§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1), pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Oxford, East,Official Report, 15 March, column 219, if he will list the separate figures for the total capital allocations from the advanced further education pool and capital expenditure by local authorities on polytechnics and colleges in each year since 1979–80 (a) in cash terms and (b) indexed in real terms with 1979–80 = 100;
(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Oxford East, Official Report, 15 March, column 220, if he will list capital expenditure (a) funded by the University Grants Committee, and (b) the same figures for capital expenditure on polytechnics and other colleges for each of the last 10 years in cash terms, as well as indexed in real terms with 1979–80 = 100.
Mr. JacksonThe following information takes account of the gross domestic product deflator updated as at 15 March and also corrects an error in the earlier answer, for which I apologise, in the index for polytechnics and colleges in 1987–88.
Capital Expenditure on Financial years Universities (Great Britain) Polytechnics and other Colleges (England) £ million Index £ million Index 1979–80 87.8 100 78.0 100 1980–81 97.9 94 100.7 109 1981–82 103.1 90 99.9 98 1982–83 106.8 87 125.5 115 1983–84 103.1 81 125.5 110 1984.85 106.7 79 137.4 115 1985–86 118.2 83 145.5 116 1986–87 130.2 89 159.5 123 1987–88 128.8 84 1124.9 191 1988–89 140.1 85 n/a n/a 1 Estimated. n/a Not available. The figures for polytechnics and colleges are gross capital expenditure on all further and higher education by local authorities as returned by them together with capital grants to voluntary and direct grant colleges. The advanced further education pool is for recurrent expenditure only. There is a separate pool for elements of capital-related expenditure on AFE as laid down by regulations.