§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total value of school building begun and completed since 31st October, 1951; and what were the comparable figures in the period from March, 1950, to October, 1951.
§ Mr. J. StuartStatistics are kept on a quarterly basis and the figures for the first quarter of 1953 will not be available until about the end of April. The 3W information so far as available is given in the following table:
Period Building begun Building completed £ £ Six quarters—April, 1950-September, 1951 8,956,000 3,609,000 Five quarters—October, 1951-December, 1952 5,042,000 3,712,000
§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much new school building was commenced in the first three months of 1953; and what were the comparable figures for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. J. StuartStatistics are kept on a quarterly basis and the figures for the first quarter of 1953 will not be available until about the end of April, when I will write to the hon. Member. The rest of the information is given in the following table:
First Quarter Building begun £ 1952 … … … … 975,000 1951 … … … … 1,692,000 1950 … … … … 1,278,000