§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the Stannington College of Further Education in Sheffield will now be structurally completed; and when he expects 153W there will be sufficient funds to open, staff, and use this building which he has authorised.
§ Mr. Edward ShortThe local education authority informs me that it expects the college to be completed by 31st December, 1969; and that the date of bringing the building into operation will be considered later this year in the light of the autumn term student enrolments for the authority's area.
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS—JANUARY, 1968 Primary Secondary Primary and Secondary Roman Catholic Schools … … 1,909 529 2,438 Pupils in Roman Catholic Schools: Numbers … … 478,751 224,149 702,900 Percentage of all pupils in maintained schools … … 10.3 7.7 9.3
§ Mr. Brooksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the capital and current expenditure incurred by Roman Catholic primary and secondary schools during each of the past five years; how much of this expenditure was met from public funds; and how much was contributed by voluntary effort.
§ Miss BaconThis information could not be obtained without undue expenditure of time and money. Some details of the central Government grant to Roman Catholic aided schools are given each year in the Department's annual report.