§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total cost of the school-building projects for which approval was sought by each local education authority for the year 1963–64; and what was the actual cost approved for each respective local authority for this year.
§ Mr. NobleThis information is given in the Table. The second column shows the total value of those schools in the three-year programme submitted by the education authority which the authority estimated it might be able to start in 1963–64. The third column shows the total value of schools which each educa-26W tion authority has so far been authorised to start in 1963–64.
TABLE SCHOOL BUILDING—1963–64 Education Authority Value of schools estimated by Education Authority to start Value of schools so far authorised to be started £'000 £'000 (1) (2) (3) Counties Aberdeen 882 287 Angus 774 620 Argyll 608 51 Ayr 2,312 1,000 Banff 233 80 Berwick 38 38 Bute 79 79 Caithness 412 150 Clackmannan 446 266 Dumfries 311 212 Dunbarton 2,852 855 East Lothian 495 100 Fife 2,643 630 Inverness 462 354 Kincardine 212 212 Kirkcudbright 317 20 Lanark 3,198 1,760 Midlothian 1,020 602 Moray and Nairn 883 149 Orkney 145 — Peebles 269 250 Perth and Kinross 608 116 Renfrew 2,800 1,035 Ross and Cromarty 828 347 Roxburgh 22 — Selkirk 58 13 Stirling 602 362 Sutherland 157 41 West Lothian 2,127 700 Wigtown — — Zetland 261 107 Burghs Aberdeen 865 153 Dundee 634 424 Edinburgh 1,130 801 Glasgow 7,890 2,525 Total (Scotland) 36,573 14,339