Lib Dem Cllr Rob Prowse has been surprised to learn that the County Council need to find £95million over the next few years to build enough primary school places.  What is even more worrying is that the Conservative administration  don’t yet know where the money will come from.  Until Government tell them how much Herts will get in grant they won’t know how much they will have to find.  As those figures won’t now be available until after the general election the project planning can’t start. It takes 4 to 5 years to build a new school so it looks like the places may not be available in time.

Cllr Rob Prowse said, ‘St Albans already has a problem with not enough primary places. Now we know it is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better. Some extra places have been provided but what is needed is a new primary school and that is as far off now as it has ever been.’