§ 24. Mr. Laneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are 345W his latest estimates of expenditure on primary school building and replacement in 1974–75, 1975–76 and 1976–77, respectively.
§ Mr. ArmstrongI cannot yet say what level of resources will be available for the 1975–76 and 1976–77 school building programmes.
For 1974–75 lump sum authorisations totalling £111 million for major projects have been issued to local education authorities, plus minor works allocations totalling £54 million, and within these amounts it is for local education authorities to decide how much is to be committed to primary school projects. Further resources totalling £29 million were allocated on 7th November, of which £20 million is for major primary school improvement or replacement projects and the remainder is extra minor works.