§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Wales(1) what changes there will be in the school building programmes for each county in Wales in the current year and next year
(2) what is the amount of the Government's reduction in £55 million education expenditure which is to be borne in Wales; in what counties the reduction is to be made and by what amount.
§ Mr. Michael Roberts£1.3 million. Of this total, £1 million represents savings arising from not proceeding with, or deferring, certain policy proposals of the previous Administration, and it is not possible to apportion these savings amongst local education authorities. To achieve the remaining expenditure savings 437W of £0.3 million it is necessary to reduce the value of building starts by £0.9 million and this reduction is spread as follows:
Authority Reduction Clwyd £99,000 Dyfed £130,000 Gwent £125,000 Gwynedd £81,000 Mid Glamorgan £225,000 Powys £50,000 South Glamorgan £63,000 West Glamorgan £127,000 No change is being made at present in the building allocations for future years.