§ Mr. Pooleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware of the inadequate educational facilities available in the Great Barr district of the Staffordshire County Council, causing children to travel long distances to school; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
Mr. LindsayThe local education authority for Staffordshire have the question of school accommodation in the district of Great Barr under active consideration and contemplate the early provision of schools for junior and for senior children. The sites for these schools have already been approved by the Board and preliminary plans for the junior school are now under consideration.