§ 53. Mr. Priorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many additional children will be entering school during each of the next five years; and what will be the additional finance required to deal with this increase whilst maintaining standards.
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§ Mr. Edward ShortIn each of the next five years I expect numbers in maintained primary and secondary schools to rise by about 200,000 or nearly 3 per cent. An annual increase in expenditure in real terms of this order will be needed to maintain existing standards.
§ 54. Mr. Priorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many additional school places will be needed by the Lowestoft Education Authority by 1971–72; and what financial provision will be made to enable these to be provided.
§ Miss BaconEast Suffolk, the Local Education Authority for Lowestoft, have asked me to include in the school building programme two Lowestoft projects which together would provide 780 extra places. I am considering these proposals: my decision will depend on their merits within the limit of the programme. The cost of the projects, if approved, will be borne by the East Suffolk Authority in the normal way.