§ 60. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will give the values of the projects submitted for the school building programmes for 1966–67 by each local education authority; and what are the corresponding values of the projects he has approved.
§ Mr. HoggI am arranging for this information to be circulated in the 95W OFFICIAL REPORT. The programme for 1966–67 which so far totals £64,628,000, for England and Wales, is one part of a programme covering 2½ years, 1965–68. Information regarding the year 1965–66 was given in reply to the hon. Member's Question on 13th April, 1964, and the information now given should be looked at in conjunction with this earlier information.
Following is the information:
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1966–67 MAJOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMMES Value of work proposed Value of approved programme (£000) (£000) Northern Region Cumberland 965 286 Carlisle 438 274 Durham 3,632 1,832 Darlington 183 —* Gateshead 471 —* South Shields 727 105 Sunderland 384 399 West Hartlepool 289 132 Northumberland 1,791 1,033 Newcastle upon Tyne 375 —* Tynemouth 115 68 Westmorland 73 65 Yorkshire: North Riding 553 537 Middlesbrough 876 323 Yorkshire East and West Ridings Yorkshire: East Riding 673 279 Kingston upon Hull 1,137 333 York 302 123 Yorkshire: West Riding 5,618 —* Barnsley 66 —* Bradford 639 424 Dewsbury 95 39 Doncaster 120 —* Halifax 287 167 Huddersfield 513 130 Leeds 957 585 Rotherham 307 —* Sheffield 1,112 563 Wakefield — —* North Western Region Cheshire 5,199 —* Birkenhead 754 235 Chester 61 127 Stockport 140 198 Wallasey 376 208 Lancashire 4,943 4,062 Barrow-in-Furness 75 89 Blackburn 217 36 Blackpool 816 —* Bolton 245 239 Bootle 53 114 Burnley 60 323 Bury 186 153 Liverpool 2,575 1,064 Manchester 2,844 1,211 Oldham 487 68 Preston 219 65 97W
Value of work proposed Value of approved programme (£000) (£000) Rochdale 252 98 St. Helens 353 238 Salford 293 183 Southport 68 62 Warrington 135 117 Wigan 216 72 North Midland Region Derbyshire 527 1,269 Derby 401 — Leicestershire 1,503 509 Leicester 464 396 Lincolnshire: Holland 211 97 Lincolnshire: Kesteven 593 108 Lincolnshire: Lindsey 739 352 Grimsby 205 62 Lincoln 315 75 Northamptonshire 1,211 595 Northampton 315 316 Nottinghamshire 1,475 837 Nottingham 622 448 Rutland 76 102 Midland Region Herefordshire 458 172 Shropshire 976 484 Staffordshire 3,707 1,796 Burton-upon-Trent 58 60 Smethwick 85 — Stoke-on-Trent 915 222 Walsall 516 66 West Bromwich 413 58 Wolverhampton 584 — Warwickshire 2,060 1,180 Birmingham 3,264 1,632 Coventry 1,209 712 Solihull — 307 Worcestershire 1,465 707 Dudley 282 121 Worcester 296 61 Eastern Region Bedfordshire 1,002 791 Luton 702 490 Cambridgeshire 257 374 Essex 5,293 4,060 East Ham 115 78 Southend-on-Sea 515 88 West Ham 615 64 Hertfordshire 3,719 2,725 Huntingdonshire 763 512 Isle of Ely 245 98 Norfolk 1,192 395 Norwich 175 162 Great Yarmouth 163 55 Peterborough Joint Board 454 196 Suffolk East 499 404 Ipswich 332 121 Suffolk West 380 334 Metropolitan Region London 4,375 3,130 Middlesex 4,618 1,097 South Eastern Region Kent 4,450 2,995 Canterbury 198 —
Value of work proposed Value of approved programme (£000) (£000) Sussex East 598 327 Brighton 193 65 Eastbourne 70 — Hastings 131 — Sussex West 772 428 Surrey 3,765 1,423 Croydon 598 181 Southern Region Berkshire 1,288 1,058 Reading 331 402 Buckinghamshire 2,579 1,137 Dorset 468 581 Hampshire 3,762 2,015 Bournemouth 696 98 Portsmouth 416 198 Southampton 544 187 Isle of Wight 196 — Oxfordshire 1,070 494 Oxford 370 67 South Western Region Cornwall 870 352 Devon 1,298 325 Exeter 36 39 Plymouth 505 142 Gloucestershire 1,187 1,071 Bristol 1,564 320 Gloucester 232 — Isles of Scilly — — Somerset 1,120 378 Bath 288 67 Wiltshire 1,417 499 Wales Anglesey 132 96 Breconshire 376 32 Caernarvonshire 457 150 Cardiganshire 64 65 Carmarthenshire 558 284 Denbighshire 860 235 Flintshire 38 235 Glamorgan 1,780 1,387 Cardiff 1,018 720 Merthyr Tydfil 350 117 Swansea 485 346 Merionethshire 74 174 Monmouthshire 334 926 Newport 267 262 Montgomeryshire 30 68 Pembrokeshire 112 105 Radnorshire uncosted — Notes:
(1) An asterisk denotes that the Authority's programme has not yet been announced.
(2) A number of programmes are incomplete And further projects will be added later.
(3) The values of authorities' proposals are based on estimates provided by the authorities when the proposals were made. The values of approved programmes are those actually announced.
(4) Some authorities did not make separate proposals for each of the three years 1965–68. In these cases the value of proposals shown is one-third of the total value of their proposals.
(5) The 1966–67 programme includes projects proposed for the 1965–66 programme
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§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals were put forward by Staffordshire County Council for Newcastleunder-Lyme for the school building year 1965–66; whether they included the replacement of Friarswood School; and what proportion in value of these proposals he approved.
§ Mr. HoggThe following proposals were submitted by the Staffordshire Local Education Authority for Newcastle under Lyme for the school building year 1965–66:—
Wolstanton, St. Margaret's Church of England Junior School: replacement.
Cross Heath Secondary School: replacement.
Westland Girls' Secondary School: replacement.
Newcastle Blessed Thomas and Maxfield Roman Catholic Secondary School: extensions.
Friarswood Primary School will be re-housed in the. Westlands buildings when the new school is completed.
The Answer to the last part of the Question is nearly 40 per cent.
§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the value of the schoolbuilding programme for Newcastle-under-Lyme in each of the years 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, and 1965–66.
§ Mr. HoggThe information is set out in the table below.
Year Value of major school building programme £ 1962–63 359,493 1963–64 259,791 1964–65 54,506 1965–66 212,380