of building schools in both industrialised and traditional methods of construction. The Department will act as agent for any promoters of voluntary school projects who wish to use a consortium system.

House adjourned at two minutes past eight o'clock.