HC Deb 26 February 1975 vol 887 c177W
Mr. Loyden

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools, whose construction involved the use of alumina cement, are still (a) closed and (b) in limited use; and what assistance will be given to local authorities to meet the cost of remedial work.

Mr. Armstrong

As at 21st February 1975, 17 schools were closed and a further 131 were in limited use as a result of the identification of high alumina cement concrete in their buildings. The Department of the Environment and my Department are in touch with the local authority associations about the remedial work in local authority buildings; no decision on financing these costs has yet been taken.