§ Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Education what is the value of minor works projects started, year by year, from 1946 to 1958.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydI do not have precise information about every project, but I estimate the value of minor works other than those for the school meals 109W service, started in England and Wales to be as follows:
Calendar Year Value £ (m) 1946 3.1 1947 2.3 1948 3.3 1949 5.2 1950 6.1 1951 and first quarter of 1952 7.6 Financial Year 1952–53 6.1 1953–54 6.5 1954–55 7.3 1955–56 12.0 1956–57 13.5 1957–58 14.0 1958 (first six months) 5.3 Notes: (1) Figures are not available for financial years before 1952–1953.
(2) The figure for 1946 includes work costing about £1.0 million carried out by the Ministry of Works at Emergency Training Colleges.
(3) Before 4th February, 1952, the limit of cost for individual minor projects was £5,000. It was increased on that date to £6,500, on 5th September, 1953 to £7,500 and on 3rd December, 1954, to £10,000.
VOLUNTARY AIDED AND SPECIAL AGREEMENT SCHOOLS ERECTED SINCE 1945 — Primary Secondary Roman Catholic Others Total Roman Catholic Others Total Number of schools completed 173 54 227 103 24 127 Number of places provided (a) 44,140 9,940 54,080 34,995 6,995 41,990 £ £ £ £ £ £ Total cost (b) 7,812,000 2,048,000 9,860,000 11,594,000 2,303,000 13,897,000 Exchequer grant paid to date (b) (c) 2,043,000 633,000 2,676,000 1,749,000 549,000 2,298,000 Local education authorities' liability (b) (d) 798,000 362,000 1,160,000 4,903,000 634,000 5,537,000 Promoters' liability (b) 4,609,000 972,000 5,581,000 4,748,000 1,050,000 5,798,000 NOTES:— (a) The number includes places provided by major extensions to existing schools. ft excludes places in huts built for the raising of the school leaving age in 1947. (b) These sums relate to the number of places provided. They include professional fees. (c) These sums represent about 90 per cent. of the total grant due to promoters. Outstanding balances are payable on receipt of the final statements of accounts. In addition, war damage claims amounting to about £200,000 have been paid to promoters. (d) Exchequer grant is payable on these sums. They include, for all schools, local education authorities' liabilities under Section 13 (7) of the Education Act, 1944 (as amended by Part II of the Second Schedule of the Education Act, 1946). In addition, for special agreement secondary schools, they include grants, usually at the rate of 75 per cent., towards the promoters' share of the cost of the projects.