§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the new nursery school or classes projects suggested by local education authorities in the North-West of England in each of the last three years, those to which she gave approval, those with which the local authorities then decided not to proceed, those completed and those under construction.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonNursery education building projects are not proposed or approved individually. The number and value of projects proposed by local education authorities in the North West region and the allocations made by my Department in the last three years were as follows:
authorities in 1974–75 and 1975–76 as bids were made prior to local government reorganisation. For 1976–77 allocations. The figures are:
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Authority Number of projects proposed Cost of proposed projects Original allocations Value of projects not proceeded with Additional allocation Final allocation. Progress as at 31st December 1976* Started Completed† Under construction† £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s Bolton … … 4 78 35 — — 35 — — — Bury … … 7 150 81 56 — 25 — — — Manchester … … 16 370 153 — 36 189 — — — Oldham … … 2 40 34 — — 34 — — — Rochdale … … 3 75 47 47 — 0 — — — Salford … … 9 220 53 — — 53 45 45 — Stockport … … 2 122 66 — — 66 — — — Tameside … … 10 251 121 — 200 354 — — — Trafford … … 0 0 0 — — 0 — — — Wigan … … 11 220 109 82 — 27 — — — Knowsley … … 18 380 173 173 — 0 — — — Liverpool … … 22 270 116 — — 116 100 22 78 St. Helen's … … 17 332 72 — — 72 — — — Sefton … … 3 88.5 52 — — 52 — — — Wirral … … 14 215.5 46 46 — 0 — — — Lancashire … … N.A. 450 188 188 — 0 — — — Cheshire … … 7 515 162 162 — 0 — — — Total … … 145 1,541 1,541 754 236 1,023 145 67 78 * Based on quarterly returns made by Local Education Authorities. Information for the quarter ended 31st March 1977 not yet received. † Completion and under construction figures are estimated on the assumption that the average construction period is six months.