§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish a table of figures giving the number of new schools completed in each year from January, 1965, to January, 1970, the number of school places provided, and the amount spent for these purposes in these years, giving the comparisons with the previous five years and showing, in the case of the financial figures, the value on the basis that the £ sterling in 1960 was worth 20s. and allowing for depreciation in each subsequent year.
§ Miss Bacon:The information is given in the following table.
NEW PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND PLACES COMPLETED AND WORK DONE DURING THE PERIODS 1960 TO 1964 AND 1965 TO 1969 Calendar Year New Schools New Places Payments made for work done at constant prices on the basis of £ Sterling in 1960=20s* 1960 412 216,830 54,923 1961 410 203,615 63,289 1962 399 194,370 69,274 1963 482 229,355 70,709 1964 580 278,220 73,814 Total 2,283 1,122,390 332,009 1965 551 246,310 64,484 1966 535 267,560 69,867 1967 729 332,665 89,101 1968 837 364,735 95,610 1969 747 367,635 84,524 Total 3,399 1,578,905 403,586 * This column gives the total of payments made to contractors for construction work carried out in each year: these are not directly related to the schools and places included in the first two columns and do not include expenditure on land, furniture and equipment and professional fees.