§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what the cost-place multiplier is in respect of(a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and what was the outturn capital expenditure in each local education authority in England in each category in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ForthThe cost multiplier used to calculate the basic need elements of LEA's annual capital guidelines for 1994–95 are:(a) for five to 11 age-range places, £3,747; (b) for 11 to 16 places, £5,116; and for 16 plus places, £6,128.
The outturn capital expenditure by LEAs, as notified to the Department of the Environment, for the financial year 1991–92 is shown in the following table:
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LEA Capital Expenditure 1991–92 £ thousands Nursery and primary Secondary Special Total schools Polys FE Youth Other Total Barking and Dagenham 1,395 4,784 0 6,179 0 977 0 93 7,249 Barnet 825 1,303 51 2,179 0 116 5 0 2,300 Bexley 998 993 81 2,072 0 261 27 5 2,365 Brent 1,788 1,077 462 3,327 0 108 89 203 3,727 Bromley 1,397 5,434 81 6,912 0 219 7 77 7,215 Croydon 3,153 4,672 128 7,953 0 379 24 83 8,439 Ealing 1,006 379 24 1,409 17 474 0 26 1,926 Enfield 446 10,612 1,832 12,890 0 3,201 44 11 16,146 Haringey 876 886 67 1,829 0 111 0 107 2,047 Harrow 2,822 481 1 3,304 0 215 19 0 3,538 Havering 468 4,123 58 4,649 0 97 1 101 4,848 Hillingdon 225 1,060 0 1,285 0 50 30 352 1,717 Hounslow 2,871 1,492 466 4,829 0 217 44 214 5,304 Kingston upon Thames 888 2,861 96 3,845 0 237 80 51 4,213 Merton 1,430 1,848 281 3,559 0 89 67 240 3,955 Newham 6,310 3,822 4 10,316 0 17 220 289 10,662 Redbridge 906 1,486 30 2,422 0 94 129 619 3,264 Richmond upon Thames 479 2,208 37 2,724 0 156 62 4 2,946 Sutton 3,168 2,508 1,563 7,329 0 29 1 23 7,292 Waltham Forest 2,473 759 79 3,311 0 1 10 119 3,441 Corporation of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 560 1,935 72 2,567 0 115 0 137 2,819 Westminster 244 351 210 805 0 55 0 988 1,848 Greenwich 970 248 192 1,410 0 75 0 16 1,501 Hackney 637 0 2 639 0 552 2 10 1,203 Hammersmith and Fulham 579 111 685 1,375 0 119 0 577 2,071 Islington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,947 1,947 Kensington and Chelsea 758 1,085 177 2,020 0 325 3 450 2,798 Lambeth 623 385 377 1,385 0 158 0 44 1,587 Lewisham 1,042 329 160 1,531 0 3 0 0 1,534 Southwark 1,048 39 89 1,176 0 548 23 412 2,159 Wandsworth 2,317 832 426 3,575 0 255 74 402 4,306 Tower Hamlets 7,012 6,157 176 13,345 0 3,736 0 22 17,103 Birmingham 9,292 3,546 468 13,306 0 889 0 312 14,507 Coventry 2,591 2,440 191 5,222 0 1,461 0 194 6,877 Dudley 1,037 2,958 17 4,012 0 2,518 13 124 6,667 Sandwell 2,049 522 48 2,619 0 78 3 40 2,740 Solihull 801 1,519 26 2,346 0 949 2 92 3,389 Walsall 1,289 805 13 2,107 0 107 28 205 2,447 Wolverhampton 1,031 1,047 65 2,143 0 155 91 242 2,631 Knowsley 295 129 560 984 0 252 0 61 1,297 Liverpool 1,269 909 39 2,217 0 156 0 104 2,477 St. Helens 368 4,054 3 4,425 0 2,534 0 125 7,084 Sefton 1,697 1,411 5 3,113 0 515 0 8 3,636 Wirral 1,763 2,714 96 4,573 0 2 17 38 4,630 Bolton 699 166 17 882 0 631 0 17 1,530 Bury 389 371 261 1,021 0 20 44 0 1,085 Manchester 4,302 1,280 274 5,856 0 684 49 318 6,907 Oldham 1,261 9,638 0 10,899 0 47 0 43 10,989 Rochdale 1,492 4,234 21 5,747 0 1,525 72 18 7,362 Salford 670 1,577 9 2,256 0 100 0 1,295 3,651 Stockport 1,533 799 19 2,351 0 201 0 0 2552 Tameside 687 545 169 1,401 0 276 0 272 1,949 Trafford 1,718 3,233 26 4,977 0 327 19 10 5,333 Wigan 169 4,848 16 5,033 0 219 0 70 5,322 Barnsley 984 623 8 1,615 0 295 0 0 1,910 Doncaster 236 133 0 369 0 1 40 0 410 Rotherham 435 729 69 1,233 0 76 22 0 1,331 Sheffield 3,141 2,190 104 5,435 249 366 102 150 6,302 Bradford 2,448 5,917 122 8,487 0 2,510 3 1,505 12,505 Calderdale 696 1,052 0 1,748 0 314 0 91 2,153 Kirklees 1,974 1,550 7 3,531 0 853 7 72 4,463 Leeds 14,664 3,685 161 18,510 0 1,854 49 16 20,429 Wakefield 2,460 796 9 3,265 0 27 7 0 3,299 Gateshead 2,581 1,161 362 4,104 0 942 5 27 5,078 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,918 932 288 3,138 0 132 116 1 3,387 North Tyneside 333 1,315 139 1,787 0 166 0 10 1,963 South Tyneside 1,153 2,633 5 3,791 0 608 176 9 4,584 Sunderland 1,928 718 35 2,681 0 1,387 0 155 4,223 Isles of Scilly 42 8 0 50 0 0 0 0 50 Avon 7,511 2,545 364 10,420 0 4,474 43 386 15,323 Bedfordshire 1,098 551 132 1,781 0 74 15 2 1,872 Berkshire 4,575 1,917 367 6,859 0 230 207 61 7,357 Buckinghamshire 3,868 5,441 90 9,399 0 2,860 476 577 13,312
Nursery and primary Secondary Special Total schools Polys FE Youth Other Total Cambridgeshire 8,758 11,929 466 21,153 0 1,356 204 0 22,713 Cheshire 4,827 5,976 1,403 12,206 0 3,354 89 816 16,465 Cleveland 1,385 939 1,447 3,771 0 941 18 224 4,954 Cornwall 5,576 3,339 435 9,350 0 1,787 116 182 11,435 Cumbria 4,568 4,749 33 9,350 0 391 44 315 10,100 Derbyshire 2,454 10,091 225 12,770 0 1,530 101 58 14,459 Devon 19,370 9,779 763 29,912 0 1,704 88 895 32,599 Dorset 7,791 4,199 303 12,293 0 548 238 116 13,195 Durham 3,307 2,690 145 6,142 0 688 59 270 7,159 East Sussex 7,538 8,091 475 16,104 0 623 1 547 17,275 Essex 5,597 9,132 277 15,006 0 6,388 395 2,203 23,992 Gloucestershire 3,333 5,364 286 8,983 0 944 590 52 10,569 Hampshire 10,423 10,200 1,482 22,105 0 2,729 112 67 25,013 Hereford and Worcester 4,217 4,782 255 9,254 0 825 244 333 10,656 Hertfordshire 2,509 4,519 1,674 8,702 0 3,815 163 1,411 14,091 Humberside 4,447 1,638 304 6,389 0 1,981 182 26 8,578 Isle of Wight 2,224 767 136 3,127 0 27 24 121 3,299 Kent 9,509 10,671 273 20,453 0 3,874 104 533 24,964 Lancashire 9,776 6,489 454 16,719 0 2,438 606 492 20,255 Leicestershire 8,056 2,283 160 10,499 0 1,551 24 469 12,543 Lincolnshire 7,182 9,141 679 17,002 0 756 85 620 18,463 Norfolk 2,883 1,542 405 4,830 0 1,252 70 0 6,152 North Yorkshire 2,844 1,676 29 4,549 0 731 2 178 5,460 Northamptonshire 2,484 7,076 37 9,597 0 1,226 21 0 10,844 Northumberland 2,053 1,000 843 3,896 0 43 0 27 3,966 Nottinghamshire 2,534 2,596 349 5,479 0 526 168 145 6,318 Oxfordshire 2,106 688 180 2,974 0 219 13 318 3,524 Shropshire 3,000 3,973 155 7,128 0 239 17 0 7,384 Somerset 1,763 2,559 26 4,348 0 578 0 844 5,770 Staffordshire 3,433 4,050 43 7,526 0 1,398 53 1,183 10,160 Suffolk 2,736 5,346 436 8,518 0 2,258 146 187 11,109 Surrey 4,045 8,594 985 13,624 0 2,303 344 1,095 17,366 Warwickshire 1,496 987 156 2,639 0 895 68 0 3,602 West Sussex 6,374 6,607 555 13,536 0 596 249 372 14,753 Wiltshire 4,664 1,577 2,460 8,701 0 685 214 409 10,009 Notes:
1. 1991–92 is the latest year for which final outturn figures are available.
2. Figures come from the Department of the Environment's capital outturn return forms.
3. Nursery and primary figures cannot be disaggregated.
§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations he has received in relation to the cost-place multipliers used in relation to the basic need formula in determining annual capital guidelines for local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ForthSince 1991 we have received representations from a number of LEAs, the Association of Metrolitan Authorities and the Association of County Councils about the level of the cost multipliers and our procedures for applying them to LEAs' bids in the basic need category.
The cost multipliers are derived from an analysis of nearly 500 school building projects between 1987 and 1991 and include a mix of both new schools and extension projects to existing schools. The cost elements of the multipliers was based on a value known as the "target basic building cost", which represents a level of performance being achieved by about a third of authorities.
For 1994–95 the cost multipliers have, in cash terms, remained broadly at the same level as 1993–94, when they rose in value by 9 per cent. on average over those used in 1992–93. This is at a time when building tender prices have shown a dramatic decline, by over 20 per cent. since 1990. This means that school building costs should have been falling and very competitive tenders should continue to be received.
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