§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the cut-back in educational projects, including school building and 363W extensions, in Nottinghamshire due to the recent three months' moratorium on school building ; what has been the effect, including the number of school places affected ; and what discussions she has had with the Nottinghamshire Local Education Committee and other authorities on these matters.
§ Mr. RaisonAs announced in Circular 12/73, the Government's intention is that programmes should be phased forward by not giving final approval to building projects between 8th October and the end of 1973. The result is that a number of projects will not be able to start till approvals are resumed. Three projects in Nottinghamshire, at Sutton in Ash-field, Keyworth and East Retford, to provide a total of 870 school places, come into this category. Arrangements for the resumption of approvals will be announced in the near future. In the meantime discussions between officials of
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1973 Universities Undergraduates Postgraduates Total Aston … … 3,216 695 3,911 Bath … … 2,637 402 3,039 Birmingham … … 5,545 1,823 7,368 Bradford … … 2,970 547 3,517 Bristol … … 5,403 939 6,342 Brunel … … 1,655 390 2,045 Cambridge … … 8,882 2,143 11,025 City … … 1,852 248 2,100 Durham … … 3,243 632 3,875 East Anglia … … 2,801 383 3,184 Essex … … 1,640 444 2,084 Exeter … … 3,040 541 3,581 Hull … … 3,421 474 3,895 Keele … … 1,824 319 2,143 Kent … … 2,283 355 2,638 Lancaster … … 2,565 589 3,154 Leeds … … 7,588 2,064 9,652 Leicester … … 2,800 763 3,563 Liverpool … … 5,873 1,083 6,956 London Graduate School of Business Studies … … — 184 184 London University … … 25,106 9,632 34,738 Loughborough … … 2,685 339 3,024 Manchester School of Business Studies … … — 131 131 Manchester … … 7,660 1,738 9,398 University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology … … 2,362 933 3,295 Newcastle … … 5,211 959 6,170 Nottingham … … 4,635 1,083 5,718 Oxford … … 8,011 3,292 11,303 Reading … … 4,103 962 5,065 Salford … … 3,050 442 3,492 Sheffield … … 5,354 1,071 6,431 Southampton … … 3,663 933 4,596 Surrey … … 2,190 357 2,547 Sussex … … 2,946 911 3,857 Warwick … … 2,639 380 3,019 York … … 2,198 475 2,673 Total England … … 151,051 38,662 189,713 the Department and local education authorities on the planning of projects are continuing.