HC Deb 13 November 1974 vol 881 cc137-8W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many mobile classrooms are in use in Scottish secondary schools, giving separate totals for each education authority; and how this compares with 10 years ago.

Mr. William Ross

Detailed records of temporary school accommodation are available only from 1967, and they do not differentiate between primary and secondary schools or between mobile and other forms of accommodation classed as temporary. The total numbers of temporary classrooms of all types in use by each education authority are:

Authority At September 1967 At September 1974
Burghs:
Aberdeen 25 41
Dundee 58 80
Edinburgh 324 424
Glasgow 584 682
Counties:
Aberdeen 62 78
Angus 60 145
Argyll 19 44
Ayr 286 449
Banff 53 55
Berwick 16 19
Bute 7 13
Caithness 8 41
Clackmannan 25 51
Dumfries 33 36
Dunbarton 193 348
East Lothian 34 52
Fife 154 298
Inverness 86 159
Kincardine 18 20
Kirkcudbright 8 13
Lanark 346 662
Midlothian 45 101
Moray and Nairn 45 50
Orkney 26 30
Peebles 5 5
Perth and Kinross 110 131
Renfrew 78 105
Ross and Cromarty 123 169
Roxburgh 13 29
Selkirk 6 6
Stirling 115 243
Sutherland 3 5
West Lothian 97 144
Wigtown 16 16
Zetland 41 67
Total 3,122 4,811

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