§ 75. Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Education how many starting dates for new school buildings were given to local education authorities for each of the following periods of three months: September, October and November, 1951, December. 1951, January and February, 1952, and March, April and May, 1952.
§ Miss HorsbrughStarting dates for major building projects for primary and secondary schools have been awarded as follows:
September to November … 75 December to February … 12 March to May … 66
§ 77. Mr. F. Willeyasked the Minister of Education which of the new schools expected to be completed in 1952–53 were approved by her Department after 1st November, 1951.
§ Miss HorsbrughEighty-eight new schools have been approved by my Department since 1st November. I cannot say at this stage how many of these will be completed during the current programme year.
§ 79. Mr. Hugh Fraserasked the Minister of Education whether she will now publish figures showing the expenditure on school buildings undertaken since 1949 and approved and about to be undertaken on Roman Catholic voluntary schools and on county transitionally assisted and on non-Roman Catholic voluntary schools, respectively.
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§ Miss HorsbrughThe figures asked for are:
Programme Approved Building Projects—Roman Catholic Schools Approved Buildings Projects—Other Schools £ £ 1949 … 2,315,509 52,239,175 1950–1 … 1,871,824 44,079,192 1951–2 … 559,933 16,957,474 1952–3 … 2,800,000 38,200,000