HC Deb 10 November 1970 vol 806 c109W
Mr. Armstrong

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total amounts expended on the primary school building programme in the Northern Region for each year since 1960; and if she will indicate the proposed expenditure on the primary school building programme in the region for the next four years.

Mrs. Thatcher

The information is as follows:

Annual Building Programmes for Primary Schools (including Middle Schools) in the Northern Region
Programme Year Value in £000 (current prices)
Actual Starts
1960–61 558
1961–62 1,533
1962–63 1,482
1963–64 1,863
1964–65 1,230
1965–66 2,263
1966–67 2,114
1967–68 4,305
1968–69 1,566
1969–70 3,940
Expected Starts
1970–71 3,813
1971–72 3,956
1972–73 4,800
(approximately)

No decision has yet been taken on the programme for 1973–74.

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