Mr. Carrasked the Minister of Education how much public money has been spent on education in Surrey in the five years to the last convenient date; what the cost of new school building in Surrey has been during this period; and how 79W many new school places have been provided.
Financial year Revenue expenditure on education Capital expenditure on school building (all maintained primary and secondary schools) New school places provided (all maintained primary and secondary schools) Primary Secondary (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) £'000s £'000s 1957–58 … … 15,177 2,485 4,000 5,250 1958–59 … … 16,288 2,407 4,750 5,640 1959–60 … … 16,817 1,527 1,560 4,190 1960–61 … … 18,528 1,643 2,460 2,730 1961–62 … … 20,547 1,954 3,715 2,760 NOTES:
1. Revenue expenditure (col. 2) up to 1958–59 is not wholly comparable with expenditure from 1959–60 onwards, because of differences in the basis of inter-authority payments and in pooling adjustments.
2. Capital expenditure on school building (col. 3) is met mainly by loan.
3. Col. 3 excludes the cost of land, fees, furniture and equipment.
4. School places (cols. 4 and 5) are given for the year when the building was taken into use: they are not directly related to the expenditure figures.