asked the Minister for Education the sums expended on (a) secondary school building grants, (b) comprehensive and community school building grants and (c) other capital costs in secondary and comprehensive-community schools from the capital sum of £79.3 million in the first six months of 1981 and in the months of July, August, September, October and November 1981; The schools involved; and the amount for each school.

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report.

It would be contrary to established practice to furnish information with regard to the amount of grants paid to individual schools on a school by school basis.

Statement of Expenditures

(expressed in £000s)

Would the Minister give the total?

The total for secondary schools was £3.582 million and for community and comprehensive schools £5.954 million. Those totals relate to the period from July to November. The totals for the period from January to June are £4.454 million and £4.994 million respectively.

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