§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is her estimate of the total cost of making 50 per cent., 75 per cent. and 100 per cent. of(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools fully accessible to disabled people, such accessibility to include the provision of appropriate toilet facilities.
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§ Mr. ForthThe best source of cost information is an independent report from Coopers and Lybrand issued in April 1993. These estimates, based on a large sample of schools, indicated that the costs for providing physical access to all primary schools would be about £400 million and to all secondary schools about £1,300 million. The survey estimated that to make 50 per cent. of secondary schools 100 per cent. accessible would be £251 million; it did not include analogous figures for primary schools. It did not provide full figures for 75 per cent. of schools in either sector. These data include the cost of ramps, lifts and disabled toilets. They do not include corner widening, means of escape or specialist furniture.