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Mr. Hooley
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will state the total value of capital projects approved for colleges of education in the period from January 1966 to December 1976.
Mr. Oakes
The total value of major capital projects approved for colleges of education in England and Wales between 1st January 1966 and 31st December 1976 was £38·6 million.
| 1972 | ||||||
| Maintained | Voluntary | Total | ||||
| Regions | Places | Per cent. | Places | Per cent. | Places | |
| Northern | … | 6,155 | 72·4 | 2,345 | 27·6 | 8,500 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | 11,335 | 77·9 | 3,215 | 22·1 | 14,550 |
| North West | … | 12,130 | 68·2 | 5,650 | 31·8 | 17,780 |
| East Midlands | … | 6,860 | 78·0 | 1,940 | 22·0 | 8,800 |
| West Midlands | … | 9,985 | 81·0 | 2,340 | 19·0 | 12,325 |
| East Anglia | … | 170 | 1·3 | 1,330 | 88·7 | 1,500 |
| Greater London | … | 8,960 | 47·4 | 9,940 | 52·6 | 18,900 |
| Other South East | … | 13,860 | 72·6 | 5,240 | 27·4 | 19,100 |
| South West | … | 4,290 | 47·7 | 4,710 | 52·3 | 9,000 |
| Wales | … | 5,250 | 82·0 | 1,150 | 18·0 | 6,400 |
| TOTAL | … | 78,995 | 67·6 | 37,860 | 32·4 | 116,855 |
| PROPOSED FOR 1981 | ||||||
| Maintained* | Voluntary* | Total | ||||
| Regions | Places | Per cent. | Places | Per cent. | Places* | |
| Northern | … | 2,600 | 86·7 | 400 | 13·3 | 3,000 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | 3,750 | 72·3 | 1,440 | 27·7 | 5,190 |
| North West | … | 4,300 | 60·1 | 2,850 | 39·9 | 7,150 |
| East Midlands | … | 3,050 | 76·3 | 950 | 23·7 | 4,000 |
| West Midlands | … | 3,900 | 77·7 | 1,120 | 22·3 | 5,020 |
| East Anglia | … | Nil | Nil | 1,050 | 100·0 | 1,050 |
| Greater London | … | 3,250 | 46·1 | 3,800 | 53·9 | 7,050 |
| Other South East | … | 3,850 | 56·6 | 2,950 | 43·4 | 6,800 |
| South West | … | 1,900 | 56·5 | 1,460 | 43·5 | 3,360 |
| Wales | … | 2,150 | 75·4 | 700 | 24·6 | 2,850 |
| TOTAL | … | 28,750 | 63·2 | 16,720 | 36·8 | 45,470 |
| * Including 850 places in maintained and 1,500 in voluntary institutions proposed to be merged with universities. | ||||||