§ 32. Mr. McInnesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the projects which have been completed in the technical education building programme of £10½ million announced in 1956.
§ Mr. MaclayAs the list is fairly long I shall, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The total value of the work completed, which includes a new technical college at Thurso, is £345,000.
§ Mr. McInnesSurely the right hon. Gentleman cannot be satisfied with the rate of progress in this matter? What he is suggesting is that projects costing between £130,000-£200,000 are taking four years to complete. Is not this most unsatisfactory?
§ Mr. MaclayI am never satisfied with the rate of progress of almost everything with which I have anything to do, but I believe that the full £10 million will be committed by the time we said it would and that progress is being made now.
§ Following is the list:
| £ | |
| Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt College. Extension to Pharmacy Department | 55,000 |
| Aberdeen, Robert Gordon's Technical College. Alterations and Additions—School of Chemistry | 5,000 |
| Glasgow, The Royal College of Science and Technology | |
| (i) Accommodation for Radar Training | 20,000 |
| (ii) Conversion of accommodation vacated by Engineering Department | 50,000 |
| (iii) Alterations and Additions—St. Paul's Church—School of Navigation | 49,000 |
| Glasgow, The Scottish College of Commerce. Extension—Hotel School | 66,000 |
| Ayr, Kilmarnock Technical Further Education Centre. Temporary Extension | 9,000 |
| Caithness, Thurso Technical College. New Centre | 40,000 |
| Dumfries, Dumfries New Further Education Centre. Adaptations to existing school building | 5,000 |
| Edinburgh, Bristo Technical Institute. Adaptations and Improvements | 8,000 |
| Glasgow, Stow College of Building. Alterations—Whitevale St. Annexe | 7,000 |
| Sutherland, Sutherland Technical School. Extension | 25,000 |
| Renfrew, Paisley Technical College. Temporary classrooms | 6,000 |
| £345,000 |