HC Deb 23 July 1969 vol 787 c412W
Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the total amounts of money allocated for school building in the West Riding of Yorkshire for each year since, and including, 1960.

Miss Bacon

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

Financial Year £ million
1960ߝ61 2.0
1961ߝ62 2.9
1962ߝ63 2.3
1963ߝ64 1.4
1964ߝ65 1.6
1965ߝ66 3.9
1966ߝ67 3.5
1967ߝ68 3.7
1968ߝ69 2.6
1969ߝ70 3.3
1970ߝ71 4.9

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 projects to the value of £0.3 million approved for the 1967–68 programme but which had not started by 31st March, 1968. In addition projects to the value of £0.2 million under the special programme for educational priority areas were allocated to the West Riding for 1969–70. The value shown for the year 1970–71 represents the Design List for 1969–70, aimed at starts in 1970–71.