Mr. H. D. Hughesasked the Minister of Education the cost of educational building started in 1946, 1947 and 1948, respectively; what he estimates will be the comparable figure in 1949; the revised target for 1950; and the cost of educational building for each year in the period 1929–39.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe estimated cost of educational building projects started in the years 1946, 1947 and 1948 was £7 million, £24 million and £26 million, respectively. For 1949, the figure is likely 95W to be between £45 million and £50 million. A revised target for 1950 has not yet been decided, since it will be necessary to take into account the reduced building costs which are to be effective for work started in 1950.
The value of building work approved by the Board of Education in each of the financial years 1929–39 was as follows:
Million £ 1929–30 8.8 1930–31 13.0 1931–32 7.8 1932–33 4.2 1933–34 3.6 1934–35 7.6 1935–36 10.2 1936–37 12.1 1937–38 14.4 1938–39 16.5