HC Deb 22 June 1948 vol 452 cc128-9W
Mr. Parkin

asked the Minister of Education what local authority controlled schools in Gloucestershire are in privately-owned buildings; in which cases there has been difficulty in securing the improvement of sanitary conditions; and what steps he is prepared to take to overcome these difficulties.

Mr. Tomlinson

Thirty-seven maintained schools in Gloucestershire are in privately-owned buildings. Of these, 30 are voluntary schools. I know of only one, Great Witcombe Church of England School, in which this has caused difficulty in securing improvements to sanitation. The authority intend to close it as soon as the new school at Brockworth, which is on their short-term building programme, is ready. Meantime arrangements have been mad: for the offices to be cleaned thoroughly at once.