§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish in the Official Report a detailed list of the lump sum allocations for primary and secondary school buildings for 1976–77 and 1977–78 for the Inner and Greater London areas, respectively; and why, in view of the Government's declared policy of not adversely affecting stress areas, she has 330W reduced the allocation for the London borough of Newham.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe information is as follows:
£ thousand Greater London Broughs Final allocation 1976–77 (1976 prices) Final allocation 1977–78 (1977 prices) Barking 94 119 Barnet 115 264 Bexley 980 860 Brent 398 323 Bromley 103 314 Croydon 500 184 Ealing 451 574 Enfield 392 118 Haringey 338 118 Harrow 1,192 214 Havering 275 337 Hillingdon 290 326 Hounslow 90 176 Kingston-upon-Thames 52 67 Merton 283 478 Newham 841 552 Redbridge 809 620 Richmond-upon-Thames 128 71 Sutton 264 76 Waltham Forest 778 288 Inner London 738 723 To achieve announced cuts in public expenditure while protecting provision for basic need it was necessary to withdraw most of the 1976–77, and all the 1977–78, improvement element of the school building programme. The reductions made in the Newham allocations reflect these decisions.