§ Miss Herbisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many overcrowded classes there were in primary schools and secondary schools, junior and senior, in each year since 1945.
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the total number of oversize school classes, primary and secondary, in each year from 1950 to 1954, inclusive.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe following table shows for each of the years 1946 to 1954 the numbers of classes of different types in which the number of pupils exceeded
Total School Buildings Further Education Buildings — Value of work started Value of work completed Value of work started Value of work completed Value of work started Value of work completed £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand £ thousand 1946 … … 910 583 863 578 47 5 1947 … … 2,403 800 2,337 775 66 25 1948 … … 4,416 977 4,256 906 160 71 1949 … … 3,484 2,532 3,221 2,409 263 123 1950 … … 5,351 3,662 4,389 3,494 962 168 1951 … … 6,974 3,380 6,611 3,068 363 312 1952 … … 3,753 2,693 3,186 2,400 567 293 1953 … … 5,910 4,674 5,613 4,322 297 352 1954 … … 7,795 6,947 7,599 6,657 196 290