§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of capital expenditure requested by local education authorities in each of the years from 1979–80 to the latest date for which information is available, in cash and real terms.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe following table gives the total value of capital expenditure provision requested by local authorities in Scotland for educational building of all kinds in each of the years from 1982–83 to 1989–90. Requests by authorities for capital expenditure provision in earlier years were not aggregated nationally.
Provision requested by local authorities for capital expenditure on educational building