§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what is the number of secondary, elementary, junior and senior schools in Wales which have been taken over for military and other purposes during the present crisis; what steps is he taking, in conjunction with the Secretary of State for War, to release the schools for children to be evacuated; and will he give the particulars for Glamorgan separately?
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Mr. LindsayThe Board have no information available on the first part of the question. With regard to the second part, arrangements exist between the Board of Education and the War Office for consultation between the Departments concerning the use of schools for military purposes, with a view to securing that schools are retained or released, wherever possible, for their normal use.