§ Sir F. BLAKEasked the President of the Board of Education whether the price per acre proposed to be paid for the six acres of land required for a secondary school in Bedlingtonshire, Northumberland, is the same as that already paid by the Bedlingtonshire Urban District Council for 11 acres (adjoining the school site) required for housing; and, if so, why the Ministry of Health, having approved the price paid by the district council, now regard the price of the school site as excessive?
§ Sir A. MONDI have been asked to reply to this question. I am advised that the housing site is of more value than the school site because it is nearer to the railway station and to existing development, and because it has superior means of access.