HC Deb 12 December 1968 vol 775 cc197-8W
69. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the size of the major school-building programme for the West Riding County Council in each of the last seven years; and what is the figure for 1969–70.

Miss Bacon

Values of major building programmes as announced for primary and secondary schools in the West Riding are as follows:

£ million
1962–63 2.3
1963–64 1.4
1964–65 1.6
1965–66 3.9
1966–67 3.5
1967–68 3.7
1968–69 2.6
1969–70 3.3

The values shown for the years 1968–69 and 1969–70 are authorised starts on the basis explained in Circular 6/68: in these figures are school buildings to the value of £0.3 million approved for the 1967–68 programme but which had not started by 31st March, 1968. In addition, school buildings to the value of £0.2 million under the special programme for educational priority areas were allocated to the West Riding for 1969–70.

70. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the names of the primary schools which were scheduled to be built in the Dearne Valley constituency for the years 1969, 1970 and 1971, respectively, and have now been deferred; and when these schools will be included in the building programme.

Miss Bacon

This information is not readily available since the schools submitted for building programmes are not classified by reference to Parliamentary constituencies.