§ 12. Mr. Temple-Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary schools still have outside lavatories.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonMy Department is currently seeking information, on a sample basis, about deficiencies in school buildings, including outside lavatories. A survey carried out in 1962 indicated that nearly 14,000 primary schools in England, or about two-thirds of the total relied wholly or mainly on outside lavatories at that time. Since then a good deal of progress has been made in removing these.
§ 24. Mr. Montgomeryasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary schools still in use were built before 1875.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonIt is estimated that there are somewhat over 7,000 primary schools in England with some or all of their teaching accommodation dating from before 1903, compared with 12,500 such schools in 1962. It is not known how many schools now in use were built before 1875.