§ 73. Mr. Nieldasked the Minister of Education if he will make a statement on his proposals for additional educational facilities in special schools or otherwise for backward children in the north-west generally and in the area of Chester in particular.
§ Mr. VosperSix special schools, to accommodate 800 educationally subnormal pupils, are at present being built by local education authorities in Lancashire and Cheshire; and work on four more, to accommodate 420 pupils, is expected to start during the current financial year. Further proposals are being considered. None of these schools will be in Chester, but two boarding schools, 27W with accommodation for 200 pupils, are being provided in Cheshire by the Cheshire Authority.