§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the criteria she uses in determining how much of the total sum requested by local education authorities for major projects of improvement in primary and secondary schools shall be authorised, in respect of 179W global total and in each category of school.
§ Mrs. ThatcherResources available for the improvement of schools in 1972–73 and 1973–74 will be devoted to primary schools. They are allocated to local authorities mainly by reference to the number of children in obsolete pre-1903 schools for which there is a continuing need.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the total sum of the requests she has received from local education authorities for authorised starts for major projects of improvement or replacement for primary and secondary schools, respectively, for each of the years 1970 to 1974, indicating their relationship to the sums she has authorised.
§ Mrs. ThatcherInformation in this form cannot be provided without disproportionate expenditure of time and money.