§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if she will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount spent on major secondary school building programmes in each of the last 10 years, and how many schools were built in each of these years;
(2) if she will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount spent on the major secondary school building programme in 235W the West Riding for each of the last 10 years, and how many secondary schools were built in each of these years.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeRecords of amounts spent do not distinguish between secondary and primary schools. The following table of the value of work started in each year provides the most nearly equivalent information:
TABLE SECONDARY SCHOOLS Programme year Value of work started Number of new schools completed West Riding England and Wales West Riding England and Wales £m. £m. 1960–61 1.7 not available 4 173 1961–62 2.5 51 — 136 1962–63 3.3 56 4 147 1963–64 4.1 50 4 181 1964–65 2.0 36 5 194 1965.66 0.8 38 1 153 1966–67 2.7 49 4 124 1967–68 3.0 69 1 95 1968–69 1.0 43 8 97 1969–70 1.7 67 1 85