§ 4. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Education the size and character of the school building programme for 1953–54 for the county of Staffordshire and the excepted district of Newcastle-under-Lyme, respectively.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe 1953–54 school-building programme of the Staffordshire Local Education Authority comprises eight major building projects, providing about 600 primary and 2,430 secondary school places. None of these projects will be in Newcastle-under-Lyme, but as the hon. Member knows, two primary schools and one secondary school are already being built there.
§ 5. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Education what steps she is taking to ensure adequate school accommodation for children on new housing estates, in view of the increased numbers of houses being built.
§ Miss HorsbrughThe size and distribution of the housing programme are now the main factors determining the school-building programme. There may be temporary local shortages of accommodation, but my aim is to keep the school-building programme in step with housing.