§ 62. Sir E. Bullusasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much extra financial assistance she has been asked for and intends to allocate to the London Borough of Brent to help in the shortage of school places in the coming months.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe authority asked for £200,000 and my right hon. Friend has recently authorised an additional £140,000 of building work at two secondary schools in 1972–73. The authority has been informed that it could reasonably use some of its minor works allocation to meet the balance of £60,000 to provide additional places at a third secondary school.