HC Deb 01 March 1962 vol 654 c1525
34. Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Minister of Education whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving, since 1951, the percentage annual rise in the cost of school building, taking 1951 as being equal to 100; and to what extent these rises in costs were responsible for the increase in expenditure on educational buildings from 1951–60.

Sir D. Eccles

With permission, I will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT giving, year by year, an index of cost per school place and an index of work done on all educational building. It shows that between 1951 and 1961 the cost of a school place increased by a quarter, while value of work done more than doubled.

Following is the information:

Calendar Year Index of building cost per school place at actual prices on tender index of work done on all educational building at actual prices
(1951=100) (1951=100)
1951 … … 100 100
1952 … … 97 110
1953 … … 98 122
1954 … … 100 120
1955 … … 104 124
1956 … … 109 162
1957 … … 107 198
1958 … … 106 186
1959 … … 107 182
1960 … … 113 174
1961 … … 125 209

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