HC Deb 16 July 1984 vol 64 cc36-7W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary and secondary schools were built in England in each of the last four years.

Mr. Dunn

The number of new primary and secondary schools completed during the last four years for which information is available is as follows:

Primary Secondary
1978–79 137 27
1979–80 93 32
1980–81 73 10
1981–82 70 6

The Department no longer collects this information.

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much was spent on (a) primary school buildings and (b) secondary school buildings in the Staffordshire, Moorlands constituency in each year since 1979.

Sir Keith Joseph

This information is not available centrally.