HC Deb 08 March 1996 vol 273 cc367-8W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the budget for repairs and maintenance of school buildings in real terms in each year since 1979. [19448]

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table shows in 1995 prices gross recurrent expenditure by local education authorities in England on repairs and maintenance from 1979–80 to 1994–95.

Repairs and maintenance of buildings fixed plant and grounds
1995 prices £000
1979–80 580,003
1980–81 599,060
1981–82 552,319
1982–83 581,652
1983–84 616,316
1984–85 598,008
1985–86 565,595
1986–87 616,805
1987–88 618,385
Repairs and maintenance of buildings fixed plant and grounds
1995 prices £000
1988–89 579,596
1989–90 631,736
1990–91 618,283
1991–92 625,818
1992–93 583,974
1993–94 527,906
1994–951 534,295
1 Provisional.