§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the President of the Board of Education the total cost imposed on national and local public funds for the erection of buildings used as elementary, secondary, and higher grade schools, and for technical colleges?
§ Mr. E. WOODThe cost of erection of school buildings by local education authorities is, as a rule, defrayed from loans. The sums expended in recen£ years are set out in the answer given on the 27th November last to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Colonel Wedgwood). I am sending a copy to my hon. and gallant Friend. The annual loan charges (interest and sinking fund) payable by local education
Year. Expenditure by L.E.As. from Rates. >Expenditure from Taxes. >Expenditure falling on Public Funds. Elementary. Higher. Total. Elementary. Higher. Total. Elementary. Higher. Total. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1913–14 … 13,850,143 2,335,163 16,185,306 12,411,859* 2,909,913 15,321,772 26,202,002* 5,245,076 31,507,078 1921–22 … 27,278,589 6,796,408 34.073.997 38,098,947* 10,939,002 49,037,949 65,377.536* 17,734,410 83,111,946 * The Board's expenditure on administration is wholly included in these figures.