School Building Programmes

Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what amounts were asked for by each education authority in Scotland for their school building programmes in each year since 1960; and what amounts were allocated by him in each case.

The following table shows, in columns A and B respectively, the amounts of capital investment initially sought by each education authority for their school building programmes in the financial years 1960–61 to 1964–65, and the value of projects started in each area in each of these years. Since 1965–66 school building programmes have been

(£000)
Education Authority			1960–61		1961–62		1962–63		1963–64		1964–65
			A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
Counties
Aberdeen	…	…	237	173	1,446	600	1,116	665	882	397	458	406
Angus	…	…	326	336	105	6	564	254	774	577	69	70
Argyll	…	…	572	348	895	653	1,131	50	608	131	527	428
Ayr	…	…	1,540	522	1,330	70	2,172	1,292	2,312	1,283	1,478	979
Banff	…	…	428	35	354	242	20	99	233	7	220	124
Berwick	…	…	50	60	200	270	38	—	38	53	60	43
Bute	…	…	11	—	25	—	74	—	79	92	70	—
Caithness	…	…	498	308	317	396	266	15	412	136	446	202
Clackmannan		…	375	—	153	76	675	259	692	267	442	235
Dumfries	…	…	496	234	714	51	966	336	311	515	460	299
Dunbarton		…	129	131	650	279	1,257	1,184	2,852	949	1,212	1,846
East Lothian		…	202	55	328	156	461	21	586	201	778	13
Fife	…	…	1,625	878	1,217	540	1,819	1,199	2,643	925	1,835	1,074
Inverness	…	…	203	21	803	559	358	205	462	520	549	152
Kincardine		…	21	11	144	26	40	49	212	214	84	52
Kirkcudbright		…	144	19	209	131	166	141	317	231	366	123
Lanark	…	…	6,865	2,060	No programme submitted	60	1,260	1,414	3,198	2,088	3,135	2,263
Midlothian		…	288	102	1,672	536	1,593	881	1,020	882	1,352	795
Moray and Nairn		…	174	18	89	38	550	173	883	220	1,642	306
Orkney	…	…	321	120	45	17	405	124	145	—	200	—
Peebles	…	…	102	—	124	—	257	10	269	293	19	—
Perth and Kinross			572	280	705	439	796	626	608	421	857	500
Renfrew	…	…	1,330	920	2,684	2,316	2,245	1,699	2,800	2,536	2,925	1,771
Ross and Cromarty			99	132	272	119	510	243	828	534	690	543
Roxburgh	…	…	288	117	140	3	26	43	22	2	22	2
Selkirk	…	…	31	51	519	528	5	8	58	27	45	—
Stirling	…	…	1,011	624	1,448	1,079	724	436	602	433	475	305
Sutherland		…	558	275	552	367	154	4	157	76	221	99
West Lothian		…	533	385	842	95	1,198	902	2,127	752	1,471	915
Wigtown	…	…	99	28	174	40	695	863	—	—	45	6
Zetland	…	…	321	104	201	312	96	133	261	18	245	209
Burghs
Aberdeen	…	…	897	641	700	135	322	432	865	328	1,015	53
Dundee	…	…	273	66	597	544	795	315	634	450	678	358
Edinburgh	…	…	1,021	422	1,743	948	1,301	393	1,130	1,095	820	589
Glasgow	…	…	4,770	1,472	4,767	3,878	5,422	2,102	7,890	2,807	8,656	3,188
Total	…	…	26,410	10,948	26,164	15,509	29,477	16,570	36,910	19,460	33,567	17,948

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the value of approvals for new school building in 1963, 1964, 1965 and the first quarter of 1966 in the counties of Stirling and Clackmannan, respectively.

The value of projects started is shown in the following table:

	Value of Projects Started
			(£000)
Education Authority	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66
Stirling	433	305	237
Clackmannan	267	235	89

Note:

The information is shown by financial years, since this is the basis on which the school building programme is controlled. The value of starts in the first quarter of 1966 is included in the figure for 1965–66.

framed on a three-year basis within specific amounts of investment allocated to each authority.

Volume 728: debated on Friday 20 May 1966