§ Miss Herbisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the value of work started in school building and the value of work completed in each year since 1945.
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much educational building was begun in each year since 1948.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe following table shows the value of the educational building work started and completed in each year from 1946 to 1954.
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new schools were begun in each of the last nine years; how many were completed in each of those years; and how many new places were provided.
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§ Mr. J. StuartThe following table shows the number of new schools started, the number completed and the number of new places provided, including places provided by the extension of existing schools and the H.O.R.S.A. scheme, in each year from 1946 to 1954.
— Number of new schools Number of new places provided Started Completed 1946 … Nil Nil 1,210 1947 … 13 1 9,295 1948 … 26 4 26,915 1949 … 17 8 17,440 1950 … 47 24 17,774 1951 … 37 29 19,925 1952 … 28 24 15,635 1953 … 42 34 27,254 1954 … 53 45 34,410 Approximately 19,800 of the places provided in 1954 were in projects started before 31st October, 1951. Comparable figures for 1952 and 1953 are not available, but it may be assumed that most of the places provided in these years were in projects started in or before 1951.