HC Deb 07 June 1976 vol 912 c546W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many architects were employed by his Department in each year since and including 1965.

Mr. Mulley

The number of architects employed in the Department of Education and Science—including the University Grants Committee—at 1st January in each year since and including 1965 is as follows:

figure for 1975–76 is not yet available. The table includes expenditure on school building in Wales which is the responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Capital School Building Work, England and Wales 1965 prices
Financial Year £M
1965–66 85.7
1966–67 99.9
1967–68 119.4
1968–69 121.4
1969–70 109.2
1970–71 109.6
1971–72 143.2
1972–73 151.9
1973–74 130.3
1974–75 89.6