§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what funds have been approved for educational projects in England under the urban programme for the current year and for each of the years since 1970; and if he will list in the Official Report the allocated sums for each of the years by region and expressed as a percentage of the total.
§ Mr. MulleyAfter consultation with my Department my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-386W ment has approved educational projects costing £1.707 million under the urban programme for 1976–77. The total for each year since 1969–70 is as follows:
Financial Year Projects for Total of education projects approved £ million 1969–70 2.699 1970–71 .160 1971–72 1.515 1972–73 1.623 1973–74 1.479 1974–75 1.653 1975–76 1.408 The regional totals for each of these years are:
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Fiancial year projects for Total of educational projects approved £ million Percentage of total education approvals for the year NORTH 1969–70 .239 8.9 1970–71 .016 10.0 1971–72 .367 24.2 1972–73 .372 22.9 1973–74 .235 15.9 1974–75 .187 11.3 1975–76 .042 3.0 1976–77 .168 9.8 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE 1969–70 .333 12.3 1970–71 .018 11.3 1971–72 .281 18.5 1972–73 .299 18.4 1973–74 .214 14.5 1974–75 .250 15.1 1975–76 .342 24.3 1976–77 .375 22.0
Financial year project for Total of educational projects approval £ million Percentage of total eductional approvals for the year NORTH WEST 1969–70 .492 18.2 1970–71 .034 21.2 1971–72 .318 21.0 1972–73 .350 21.6 1973–74 .312 21.1 1974–75 .236 14.3 1975–76 .157 11.2 1976–77 .113 6.6 EAST MIDLANDS 1969–70 .166 6.2 1970–71 .005 3.1 1971–72 .101 6.7 1972–73 .116 7.2 1973–74 .120 8.1 1974–75 .091 5.5 1975–76 .071 5.0 1976–77 .109 6.4 WEST MIDLANDS 1969–70 .546 20.2 1970–71 .038 23.8 1971–72 .133 8.8 1972–73 .141 8.7 1973–74 .285 19.2 1974–75 .224 13.6 1975–76 .230 16.3 1976–77 .238 14.0 EAST ANGILA 1969–70 .008 0.3 1970–71 — — 1971–72 .010 0.7 1972–73 .011 0.7 1973–74 — — 1974–75 — — 1975–76 .010 0.7 1976–77 .038 2.2 SOUTH EAST 1969–70 .889 33.3 1970–71 .049 30.6 1971–72 .220 14.5 1972–73 .249 15.3 1973–74 .273 18.5 1974–75 .602 36.4 1975–76 .544 38.6 1976–77 .663 38.8 SOUTH WEST 1969–70 .016 0.6 1970–71 — — 1971–72 .085 5.6 1972–73 .085 5.2 1973–74 .040 2.7 1974–75 .063 3.8 1975–76 .012 0.9 1976–77 .003 0.2