HC Deb 06 May 1971 vol 816 cc412-3W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the number of primary schools in each of the divisions of the West Riding which require to be replaced or to be rehabilitated during the next five years.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The Department has been notified by the local education authority that 444 pre-1903 primary and middle schools require replacement or improvement because of a long-term need for the school places which they provide. My right hon. Friend hopes to achieve the replacement or improvement of as many as possible of these schools as quickly as possible but she cannot commit herself to particular dates for individual local education authorities.

Details are:

Divisional Executive areas Number of schools
1. Craven … 22
2. Claro … 33
3. Shipley … 21
4. Airedale … 12
5. Calder … 28
6. Ashlar … 23
7. Spen Valley … 18
8. Morley … 18
9. Batley … 11
10. Rothwell and Stanley … 7
11. Castleford and District … 12
12. Pontefract and District … 14
13. Gaskell … 10
14. Upper Agbrigg … 24
15. Hemsworth and District … 9
16. Don Valley … 11
17. Staincross … 6
18. Mexborough and District … 25
19. Wharncliffe … 12
20. Rother Valley … 10
Excepted district
Keighley … 17
Districts administered by the County Council
31. Settle … 16
32. Ripon … 14
33. Wharfedale … 11
34. Ainsty … 29
35. Goole … 19
36. Saddleworth … 3
37. Penistone … 9
Total … 444