HC Deb 04 December 1973 vol 865 cc379-80W
Mr. Roderick

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the expenditure (a) on books and (b) on equipment, in each local authority in Wales in each of the last seven years.

Mr. Peter Thomas

This information is not readily available centrally, but the hon. Member may be able to obtain these

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMMES BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AND BY CALENDAR YEAR
£ thousand
Local Education Authority 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Anglesey 80 119 233 379 153 214 60
Breconshire 56 95 85 57 139 153 155
Caernarvonshire 67 147 659 88 483 181 170
Cardiganshire 105 50 188 65 58 Nil 114
Carmarthenshire 288 777 215 465 92 317 245
Denbighshire 176 239 295 722 395 587 378
Flintshire 181 173 688 644 211 980 1,232
Glamorgan 1,155 1,495 2,392 1,803 2,254 1,314 2,478
Merioneth 28 65 31 255 61 103 Nil
Monmouthshire 732 968 453 1,052 1,161 812 681
Montgomeryshire 38 251 46 27 27 Nil 86
Pembrokeshire 132 160 471 60 78 179 897
Radnorshire 23 17 23 253 19 172 46
Cardiff 819 802 586 1,053 695 1,616 859
Merthyr Tydfil 788 279 127 96 759 31 42
Newport 64 60 159 128 347 968 189
Swansea 393 145 725 602 63 465 189

details from the relevant local education authorities in Wales.