HC Deb 25 February 1980 vol 979 cc451-2W
Mr. Frank R. White

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the amount of returned allocations to his Department in the financial year 1979–80 and its reallocation expressed regionally and by local education authority.

Mr.Mark Carlisle

£902,000 of the lump sum allocations for school building in 1979–80 has been surrendered, and additional allocations amounting to £971,000 have been made as follows from these surrenders and a small reserve:

London Boroughs:
£
Bexley 30,000
Havering 25,000
Hillingdon 100,000
Sutton 49,000
Waltham Forest 150,000
West Midlands:
Solihull 8,000
Merseyside:
Wirral 25,000
Greater Manchester:
Bury 33,000
Wigan 175,000
South Yorkshire:
Barnsley 76,000
Doncaster 15,000
Counties:
Isles of Scilly 23,000
Northumberland 150,000
Oxfordshire 112,000

Resources for 1979–80 are now fully committed.

Mr. Frank R. White

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of original allocations have been returned to his Department by each of the local education authorities in Greater Manchester; and which authorities in Greater Manchester have made bids for increases in their allocations.

Mr.Mark Carlisle

There have been no surrenders by local authorities in Greater Manchester of resources allocated for capital school building in 1979–80. All the authorities in the area except Stockport and Trafford have made bids for increases in their allocations.