§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what reports he has received providing information about damage caused to Bradford schools by fire; if he will consider making a supplementary allocation to Bradford local education authority to meet any shortfall between insurance payments made and the full cost of replacing school accommodation destroyed by fire; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FallonBradford local education authority has been in touch with the Department about the damage 191W caused by fires over the weekend of 3 and 4 November at Gregory middle school and Tyersal first school in Bradford. The resources required for reinstatement of the damaged accommodation at these schools are a matter for negotiation in the first instance between the Bradford local education authority and its insurers.