HC Deb 27 June 1968 vol 767 cc108-9W
47. Mr. Montgomery

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he plans to approve the building of a new community centre at Wordsley in the county borough of Dudley.

Mr. Denis Howell

My Department's assistance for community centre projects is mainly confined to those sponsored by voluntary bodies, towards the cost of which giants are available. Major community centre projects put forward specifically on educational grounds are considered carefully but have to be judged for inclusion in our limited building programmes against many other competing demands from local education authorities in the further education field; otherwise the main channel for projects sponsored by local authorities generally is through the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.