§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many mobile classrooms are in use in Scottish secondary schools, giving separate totals for each education authority; and how this compares with 10 years ago.
§ Mr. William RossDetailed records of temporary school accommodation are available only from 1967, and they do not differentiate between primary and secondary schools or between mobile and other forms of accommodation classed as temporary. The total numbers of temporary classrooms of all types in use by each education authority are:
Authority At September 1967 At September 1974 Burghs: Aberdeen 25 41 Dundee 58 80 Edinburgh 324 424 Glasgow 584 682 Counties: Aberdeen 62 78 Angus 60 145 Argyll 19 44 Ayr 286 449 Banff 53 55 Berwick 16 19 Bute 7 13 Caithness 8 41 Clackmannan 25 51 Dumfries 33 36 Dunbarton 193 348 East Lothian 34 52 Fife 154 298 Inverness 86 159 Kincardine 18 20 Kirkcudbright 8 13 Lanark 346 662 Midlothian 45 101 Moray and Nairn 45 50 Orkney 26 30 Peebles 5 5 Perth and Kinross 110 131 Renfrew 78 105 Ross and Cromarty 123 169 Roxburgh 13 29 Selkirk 6 6 Stirling 115 243 Sutherland 3 5 West Lothian 97 144 Wigtown 16 16 Zetland 41 67 Total 3,122 4,811