§ Mr. Dunnasked the President of the Board of Education why air-raid shelters have not been provided at the Treeton council schools in the West Riding of Yorkshire; whether he is aware that the parents of the children, the school managers and the local parish council are concerned about the matter; and whether he will take the appropriate action?
§ Mr. RamsbothamThe matter is one for the discretion of the local education authority in consultation with the local A.R.P. authority and I see no ground for intervention.
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Mr. David Adamsasked the President of the Board of Education whether it is intended to provide for evacuated school children air-raid protection where such is lacking; and, if not, will he state what is intended to secure the safety of such children?
§ Mr. RamsbothamIt is contemplated that evacuated school children should have the same protection at school as that provided for the local children in the district to which they are evacuated, but the extent of the protection, if any, required in a particular school is a matter for the discretion of the local education authority in consultation with the local A.R.P. authority. In rural areas, except where aerodromes or other similar objectives are in close proximity to the school, there is rarely any occasion for the provision of formal protection other than simple precautions of the type recommended for private households in the pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Home Security entitled, "Your Home as an Air-Raid Shelter."