§ 32. Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what effect the Government's economic policy is expected to have on the schools building programme in the inner London area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonAllocations to authorities for school building vary from year to year, depending on relative need, and are made within a national total, which itself varies from year to year with national need and public expenditure constraints. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the Question in the form asked because it is hypothetical. We do not know what the annual totals for school building, and the ILEA's share of these, might have been had public expenditure ceilings been higher for this and future years.