§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the capital expenditure allocation for education for Salford city council for 1974–75 and each succeeding year, to the latest available date; and what was its actual expenditure in each of these years.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe control of capital expenditure by local education authorities is based on the value of work started in each year. The figures in the following table, which are expressed at the prices prevailing at the time, compare the authority's annual share of the resources available for educational building with the total value of projects which they were able to start:
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Starts allocation (£m) 1974–5 0.571 1975–6 0.346 1976–7 0.769 1977–8 0.858
Value of work started (£m) 1974–5 0.473 1975–6 0.317 1976–7 0.766 1977–8 0.858