HC Deb 25 February 1972 vol 831 cc373-4W
Mr. John E. B. Hill

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in England and Wales what number and proportion of the pre-1903 primary schools which need replacement are in Norfolk; and how many school places this represents in total and as a proportion of the total.

Mr. van Straubenzee

According to returns from the Norfolk Local Education Authority, there are 285 pre-1903 primary schools in the county in need of replacement or improvement and not included in the building programme for 1971–72 or earlier years. These schools contain about 22,000 pupils. The figures

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR MALES REMAINING UNFILLED AT JANUARY, 1972, IN CERTAIN SCOTTISH COUNTIES AND IN GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH
Angus Ayrshire Dunbartonshire Lanarkshire* Midlothian* Renfrewshire Wigtownshire Glasgow travel-to-work area Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 4 8 1 1 3 2 1 2
Mining and Quarrying 4 2 3 5 1 2 5
Food, Drink and Tobacco 5 3 1 19 18 3 17 16
Coal and Petroleum Products 1 1 1
Chemicals and Allied Industries 15 5 2 15 5
Metal Manufacture 1 1 60 3 2 7 3
Mechanical Engineering 10 7 4 51 12 46 11
Instrument Engineering 5 5 6 5 6
Electrical Engineering 1 1 30 32 2 28 29

represent about 5 per cent. and 2 per cent. respectively of the figures for England as a whole.