§ Mr. Magnayasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will recommend to local authorities the use of school yards as playgrounds for the children during holidays as well as after school hours, the children to be under the supervision of trained older playmates?
Mr. LindsayRecommendations for the opening of school playgrounds outside school hours and during holidays in congested districts, and for the appointment of suitable play leaders, wherever practicable, were made in the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Road Safety Among School Children and the board informed local education authorities in Circular 1449 on 24th April, 1936, that reasonable expenditure incurred by them for this purpose would be recognised for grant. The attention of local education authorities was again drawn to the recommendations of the Inter-Departmental Committee generally in Circular 1455 last month, of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy.