§ 70. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education whether he will give the values of the school building projects submitted for the school building programme for 1964–65 by each local education authority; and what are the corresponding values of the projects he has approved.
§ Mr. ChatawayThe following is the information:
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SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME, 1964–65 ESTIMATED COSTS OF PROJECTS PROPOSED AND PROJECTS APPROVED FOR ENGLISH AND WELSH AUTHORITIES AS AT 1ST MARCH, 1963* Local Education Authority Estimated cost of projects proposed Estimated cost of projects approved £'000 £'000 Bedfordshire 3,277 832 Berkshire 3,763 549 Buckinghamshire 3,522 875 Cambridgeshire 577 71 Cheshire 8,000 1,592 Cornwall 724 — Cumberland 1,000 360 Derbyshire 2,474 446 Devon 902 63 Dorset 841 372 Durham 9,350 2,356 Essex 3,683 1,285 Gloucestershire 1,789 308 Hampshire 4,844 1,788 Herefordshire 846 156 Hertfordshire 3,588 2,083 Huntingdonshire 846 300 * Explanatory Note: The total value of projects shown in the third column is about £42 m. Starts in 1964–65 will total £55 m. The difference is due to a number of factors: some reserve is kept back for contingencies; the details of all authorities' programmes are not yet finally settled; and authorisations for earlier programmes have allowed for the fact that not all work authorised will start in the year in question. 87W
Local Education Authority Estimated cost of projects proposed Estimated cost of projects approved £'000 £'000 Isle of Ely 316 193 Isle of Wight 217 — Isles of Scilly — — Kent 4,634 1,326 Lancashire 4,400 2,139 Leicestershire 1,824 431 Lincolnshire— Holland 189 — Kesteven 547 225 Lindsey 808 237 Middlesex 3,050 329 Norfolk 4,054 332 Northamptonshire 1,205 241 Northumberland 4,400 1,009 Nottinghamshire 3,168 468 Oxfordshire 549 212 Peterborough Joint Education Board 456 203 Rutland 169 — Shropshire 1,459 328 Somerset 969 204 Staffordshire 6,294 1,276 Suffolk, East 746 148 Suffolk, West 686 226 Surrey 6,168 441 Sussex, East 587 196 Sussex, West 680 63 Warwickshire 2,337 904 Westmorland 130 — Wiltshire 1,484 35 Worcestershire 791 283 Yorkshire— East Riding 700 184 North Riding 845 620 West Riding 14,000 809 London 3,101 877 Barnsley 360 59 Barrow-in-Furness 275 127 Bath 258 — Birkenhead 402 56 Birmingham 2,920 1,068 Blackburn 741 — Blackpool 1,324 112 Bolton 435 286 Bootle 295 185 Bournemouth 965 — Bradford 1,100 333 Brighton 533 — Bristol 919 444 Burnley 75 — Burton-upon-Trent 295 — Bury 412 63 Canterbury 114 — Carlisle 800 — Chester 482 — Coventry 1,067 435 Croydon 1,023 35 Darlington 710 53 Derby 811 — Dewsbury 245 — Doncaster 970 184 Dudley 436 33 Eastbourne 44 — East Ham 350 53 Exeter 42 — Gateshead 340 — Gloucester 378 27 88W
Local Education Authority Estimated cost of projects proposed Estimated cost of projects approved £'000 £'000 Great Yarmouth 181 — Grimsby 1,030 120 Halifax 120 — Hastings 488 — Huddersfield 910 — Ipswich 871 268 Kingston upon Hull 1,320 927 Leeds 1,400 526 Leicester 485 87 Lincoln 1,068 — Liverpool 4,000 1,970 Manchester 3,700 1,001 Middlesbrough 960 254 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,120 228 Northampton 251 33 Norwich — — Nottingham 974 80 Oldham 327 192 Oxford 286 33 Plymouth 327 — Portsmouth 689 — Preston 488 — Reading 325 — Rochdale 348 194 Rotherham 460 49 St. Helens 1,000 108 Salford 407 221 Sheffield 1,000 383 Smethwick 436 — Southampton 489 — Southend-on-Sea 469 182 Southport 278 — South Shields 600 56 Stockport 447 (undecided) Stoke-on-Trent 2,082 104 Sunderland 2,270 320 Tynemouth 305 145 Wakefield 305 — Wallasey 375 50 Walsall 631 — Warrington 207 38 West Bromwich 312 35 West Ham 536 — West Hartlepool 430 189 Wigan 124 124 Wolverhampton 850 91 Worcester 400 — York 245 — Anglesey 424 — Breconshire 374 — Caernarvonshire 627 281 Cardiganshire 137 — Carmarthenshire 909 241 Denbighshire 641 48 Flintshire 403 — Glamorgan 2,176 557 Merioneth 177 — Monmouthshire 1,497 826 Montgomeryshire 179 — Pembrokeshire 140 — Radnorshire 73 — Cardiff 857 582 Merthyr Tydfil 830 152 Newport (Mon.) 348 112 Swansea 653 403 TOTAL 186,880 42,138
§ 71. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education which school building projects he has not approved of those submitted for the school building programme of 1964–65 by the Sunderland Local Education Authority.
§ Mr. ChatawayThe following is a list of the fifteen projects which my right hon. Friend was unable to approve. Most of these projects were replacements of existing schools similar to many proposals from elsewhere in the country.
- 1. Monkwearmouth Comprehensive School (second phase).
- 2. Town End Farm Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School.
- 3. Woodside Infant School.
- 4. Thomas St. Junior School.
- 5. Hylton Road Junior School.
- 6. Hylton Road Infant School.
- 7. West Area Roman Catholic Secondary School for Boys.
- 8. West Area Roman Catholic Secondary School for Girls.
- 9. St. Mary's Roman Infant School.
- 10. Pennywell Secondary School (second phase).
- 11. Hylton Red House Comprehensive School (third phase).
- 12. Central Area Junior School.
- 13. Central Area Infant School.
- 14. Leechmere Road site Roman Catholic Secondary School.
- 15. St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Junior and Infant School.
§ 72. Sir A. V. Harveyasked the Minister of Education when he will authorise the following school Auilding programme in the Macclesfield area, namely, a one form entry primary school at Tytherington, Macclesfield, a two form entry junior school at Upton, Macclesfield, a five class instalment of a one form entry school at Gawsworth, a two form entry infants school at Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, a one form entry school at Bollington, additional accommodation at the County High School for Girls and Broken Cross Secondary School for Boys, and an extension of four form entry at Tytherington Secondary School.
§ Mr. ChatawayThese eight projects were included among the proposals, totalling £8 million, which the Cheshire Authority submitted for the 1964–65 major school building programme. My right hon. Friend has approved one of them, that at Gawsworth, and in addition 89W a new Roman Catholic Primary School at Macclesfield. He has not been able to approve the remaining projects in view of other more pressing needs. Five primary schools and four secondary school projects have been approved in the Macclesfield area since 1958–59, representing more than 2,700 new school places.
§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Education what building projects were submitted for the school building of 1964–65 by the Gateshead education authority; and how many were approved.
§ Sir E. BoyleTwo primary schools and one secondary school were proposed for 1964–65. Of these, one primary school was approved but because of its urgency it was included in the 1963–64 programme. The other primary school proved less urgent than had been expected because housing developments were delayed. I was unable to approve the secondary school.