HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc510-4W
Mr. Hatton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities which to date have not taken up their building allocations for voluntary youth service, village hall and community centre projects for 1976–77 and the amounts involved.

Miss Margaret Jackson

Sums which were offered by the Department of Education and Science for capital grant for voluntary youth service, village hall and community centre projects for the financial year 1976–77 but not taken up are set out below:

YOUTH SERVICE PROJECTS
Local Education Authority Original allocation Amount not taken up
£ £
English Counties
Bedfordshire 17,850 5,375
Berkshire 16,870 655
Buckinghamshire 19,675 2,175
Cheshire 95,135 65,511
Cumbria 3,531 850
Derbyshire 28,156 22,474
East Sussex 10,000 10,000
Gloucestershire 28,324 8,324
Hampshire 63,525 28,369
Hereford/Worcestershire 14,858 2,129
Hertfordshire 47,550 25,425
Northumberland 3,960 1,000
Salop 10,750 10,750
Somerset 13,275 3,375
Suffolk 7,250 1,250
Surrey 40,792 40,792
Warwickshire 16,538 16,538
West Sussex 23,300 552
Metropolitan Districts
Kirklees 4,500 4,500
Leeds 3,250 2,500
Liverpool 92,387 1,600
Manchester 26,937 26,937
Sefton 11,750 5,000
Sheffield 17,062 1,200
Greater London
ILEA 314,500 212,642
Barnet 17,000 2,928
Hillingdon 4,160 160
Merton 17,500 4,750
Newham 12,000 4,805
Wales
Clwyd 9,500 9,500
Dyfed 25,600 15,600

VILLAGE HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE PROJECTS
Local Education Authority Original allocation Amount not taken up
£ £
English Counties
Avon 57,259 24,672
Cheshire 49,610 7,884
Cumbria 16,022 395
East Sussex 9,550 1,750
Essex 71,500 49,718
Gloucestershire 90,610 38,610
Hampshire 69,620 234
Hereford/Worcestershire 79,985 1,235
Hertfordshire 58,250 34,750
Humberside 47,328 1,946
Isle of Wight 13,375 12,500
Kent 173,340 13,350
Lancashire 44,082 1,982
Leicestershire 54,630 41,083
Lincolnshire 131,925 4,035

Local Education Authority Original allocation Amount not taken up
£ £
English Counties
Northamptonshire 70,800 1,816
Nottinghamshire 40,006 1,500
Surrey 22,422 1,490
Warwickshire 11,378 9,652
West Sussex 64,783 14,748
Wiltshire 49,783 439
Metropolitan Districts
Dudley 13,824 12,500
Leeds 37,000 27,000
Greater London
ILEA 53,000 4,014
Wales
Clwyd 32,250 1,222
Dyfed 6,000 6,000
Powys 39,660 3,250
South Glamorgan 9,112 2,832

Mr. Hatton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities which have notified her Department of intended under-use of their building allocations for primary and secondary schools for 1976–77 and the amounts involved.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The following local education authorities notified the Department that for various reasons they did not intend to take up the amounts shown of their original allocations for primary and secondary school building in 1976–77.

£000
Bradford 483
Knowsley 446
Kingston-upon-Thames 105
Manchester 37
Oxfordshire 769
Shropshire 250
Surrey 1,020
West Sussex 1,472

The original allocations were subsequently reduced as a consequence of the public expenditure cuts announced in December 1976—in the case of Manchester the original allocation of £742,000 was reduced to £436,000.

Mr. Hatton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities which to date have not taken up their allocations for nursery education in 1976–77 and the amounts involved.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The information requested is as follows:

NURSERY EDUCATION BUILDING PROGRAMME 1976–77
Local Education Authorities who took up none of their allocation:
LEA Original allocation Final allocation after redistribution and uprating Released allocation Additional allocation Take up
Bexley 42,000 47,000 47,000
Bromley 10,000 12,000 12,000
Croydon 144,000 159,000 159,000
Redbridge 29,000 29,000
Sutton 21,000 21,000
Dudley 40,000 40,000
Sandwell 100,000 100,000
Knowsley 156,000 173,000 173,000
Wirral 46,000 46,000
Rochdale 42,000 47,000 47,000
Barnsley 48,000 48,000
Rotherham 82,000 91,000 91,000
Bradford 67,000 74,000 74,000
Kirklees 131,000 145,000 145,000
North Tyneside 45,000 50,000 50,000
Avon 223,000 223,000
Cheshire 147,000 162,000 162,000
Cumbria 54,000 54,000
Devon 149,000 149,000
Essex 109,000 109,000
Gloucestershire 112,000 112,000
Hampshire 575,000 634,000 634,000
Kent 49,000 49,000
Lancashire 170,000 170,000
Lincolnshire 37,000 37,000
Salop 38,000 42,000 42,000
Somerset 15,000 15,000
Surrey 48,000 48,000
Warwickshire 65,000 65,000
West Sussex 25,000 25,000
Wiltshire 15,000 15,000
Where column 2 is blank authorities released their allocation before redistribution and updating.

NURSERY EDUCATION BUILDING PROGRAMME 1976–77
Local Education Authorities who took up their allocation in part:
LEA Original allocation Final allocation after redistribution and uprating Released allocation Additional allocation Take up
Barnet 33,000 33,000 3,000 3,000
Birmingham 365,000 403,000 253,000 150,000
Bury 73,000 81,000 56,000 25,000
Wigan 98,000 109,000 82,000 27,000
Derbyshire 186,000 94,000 19,000 75,000
Hereford & Worcester 54,000 60,000 9,000 51,000
Isle of Wight 21,000 24,000 11,000 13,000
Leicestershire 114,000 114,000 28,000* 28,000*
North Yorkshire 224,000 247,000 239,500 7,500
Northumberland 28,000 31,000† 12,665 18,335
* Due to special circumstances approval given for 1975–76 project to be carried over to 1976–77 programme year. Allocation made from 1975–76 nursery building programme.
† In releasing part of their allocation the Authority only acknowledged their original allocation. Where column 2 is blank authorities released their allocation before redistribution and uprating. Local education authorities which made a nil bid:

Havering

Trafford

Isles of Scilly

Buckinghamshire

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