§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the statistical or mathematical basis for his estimates of the potential savings to be made by amalgamation of schools possessing a notional surplus of school places.
§ Mr. DunnIt is estimated that some £170 a year can be saved for every secondary place taken out of use in permanent accommodation and £100 for every primary place. These figures are arrived at by dividing LEAs' annual buildings-related non-teaching costs by the numbers of places for which the school building stock currently provides.