HC Deb 05 December 1968 vol 774 c533W
68. Mr. Murray

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the size of the major school building programme for Kent in each of the years 1961–62 to 1968–69; and what is the figure for 1969–70.

Miss Bacon

The following are the values of major building programmes for primary and secondary schools in the present Kent area:

£ million
1961–62 .9
1962–63 1.2
1963–64 1.1
1964–65 1.3
1965–66 2.5
1966–67 2.9
1967–68 4.3
1968–69 3.5
1969–70 3.3

The values shown for years 1968–69 and 1969–70 are authorised starts on the basis explained in Circular 6/68, in these figures are projects to the value of £1.2 million approved for the 1967–68 programme but which had not been started by 31st March, 1968.