HC Deb 03 March 2003 vol 400 cc851-2W
Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many demountable classrooms there were at primary schools in the Colchester constituency in May 1997; how many there are; and how many have been replaced with permanent accommodation since May 1997. [99654]

Mr. Miliband

As part of the data collected through the appraisal of sset management plans, the Department for Education and Skills has some information on the overall area of temporary accommodation at schools, but it is not possible from these data to identify with any precision the actual number of temporary classrooms. The Department does not hold information on numbers of replacement temporary classrooms.