§ Miss Herbisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new school places have been provided in each year since 1945; and how many of those provided each year since October, 1951, were begun before that date.
116Wthe number prescribed in the Schools (Scotland) Code:
NUMBER OF OVERSIZE CLASSES — Primary Secondary Classes I-III Secondary Classes IV-VI 1946 … 258 296 125 1947 … 218 487 92 1948 … 238 680 132 1949 … 243 510 110 1950* … 1,166 472 106 1951 … 1,337 355 49 1952 … 1,316 284 39 1953 … 1,388 282 47 1954 … 1,443 199 45 * In 1950 the prescribed number for a primary class was reduced from 50 to 45.