Skip to main content

School Building Programme, Cheshire And Lancashire

Volume 806: debated on Thursday 12 November 1970

The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the secondary school building programme for the North-West Region for each of the years from 1960 to the present; and what is the programme for each year up to 1974.

The information is as follows:

Financial YearMajor programmes of secondary school building in Cheshire and Lancashire including their county boroughsValue £m. Current prices
1960–61Actual building starts4·2
1961–62Actual building starts8·3
1962–63Actual building starts11·1
1963–64Actual building starts7·0
1964–65Actual building starts10·3
1965–66Actual building starts5·8
1966–67Actual building starts9·3
1967–68Actual building starts11·1
1968–69Actual building starts5·3
1969–70Actual building starts10·0
1970–71Approved starts programme11·6*
1971–72Approved starts programme14·8*
1972–73Design List14·4*
Decisions have not yet been taken on the programme for 1973–74.
* Includes resources for raising the school-leaving age:
1970–71£3·5 m.
1971–72£5·0 m.
1972–73£6·2 m.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the primary school building programme for the North-West Region for each of the years from 1960 to the present; and what is the programme for each of the years up to 1974.

The information is as follows:

Financial YearMajor programmes of primary school building in Cheshire and Lancashire including their county boroughsValue £m. Current prices
1960–61Actual building starts3·4
1961–62Actual building starts1·9
1962–63Actual building starts2·2
1963–64Actual building starts2·8
1964–65Actual building starts2·5
1965–66Actual building starts4·4
1966–67Actual building starts5·8
1967–68Actual building starts9·7
1968–69Actual building starts5·1
1969–70Actual building starts6·1
1970–71Approved starts programme8·7
1971–72Approved starts programme7·0
1972–73Design List9·0
Decisions have not yet been taken on the programme for 1973–74.