HC Deb 21 December 1966 vol 738 cc371-4W
Sir E. Boyle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now state the school building programmes authorised to individual local education authorities for 1967–68, giving both the value of each authority's submission and the amount he has approved, and separate lists for primary and secondary building projects.

Mr. Redhead

pursuant to his Answer [OFFICIAL REPORT, 17th November, 1966, Vol 736, c. 162–3], supplied the following information:

The following are the amounts approved for the 1967–68 major school building programme at old cost limits. These were increased by 8½ per cent. as announced to the House on 28th June.

ENGLAND
Counties and County Boroughs
Primary Secondary
£000's £000's
Bedfordshire 378 497
Berkshire 644 892
Buckinghamshire 886 819
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 97 477
Cheshire 1,623 1,717
Cornwall 77 395
Cumberland 70 318
Derbyshire 554 77
Devon 226 520
Dorset 208 113
Durham 1,091 672
Essex 1,256 2,459
Gloucestershire 746 707
Hampshire 1,250 2,298
Herefordshire 104 127
Hertfordshire 941 1,475
Huntingdon and Peterborough 487 434
Isle of Wight 85
Kent 1,616 2,188
Lancashire 2,323 2,661
Leicestershire 852 613
Lincs.-Holland 43
Lincs.-Kesteven 331 88
Lincs.-Lindsey 264 210
Norfolk 450
Northamptonshire 316 240
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire 485 764
Oxfordshire 352 388
Rutland 60 84
Shropshire 107 85
Somerset 183 694
Staffordshire 856 371
Suffolk, East 242 152
Suffolk, West 294 219
Surrey 689 1,361
Sussex, East 134 190
Sussex, West 117 398
Warwickshire 553 923
Westmorland 63
Wiltshire 301 662
Worcestershire 598
Yorks, East Riding 103 251
Yorks, North Riding 702 421
Yorks, West Riding 2,808 916
Barnsley 251
Barrow-in-Furness 111
Bath 59
Birkenhead 132 145
Birmingham 994 414
Blackburn 235
Blackpool 364
Bolton 115
Bootle 120
Bournemouth 266

Primary Secondary
£000's £000's
Bradford 484 274
Brighton 80
Bristol 135 183
Burnley 50
Burton-upon-Trent 138
Bury 61
Canterbury 313
Carlisle 231
Chester
Coventry 391 394
Darlington 101
Derby 40
Dewsbury 111
Doncaster 184
Dudley 371 156
Eastbourne 146
Exeter 70
Gateshead 137
Gloucester 68 —.
Great Yarmouth
Grimsby 120 36
Halifax 56
Hastings 94
Huddersfield 155
Ipswich 92 161
Kingston upon Hull 194 237
Leeds 350 338
Leicester 120 264
Lincoln 84 318
Liverpool 279 530
Luton 129 163
Manchester 963
Middlesbrough 144 535
Newcastle upon Tyne 54
Northampton 308
Norwich 114
Nottingham 259 216
Oldham 222
Oxford 64 116
Plymouth 188
Portsmouth 73
Preston
Reading 62
Rochdale 62 215
Rotherham 72
St. Helens
Salford 269
Sheffield 394 429
Solihull 110
Southampton 241 26
Southend-on-Sea 267 265
Southport 68
South Shields 62
Stockport 58
Stoke-on-Trent 217 174
Sunderland 191 201
Tynemouth 138
Wakefield 123
Wallasey 210
Walsall 183 258
Warley 145 151
Warrington 49 64
West Bromwich 60 163
West Hartlepool 78
Wigan
Wolverhampton 241 256
Worcester 126
York 68

Primary Secondary
£000's £000's
London Boroughs
Barking 141 109
Barnet 105 252
Bexley 220 220
Brent 66 418
Bromley 240 100
Croydon 272 221
Ealing 180 208
Enfield 65 234
Haringey 67 321
Harrow 171
Havering 166 328
Hillingdon 220 180
Hounslow 71 100
Kingston upon Thames 117 100
Merton 19 125
Newham 116 122
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames 175
Sutton 173
Waltham Forest 126 80
Inner London 1,543 1,794
WALES
Anglesey 68 125
Breconshire 130
Caernarvonshire 40
Cardiganshire 30
Carmarthenshire 34 248
Denbighshire 203 197
Flintshire 265
Glamorgan 1,158 675
Merioneth
Monmouthshire 357 423
Montgomeryshire
Pembrokeshire 149 108
Radnorshire 34
Cardiff 214 607
Merthyr Tydfil 68 266
Newport (Mon.)
Swansea 55 355
It is not possible to compile a list of submissions from authorities for this particular year in terms of total value which can properly be related to the amounts approved.