§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in the school building programmes of 1960 to 1964 what was the value of approvals, starts and work done; how the figures compare with those for the years 1964 to 1968; what was the value of work under construction in 1968; and how it compares with the figure for the previous eight years.
§ Mr. RossIn the two four-year periods approvals were £78.3 million and £85.4316W million respectively, starts were £66.2 million and £93.6 million and work done £58.5 million and £78.5 million. At end 1968 work to the value of £63.2 million was under construction, an increase of £26.6 million over the average for the previous eight years. The annual figures are as follows:
WORK UNDER CONSTRUCTION Value at end of £m. 1960 27.0 1961 29.0 1962 33.4 1963 36.2 1964 42.8 1965 40.5 1966 37.8 1967 45.8 1968 63.2
§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of new places in school projects in 1960 to 1964; how it compares with the number in the years 1964 to 1968; how many new school projects were under construction in 1968; and how this compares with the last eight years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RossIn 1961 to 1964, 173,645; in 1965 to 1968, 212,132. At end 1968, 269 new school projects, including alterations and extension and providing 135,560 places, were under construction, 13 and 36,749 places respectively more than the average over the last eight years. The annual figures are as follows:
SCHOOL BUILDING, SCOTLAND PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS) Year Number of Projects Number of Places 1960 271 91,694 1961 257 93,257 1962 262 95,095 1963 272 100,076 1964 281 116,849 1965 226 104,414 1966 228 90,808 1967 255 92,296 1968 269 135,560