School Building Programme

HC Deb 20 December 1972 vol 848 cc382-3W

Mr. John E. B. Hill

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table giving details of the major school building programme similar to the one published in the August 1971 issue of the Department of Education's Reports on Education, but including the latest available forecasts of future spending and giving all figures at 1972 constant prices.

MAJOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMMES
Including allocations for raising the School Leaving Age (England and Wales, Authorised Starts in £m., at constant 1972 prices)
Programme Year	Basic Needs	Improvements/Replacements
		Primary	Secondary	Total	Primary	Secondary	Total	RSLA	Total
1965–66	…	40.2	40.4	80.6	9.7	38.5	48.2	—	128.8
1966–67	…	39.8	35.2	75.0	12.2	33.7	45.9	—	120.9
1967–68	…	52.6	57.0	109.6	16.4	15.1	31.5	—	141.1
1968–69	…	36.0	51.7	87.7	8.6	10.0	18.6	—	106.3
1969–70	…	45.4	76.5	121.9	16.7	13.2	29.9	—	151.8
1970–71	…	49.4	85.7	135.1	13.2	2.3	15.5	35.7	186.3
1971–72	…	46.6	89.7	136.3	19.0	2.9	21.9	50.0	208.2
1972–73	…	30.9	63.3	94.2	50.0	—	50.0	61.5	205.7
1973–74	…	23.6	82.2	105.8	53.5	—	53.5	—	159.3
1974–75	…	22.0*	65.2*	87.2	48.5†	—	48.5	—	135.7
* Provisional breakdown.
† £5m. of the resources available for primary improvements have been allocated to minor projects.