§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Education at what date it was decided to expend £23,500,000 on the Ministry of Works standard hutting for schools; and whether due consideration had been given to the report by a specialist sub-committee of the Royal Institute of British Architects on Construction of School Buildings, which condemned in great detail the type of pre-fabricated hutting proposed, and recommended its discontinuance for school accommodation.
§ Mr. TomlinsonMinistry of Works standard hutting is used for teaching rooms required for the raising of the school age and for school meals provision. Arrangements for the former were announced in Circular 64 of 27th September, 1945, and for the latter in Circular 1629 of 15th May, 1943. Any other use is primarily a matter within the discretion of local education authorities. The answer to the second part of the question is: yes.