§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the allocated expenditure for local authority capital expenditure on education in Scotland in every year since 1979 at 1990–91 prices.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 16 January 1991]: Details of consents to local authorities to incur capital expenditure on educational building are given in the table:
Capital consent allocations for educational building £ million at 1990–91 prices Year Allocations 1979–80 116.094 1980–81 97.838 1981–82 93.826 1982–83 75.562 1983–84 68.002 1984–85 57.138 1985–86 67.583 1986–87 59.767 1987–88 63.083 1988–89 64.123 1989–90 66.695 1990–91 61.669