§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what provision is made in the school building programme 126W for 1955–56 for providing special schools suitable for spastic children.
§ Mr. J. StuartOne new school for spastic children is included in the building programme for 1955–56. It is to be erected at Auchinraith, Lanarkshire.
§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many occupational centres for backward children there are in Scotland, Glasgow, and the county of Lanark, respectively; and how many children are awaiting accommodation at such a centre in the county of Lanark and at East Kilbride, respectively.
§ Mr. J. StuartThere are 23 centres in Scotland, including ten in Glasgow and one in Lanarkshire. Fifty-one children in Lanarkshire, including one child in East Kilbride, are awaiting admission to occupational centres. Thirty-nine of these will be accommodated in the new centres in Cambuslang and Coatbridge which are expected to open in January, 1956.