§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the value of the school building programmes requested by each local education authority in Scotland for the current financial year; and what was the value of approvals given by his Department.
§ Mr. RossEducation authorities were not required to submit requests for investment for school building in 1969–70. Their programmes for the year were approved following the rephasing of school building programmes drawn up before the decision to defer the raising130W of the school-leaving age. The values of the approved programmes for the year are given below.
SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMMES 1969–70 Education Authority £'000 Burghs Aberdeen 770 Dundee 1,445 Edinburgh 1,376 Glasgow 4,580 Counties Aberdeen 568 Angus 1,092 Argyll 577 Ayr 1,835 Banff 150 Berwick 59 Bute 53 Caithness 329 Clackmannan 235 Dumfries 153 Dunbarton 2,613 East Lothian 323 Fife 2,000 Inverness 480 Kincardine — Kirkcudbright 68 Lanark 3,268 Midlothian 705 Moray and Nairn 25 Orkney 430* Peebles — Perth and Kinross 898 Renfrew 2,193 Ross and Cromarty 424* Roxburgh 267 Selkirk 60 Stirling 564 Sutherland 150† West Lothian 1,375 Wigtown 250 Zetland 375 * Approved programme covers 2 years 1968–69 and 1969–70. † Approved programme covers 3 years 1967–68 to 1969–70.