§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of grant from Exchequer sources was supplied to Brighton Corporation in each year since 1951 in respect of the school building programme.
§ Mr. Edward ShortThe authority was authorised to start projects to the following values during the period.
Major School Building Programme Minor Works Programme £ £ 1951–52 … … 196,000 * 1952–53 … … Nil * 1953–54 … … 182,300 * 1954–55 … … 209,535 * 1955–56 … … 37,587 * 1956–57 … … 42,350 * 1957–58 … … Nil * 1958–59 … … 94,727 * 1959–60 … … 156,217 * 1960–61 … … 82,350 54,000 1961–62 … … 88,697 41,500 1962–63 … … 165,880 1963–64 … … 145,695 23,000 1964–65 … … Nil 40,000 1965–66 … … 350,555 67,000 1966–67 … … 64,519 97,000 1967–68 … … 80,370 85,000 * Records for these years are not now available, but for the five years 1954–1959 the Department did not set limits to the value of minor works which could be started. No information is available about the amount of Exchequer assistance involved in the use of these allocations.