I do not at present have up to date information on the number of primary schools without indoor toilet facilities. However, I will have this data when the analysis of an accommodation survey of all primary schools, undertaken last year, is completed.
A total of 202 applications for the upgrading of sanitary facilities were received from primary school authorities in response to a scheme which I initiated last year to deal specifically with sanitation problems, including lack of indoor toilet facilities, in primary schools.
Grants totalling over £0.5 million have already been sanctioned in respect of 91 projects under this special scheme and the other applications are being dealt with. Other schools would have had sanitary facilities improved under the general programme of refurbishment and renewal of substandard primary school accommodation.
I am satisfied that considerable progress has been made and will continue to be made towards the elimination of inadequate sanitary facilities in primary schools.