§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the capital expenditure allowance for education for St. Helens district council for 1974–75 and each succeeding year to the latest available date; and what was its actual expenditure in each of these years.
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§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe control of capital expenditure by local education authorities is based on the value of work started in each year. The figures in the following table, which are expressed at the prices prevailing at the time, compare the authority's annual share of the resources available for educational building with the total value of projects which they were able to start:
Starts allocation (£m) 1974–5 0.827 1975–6 1.972 1976–7 0.565 1977–8 1.739
Value of work started (£m) 1974–5 0.827 1975–6 1.972 1976–7 0.517 1977–8 1.739