HC Deb 15 December 1970 vol 808 cc312-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the amount spent on the primary school-building programme for the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969 in Wales; what were the figures for Flintshire in these years; and what are the projected figures for Wales and for Flintshire in the years 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 and 1973–74.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The amounts included for primary school building in Wales in the main school building programmes for the years 1964–69 and the corresponding figures for Flintshire are as follows:

Year of Programme Wales Flintshire
£000 £000
1964–65 430 Nil
1965–66 1,913 Nil
1966–67 1,527 169
1967–68 3,057 243
1968–69 1,304 126
1969–70 1,278 125

The programmes announced for the period 1970–72 are as follows:

£000 £000
1970–71 1,733 193*
1971–72 1,760 147
1972–73 2,627 294
* Includes a project at Shotton added to the programme in the last month.

Submissions for the 1973–74 programme have only just been invited.