§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Education (1) how many new schools, new primary schools, and new secondary schools, respectively, were completed in Hertfordshire in each year since 1945.
133W(2) if he will give the total number of new school places provided in Hertfordshire in each year since 1945, and a break up of these figures, showing how many new places were in primary
HERTFORDSHIRE Year New schools completed New school places taken into use* Primary Secondary Total Primary Secondary Total 1947 ... — 1 1 — 350 350† 1948 … 2 — 2 440 — 440† 1949 … 8 — 8 2,600 440 3,040† 1950 … 15 2 17 4,280 450 4,730† 1951 … 16 2 18 4,130 1,130 5,260† 1952 … 8 3 11 2,210 1,140 3,610 1953 … 8 7 15 2,920 4,355 7,275 1954 … 14 9 23 5,040 4,055 9,095 1955 … 13 2 15 4,720 1,790 6,510 1956 … 8 8 16 4,060 4,585 8,645 1957 … 12 8 20 3,960 3,660 7,620 1958 … 4 4 8 2,060 4,080 6,140 1959 … 11 6 17 5,200 3,810 9,010 1960 … 12 2 14 3,600 1,800 5,400 1961 … 10 5 15 3,180 3,420 6,600 1962 … 15 6 21 5,620 4,560 10,180 1963 … 21 7 28 5,540 3,210 8,750 TOTAL … 177 72 249 59,560 43,095‡ 102,655‡ * Including places in extension and adaptation projects. † Major projects only: 635 additional places (420 primary and 215 secondary) were taken into use from minor works during the period 1947 to 1951. ‡ A further 4,020 secondary places were provided by the HORSA programme in the early post-war years. Figures for 1946 are not available.