§ 78. Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of Education what was the value of the major primary and secondary school building projects approved by him during the first nine months of this year, and during the period from 1st October to date.
§ Sir E. Boyle£34.4 million and £4.8 million, respectively.
§ 85. Mr. Turtonasked the Minister of Education whether, in determining the increased school building programme for 1960–61 in implementation of Command Paper No. 604, 1958, he will give priority 107W to schemes submitted by local education authorities which, though included by them in their 1959–60 programme, he has not been able to approve for that year.
§ Sir E. BoyleMy right hon. Friend will consider both old and new proposals on their merits in the light of his policy as set out in the White Paper.
§ Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Education what is the value of school building projects started, year by year, from 1946 to 1958; and what are the similar figures for each of the five years of the new 1960–65 programme.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThe information is as follows:
VALUE OF MAJOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STARTED 1946–1958 — £ million 1946–47 … 44.1 1947–48 … 1948–49 … 1949–50 … 52.5 1950–51 … 41.4 1951–52 … 24.0 1952–53 … 36.9 1953–54 … 45.4 1954–55 … 44.1 1955–56 … 56.9 1956–57 … 53.8 1957–58 … 53.3 1958–59 (first six months only) … 22.3 The Government proposes starts of £55 million in 1960–61, about £60 million in 1961–62, and £300 million over the whole five year period 1960–65.
Notes
(1) Special schools for handicapped children are excluded.
(2) For years up to 1954–55 the figures include extra expenditure approved in a given year in respect of projects started in previous years. Subsequently, the figures represent starts of new projects only, at the value at which they stood at the end of each year.