§ Captain WATERHOUSEasked the President of the Board of Education the amount of capital expenditure on buildings of elementary and secondary schools, respectively, for 1913, for each of the years 1924 to 1929, and for the last 12 months for which figures are available?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThe figures are as follow:
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES. Financial Year. Elementary Schools. Secondary Schools. Actual Expenditure— £ £ 1912–13 2,290,000 844,000* Proposals approved by the Board— 1923–24 1,094,000 688,000 1924–25 2,468,000 1,698,000 1925–26 3,477,000 2,016,000 1926–27 3,322,000 1,974,000 1927–28 3,860,000 1,914,000 1928–29 4,299,000 1,855,000 1929–30 5,510,000 2,292,000 1930–31 4,495,000 1,270,000 (Six months). * The figures for 1912-13 relate to Higher Education generally. Separate particulars for Secondary Schools are not available.