§ 57. Mr. A. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in HANSARD of the school building programme requested by the Tottenham Education Authority in their recent application and the amount of the programme he allowed; what representations he has received from the locally and nationally elected representatives of the people against his decision; when these representations were made; what was the nature of his reply; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HoggI will publish details of the relative projects proposed by the Middlesex Local Education Authority as candidates for the school building programmes for 1965–67 and of the £354,000 project I have approved. I have not received any representations.
The following are the details:
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Tottenham Projects proposed by the Middlesex Local Education Authority as Candidates for the 1965–66 and 1966–67 Programmes 1965–66 Downhills Infants School—rebuilding £43,876 Downhills Secondary School—rebuilding £425,535 St. Ignatius College (Roman Catholic)—rebuilding at Enfield £354,393 (This project was included in the approved programme.)
1966–67 Rowland Hill Secondary School—extension and remodelling £429,400 (No Tottenham projects have been proposed for the 1967–68 programme.)
§ 63. Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the cost of the school building programmes submitted by the Kent Education Committee in the years 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, and 1962–63, in respect of major works and minor works, respectively; and what were the amounts approved.
§ Mr. HoggThe information is given in the following tables:
MINOR BUILDING PROGRAMMES Year Value of work proposed by Authority Value of programme approved (£000's) (£000's) 1958–59 … 2,420 1,235 1959–60 … 2,548 749 1960–61 … 2,399 962 1961–62 … 1,116 1962–63 … 3,540 1,552
MINOR WORKS PROGRAMME Year Value of work proposed by Authority Value of programme approved (£000's) (£000's) 1958–59* … — — 1959–60† … — 330 1960–61 … 876 455 1961–62 … 650 400‡ 1962–63 … 612 *In 1958–59 projects were still submitted individually to the Department; no overall programme was approved. †Proposals were not called for In 1959–60. ‡Covering the period 1.10.61 to 31.3.63.
§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion in value of the proposals put forward by Staffordshire for the 1965–66 schoolbuilding programme he approved; and what proportions of the projects he approved were for primary and secondary education, respectively.
§ Mr. HoggThe value of proposals put forward for the 1965–66 major building programme was £6,537,000, and the value of projects programmed was 193W £1,817,000. Of this total, primary projects accounted for £913,000 and secondary projects for £904,000. The proportion of projects programmed was thus 28 per cent., in approximately equal shares for primary and secondary projects.