§ Mr. A. Royleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what money has been sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government for spending on secondary school development in the years 1968–69 and 1969–70 in areas where education committees are changing over from selective to comprehensive education.
§ Miss BaconCapital allocations authorised for secondary projects in the major building programme amount to:
£ million 1968–69 … … … … 42 1969–70 … … … … 53 (a) All the approved projects are expected to contribute to reorganisation on comprehensive lines.
(b) These figures take no account of the block allocation for minor works (which authorities are free to use on educational building as they think fit) or of the special allocations for educational priority areas.
(c) The £42 million for 1968–69 relates only to secondary projects authorised to start in that year. In addition £21. 6 million of building resources in 1968–69 were committed to meeting an excess of both primary and secondary starts over the authorised total in 1967–68. This sum cannot be ascribed to particular projects.