School building budget allocations
Bruton asked why funding differed among school types and sought a works breakdown; Wilson said allocations reflected demand and work in progress, citing increased vocational-school funding.
asked the Minister for Education why the provision in the capital budget for vocational school building and for regional and other technical colleges has been decreased while the provision for secondary, comprehensive and community schools has been increased; and if he will give a detailed breakdown of the works being provided for in each case.
Comment on this
The estimate of the provision required is calculated with reference to demand and to the volume of work in progress in the case of each category of school at the relevant time.
The original provision in 1977 in the case of vocational schools was £2,500,000. This amount was augmented during the course of the year bringing it to £3,200,000 in March 1977. I allocated £800,000 extra later in 1977. It has been estimated that the amount required in 1978 is £3,900,000.