§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new primary and secondary school places, respectively, are represented by the building allocations approved for each of the next three years.
§ Mr. RossThe information presently available suggests that the approved investment allocation for projects to start in the three years 1967–68, 1968–69 and 1969–70 should enable education authorities to provide about 48,000 new primary school places and 110,000 new secondary school places.
§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary o: State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of school places approved in each of the last 15 years, and the average annual cost per approved school place.
§ Mr. RossThe information is as follows:
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(1) (2) (3) Year Number of places* Value of approvals Average cost per place £000 £ 1952 … 25,761 4,838 188 1953 … 38,501 7,265 189 1954 … 46,881 8,997 192 1955 … 58,729 13,011 222 1956 … 42,733 9,684 227 1957 … 53,708 14,321 267 1958 … 49,642 14,824 299 1959 … 44,470 11,858 267 1960 … 45,709 12326 281 1961 … 51,217 16,909 330 1962 … 66,992 23,610 352 1963 … 61,007 21,294 349 1964 … 47,722 16,961 355 1965 … 31,945 10,223 320 1966 … 30,327 13,141 404† * In primary, secondary, special and approved schools. † The average cost per place for 1966 takes account of an estimate of about 2,350 places in projects of under £50,000 not included in Col. (1.) A simplified procedure scheme introduced for these projects at the end of 1965 allowed their values to be included in Col. (2) but not the number of places in Col. (1). These are recorded at the stage of starting.