§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amounts she has authorised the Manchester Education Authority to spend on the improvement or replacement of primary and secondary schools in 1972–73 and 1973–74; and what were the amounts requested by the authority.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeFor 1972–73 the authority proposed 11 primary projects costing about £1.1 million and one secondary project costing nearly £0.3 million. Ten of the primary projects were approved, including one outside the normal building programme arrangements, at a cost of nearly £1 million. For 1973–74, 15 primary projects costing about £1.4 million and two secondary projects costing over £1 million were proposed. Five primary schools costing over £0.5 million have been approved.