§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what effect the measures announced on 16th January will have upon the provision of recreational facilities and playing fields.
§ Mr. Denis Howell:While some cutting back of local authority projects is inevitable it should, none the less, be possible to maintain a reasonable level of 324W progress. It is not possible to say what effect the reductions in educational building programmes will have on the provision of recreational facilities and playing fields.
§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total amount of money made available from public funds to local authorities and voluntary organisations in England and Wales, respectively, for facilities used partly for sport and physical recreation, as defined in the 1966 Report of the Sports Council, for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Denis Howell:Public capital investment in facilities used partly for sport and physical recreation in England and Wales was as follows:
1962– 63 … … £ 2. 2 million 1963– 64 … … £ 3. 4 million 1964– 65 … … £ 4. 3 million 1965– 66 … … £ 4. 0 million 1966– 67 … … £ 3. 7 million Information is not available about expenditure on running costs.
NOTES:
1. The figures are based on forecasts of expenditure for the year concerned. They indicate the general level of expenditure on the best sources available at the time they were compiled.
2. Figures have not been assembled on this basis separately for England and Wales.