§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer of 4 June, Official Report, column 887, he will list by name those school buildings in the Lothian region which his Department has been informed are half empty.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe Scottish Education Department currently has information on school capacities in respect of 18 individual secondary schools in Lothian region. Three of these were understood to be more than half-empty and a further 11 to have been operating at between one half and about two thirds of total capacity at September 1985. Since secondary school rolls are projected to decline even further, this degree of under-utilisation is likely to increase unless action is taken to remedy the position. Details are as follows:
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Secondary School Rolls and Capacities—Lothian Region School Capacity (at date of notification) Main Building Huts/Annexes Total Roll Sept 1985 (provisional) per cent. Utilisation Ainslie Park High School 1,450 — 1,450 491 34 Blackburn Academy 1,200 — 1,200 527 44 *James Young High School 1,400 — 1,400 672 48 Craigshill High School 1,100 — 1,100 593 54 Craigroyston High School 1,250 — 1,250 685 55 *Drummond High School 950 — 950 545 57 Inveralmond High School 1,800 — 1,800 1,025 57 Our Lady's High School Broxburn 350 150 500 283 57 St. Augustine's 1,250 200 1,450 891 61 St. Kentigern's Academy 1,050 300 1,350 837 62 Trinity Academy 900 300 1,200 746 62 Broughton High School 1,650 — 1,650 1,080 65 Holyrood 1,300 — 1,300 840 65 Leith Academy 750 750 1,500 1,008 67 * September 1985 school roll figures for Drummond High School and James Young High School are not available—the figures given are for September 1984.