§ Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he is aware of the shortage of accommodation at the Bournemouth College of Technology and Commerce and of the need for additional temporary premises whilst negotiations to acquire a new permanent site proceed; what action he is taking to help ease the position; and if he will make a statement;
(2) whether, in spite of the Government's ban an capital projects for further education, he will sanction the purchase of the temporary accommodation urgently needed by the Bournemouth College of Technology and Commerce, in view of the fact that negotiations to acquire this properly were begun before the ban was imposed.
§ Mr. CroslandSubject to compliance with the normal administrative provisions, I am prepared to recommend the issue of loan sanction in respect of the purchase of temporary accommodation for the Bournemouth Municipal College of Technology, about which my Department has been in correspondence with the Local Education Authority. I am well aware of the College's urgent need for additional accommodation, particularly as planning considerations have precluded the erection of the extensions formerly programmed. Any future major building will depend upon the availability of a suitable site: the authority has had this difficult problem under consideration since July, 1963.