asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities which to date have not taken up their building allocations for voluntary youth service, village hall and community centre projects for 1976–77 and the amounts involved.
Sums which were offered by the Department of Education and Science for capital grant for voluntary youth service, village hall and community centre projects for the financial year 1976–77 but not taken up are set out below:
| YOUTH SERVICE PROJECTS | ||
| Local Education Authority | Original allocation | Amount not taken up |
| £ | £ | |
| English Counties | ||
| Bedfordshire | 17,850 | 5,375 |
| Berkshire | 16,870 | 655 |
| Buckinghamshire | 19,675 | 2,175 |
| Cheshire | 95,135 | 65,511 |
| Cumbria | 3,531 | 850 |
| Derbyshire | 28,156 | 22,474 |
| East Sussex | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Gloucestershire | 28,324 | 8,324 |
| Hampshire | 63,525 | 28,369 |
| Hereford/Worcestershire | 14,858 | 2,129 |
| Hertfordshire | 47,550 | 25,425 |
| Northumberland | 3,960 | 1,000 |
| Salop | 10,750 | 10,750 |
| Somerset | 13,275 | 3,375 |
| Suffolk | 7,250 | 1,250 |
| Surrey | 40,792 | 40,792 |
| Warwickshire | 16,538 | 16,538 |
| West Sussex | 23,300 | 552 |
| Metropolitan Districts | ||
| Kirklees | 4,500 | 4,500 |
| Leeds | 3,250 | 2,500 |
| Liverpool | 92,387 | 1,600 |
| Manchester | 26,937 | 26,937 |
| Sefton | 11,750 | 5,000 |
| Sheffield | 17,062 | 1,200 |
| Greater London | ||
| ILEA | 314,500 | 212,642 |
| Barnet | 17,000 | 2,928 |
| Hillingdon | 4,160 | 160 |
| Merton | 17,500 | 4,750 |
| Newham | 12,000 | 4,805 |
| Wales | ||
| Clwyd | 9,500 | 9,500 |
| Dyfed | 25,600 | 15,600 |
| VILLAGE HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE PROJECTS | ||
| Local Education Authority | Original allocation | Amount not taken up |
| £ | £ | |
| English Counties | ||
| Avon | 57,259 | 24,672 |
| Cheshire | 49,610 | 7,884 |
| Cumbria | 16,022 | 395 |
| East Sussex | 9,550 | 1,750 |
| Essex | 71,500 | 49,718 |
| Gloucestershire | 90,610 | 38,610 |
| Hampshire | 69,620 | 234 |
| Hereford/Worcestershire | 79,985 | 1,235 |
| Hertfordshire | 58,250 | 34,750 |
| Humberside | 47,328 | 1,946 |
| Isle of Wight | 13,375 | 12,500 |
| Kent | 173,340 | 13,350 |
| Lancashire | 44,082 | 1,982 |
| Leicestershire | 54,630 | 41,083 |
| Lincolnshire | 131,925 | 4,035 |
Local Education Authority
| Original allocation
| Amount not taken up
|
£
| £
| |
English Counties
| ||
| Northamptonshire | 70,800 | 1,816 |
| Nottinghamshire | 40,006 | 1,500 |
| Surrey | 22,422 | 1,490 |
| Warwickshire | 11,378 | 9,652 |
| West Sussex | 64,783 | 14,748 |
| Wiltshire | 49,783 | 439 |
Metropolitan Districts
| ||
| Dudley | 13,824 | 12,500 |
| Leeds | 37,000 | 27,000 |
Greater London
| ||
| ILEA | 53,000 | 4,014 |
Wales
| ||
| Clwyd | 32,250 | 1,222 |
| Dyfed | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Powys | 39,660 | 3,250 |
| South Glamorgan | 9,112 | 2,832 |
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities which have notified her Department of intended under-use of their building allocations for primary and secondary schools for 1976–77 and the amounts involved.
The following local education authorities notified the Department that for various reasons they did not intend to take up the amounts shown of their original allocations for primary and secondary school building in 1976–77.
| £000 | ||||
| Bradford | … | … | … | 483 |
| Knowsley | … | … | … | 446 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | … | … | … | 105 |
| Manchester | … | … | … | 37 |
| Oxfordshire | … | … | … | 769 |
| Shropshire | … | … | … | 250 |
| Surrey | … | … | … | 1,020 |
| West Sussex | … | … | … | 1,472 |
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the local education authorities which to date have not taken up their allocations for nursery education in 1976–77 and the amounts involved.
The information requested is as follows:
| NURSERY EDUCATION BUILDING PROGRAMME 1976–77 | ||||||
| Local Education Authorities who took up none of their allocation: | ||||||
| LEA | Original allocation | Final allocation after redistribution and uprating | Released allocation | Additional allocation | Take up | |
| Bexley | … | 42,000 | 47,000 | 47,000 | — | — |
| Bromley | … | 10,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | — | — |
| Croydon | … | 144,000 | 159,000 | 159,000 | — | — |
| Redbridge | … | 29,000 | 29,000 | — | — | |
| Sutton | … | 21,000 | 21,000 | — | — | |
| Dudley | … | 40,000 | 40,000 | — | — | |
| Sandwell | … | 100,000 | 100,000 | — | — | |
| Knowsley | … | 156,000 | 173,000 | 173,000 | — | — |
| Wirral | … | 46,000 | 46,000 | — | — | |
| Rochdale | … | 42,000 | 47,000 | 47,000 | — | — |
| Barnsley | … | 48,000 | 48,000 | — | — | |
| Rotherham | … | 82,000 | 91,000 | 91,000 | — | — |
| Bradford | … | 67,000 | 74,000 | 74,000 | — | — |
| Kirklees | … | 131,000 | 145,000 | 145,000 | — | — |
| North Tyneside | … | 45,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | — | — |
| Avon | … | 223,000 | 223,000 | — | — | |
| Cheshire | … | 147,000 | 162,000 | 162,000 | — | — |
| Cumbria | … | 54,000 | 54,000 | — | — | |
| Devon | … | 149,000 | 149,000 | — | — | |
| Essex | … | 109,000 | 109,000 | — | — | |
| Gloucestershire | … | 112,000 | 112,000 | — | — | |
| Hampshire | … | 575,000 | 634,000 | 634,000 | — | — |
| Kent | … | 49,000 | 49,000 | — | — | |
| Lancashire | … | 170,000 | 170,000 | — | — | |
| Lincolnshire | … | 37,000 | 37,000 | — | — | |
| Salop | … | 38,000 | 42,000 | 42,000 | — | |
| Somerset | … | 15,000 | 15,000 | — | ||
| Surrey | … | 48,000 | 48,000 | — | ||
| Warwickshire | … | 65,000 | 65,000 | — | ||
| West Sussex | … | 25,000 | 25,000 | — | ||
| Wiltshire | … | 15,000 | 15,000 | — | ||
| Where column 2 is blank authorities released their allocation before redistribution and updating. | ||||||
| NURSERY EDUCATION BUILDING PROGRAMME 1976–77 | ||||||
| Local Education Authorities who took up their allocation in part: | ||||||
| LEA | Original allocation | Final allocation after redistribution and uprating | Released allocation | Additional allocation | Take up | |
| Barnet | … | 33,000 | 33,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | |
| Birmingham | … | 365,000 | 403,000 | 253,000 | — | 150,000 |
| Bury | … | 73,000 | 81,000 | 56,000 | — | 25,000 |
| Wigan | … | 98,000 | 109,000 | 82,000 | — | 27,000 |
| Derbyshire | … | 186,000 | 94,000 | 19,000 | — | 75,000 |
| Hereford & Worcester | 54,000 | 60,000 | 9,000 | — | 51,000 | |
| Isle of Wight | … | 21,000 | 24,000 | 11,000 | — | 13,000 |
| Leicestershire | … | 114,000 | 114,000 | 28,000* | 28,000* | |
| North Yorkshire | … | 224,000 | 247,000 | 239,500 | — | 7,500 |
| Northumberland | … | 28,000 | 31,000† | 12,665 | — | 18,335 |
| * Due to special circumstances approval given for 1975–76 project to be carried over to 1976–77 programme year. Allocation made from 1975–76 nursery building programme. | ||||||
| † In releasing part of their allocation the Authority only acknowledged their original allocation. Where column 2 is blank authorities released their allocation before redistribution and uprating. Local education authorities which made a nil bid: | ||||||