s Lord Hardy of Wathasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will provide an estimate of the total sum which has been or will be devoted to school building repair and improvement in 1997–98 and 1998–99 and the average annual sum so expended between 1987 and 1997. [HL80]
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§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe following table shows the annual capital expenditure on school building repair and improvement in England.
The figures shown for central government expenditure include capital grants to voluntary aided and special agreement schools, capital grants to non-maintained special schools and specialist schools, and grants to grant maintained schools paid by the FAS. In addition these figures also include £84 million and £250 million in 1997–98 and 1998–99 respectively for New Deal for Schools and £90 million in 1998–99 for new capital support for schools—£35 million to remove outside toilets, £15 million to improve heating and £40 million to reduce Key Stage 1 class sizes.
The figures shown for local authority expenditure include credit approvals, receipts and other local authority funds.
Capital Expenditure on School Buildings in England Average Central Government Local Authority Total Expenditure £ million £ million £ million 1987 to 1997 165.87 662.10 827.97 1997–981 337 723 1,060 1998–992 571 704 1,275 1 The figures for 1997–98 show the estimated outturn for this period. 2 The figures for 1998–99 show the estimated outturn for this period. The level of direct local authority spending has been assumed to be at the level of that for 1997–98 to allow comparison of the figures.