§ Mr. Jeffrey Archerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much she has authorised Lindsey County Council to spend on the provision of new buildings and the improvement of existing buildings in maintained primary schools in the county in 1972–73; and what were the equivalent figures for each year since 1965.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeInformation about the value of major projects started, or authorised to start, in each year is given below. In addition, the authority will normally devote a substantial proportion of its annual allocation for minor capital projects to primary school building.
Maintained primary schools in Lincolnshire (Lindsey): value of projects in major school building programmes, 1965–73. Year Authorised expenditure on building work £000's Actual Starts 1965–66 113 1966–67 312 1967–68 404 1968–69 104 1969–70 223 1970–71 97 Authorised Starts 1971–72 381 1972–73 432