§ 74. Mr. Swinglerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education to publish the names of the two projects in Staffordshire which were included in the 1955–56 schoolbuilding programme and have not yet been started.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe Barley Mow Primary School at Rowley Regis is the only such project that has not yet been started. It has been postponed because of site difficulties and because, owing to changed circumstances, it is no longer urgently needed.
§ 75. Mr. Swinglerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education to make a detailed statement of the reasons why 65 school projects which were included in the schoolbuilding programme for 1955–56 have not yet been started.
§ Sir E. BoyleFifteen of these projects have now been started. Of the remaining 50, 21 have been delayed in planning, 18 have been delayed because of legal or site difficulties, and nine because the tenders were above the cost limits. The other two have been dropped from the 1955–56 programme because, owing to changed circumstances, they are no longer urgently needed.
§ 76. Mr. Swinglerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what are his estimates of the value of the schoolbuilding programme for Staffordshire for 1957–58 and 1958–59, respectively; and how these figures com pare with those for 1955–56 and 1956–57.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe value of major primary and secondary school projects started by the Staffordshire Local Education Authority in the financial years 1955–56 and 1956–57, and the value of similar work authorised to be started in 1957–58, are as follows:
£ 1955–56 … … … 237,255 1956–57 … … … 1,978,361 1957–58 … … … 2,139,139 The authority has not yet submitted proposals for the 1958–59 schoolbuilding programme.