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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which schools are under consideration for major capital works; what the estimated cost is of each project; on what dates the Department of Education recognised that each school satisfied categories 1, 2 or 3 of the school capital priorities schedule or equivalent; and on what dates her Department approved in principle the appointment of an architect to put in place a suitable scheme. [46282] Mr. Worthington: There are over 200 major works projects in the Schools Capital Priorities Planning List and I will write to the hon. Member giving details of these schemes. Estimated costs are not available for many of the schemes which are at a very early stage of planning or where planning has been suspended. There are 125 projects in priority Categories 1, 2 and 3. All projects in these categories have received approval to take forward detailed planning. Information is not readily available about the dates each project entered the Planning List or when approval was given to the appointment of consultant architects in each case, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

314 c472-3W; 46282

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Buildings Capital investment Finance Education Northern Ireland Schools

Contains statistics

Yes