asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will identify the nine platform building sites in Scotland, giving names of manufacturers, the amount or percentage of British capital involved in each and the capacity of the sites.

Nine platform building sites have been given planning clearance in Scotland and four of them are in operation. It is not possible to state exactly the proportion of British capital in each contracting company, or the capacity of the site, for projects where no work has started but the available information is given below:

I assume the hon. Member is inquiring about non-comprehensive secondary schools. West Secondary School had in September 1973 a pupil-teacher ratio of 14·5:1; Oakshaw had a ratio of 16·3:1.