HC Deb 30 January 1957 vol 563 cc196-7W
Mr. Hale

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education to state in terms of denominations concerned the capital cost of school building of voluntary schools completed in each year since 1947, inclusive, and the amount of Government grants paid under Sections 102, 103, and 104 of the Education Act,

MAJOR PROJECTS FOR VOLUNTARY AIDED AND SPECIAL AGREEMENT SCHOOLS INCLUDED IN APPROVED BUILDING PROGRAMMES
TABLE A. VALUE OF PROJECTS COMPLETED
Year Church of England Roman Catholic Others
£'000 £'000 £'000
1947–48
1948–49 148
1949–50 270
1950–51 73 266
1951?52 55 839
1952–53 390 1,892 30
1953–54 75 1,280 23
1954–55519 2,906
1955–56 509 2,494 44
956–57 (to 30.9.56) 169 1,383 175

TABLE B. EXCHEQUER GRANT PAID UNDER EDUCATION ACTS, 1944 TO 1953
Section 102 Section 103 Section 104
Year Church of England Roman Catholic Others Church of England Roman Catholic Others Church of England Roman Catholic Others
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
1947 Nil 10,064 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
1948 Nil 25,672 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
1949 1,160 8,372 Nil 9,858 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
1950 1,707 39,836 Nil 21,991 33,613 Nil Nil 27,526 Nil
1951 2,861 89,143 Nil 24,897 82,448 Nil Nil 55,193 Nil
1952 1,625 84,642 Nil 75,732 77,584 6,813 Nil 41,627 Nil
1953 34,259 48,751 6,376 72,677 21,790 Nil Nil 118,252 Nil
1954 77,374 46,985 21,112 90,073 51,291 29,445 2,457 385,703 Nil
1955 90,062 43,940 18,916 54,581 50,638 47,582 1,593 493,881 Nil
1956 68,000 26,311 23,477 148,503 87,666 43,212 1,856 764,532 3,786

NOTES: (i) The figures in Table A include the estimated sum of about £3.5 million payable by local education authorities in fulfilment of their responsibility for providing school meals and medical inspection facilities and for their contribution towards the cost of special agreement schools, which may be from 50 per cent. to 75 per cent. of the cost of the school buildings.
(ii) Table A is for financial years and Table B for calendar years. For this reason, and because grant is paid by instalments both during and after the completion of building, the figures for grant are not related year by year to those for capital expenditure.