School Buildings

HC Deb 27 March 2003 vol 402 cc330-1W

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been allocated for(a) capital repairs and (b) new building in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each Belfast constituency in each year since 1999. [103243]

Jane Kennedy

The money allocated for capital repairs, excluding maintenance work, is only available in the form requested from the 2000–01 financial year. The information is as follows:

The money allocated for new building in my Department's capital programmes is as follows:

	Capital programmes
Constituency	1999(£m)	2000(£m)	2001(£m)	2002(£m)	2003(£m)
North Belfast:
Primary Schools	-	-	3.80	-	-
Secondary Schools (including Grammar Schools)	0.03	13.45	1.00	0.03	33.20
South Belfast:
Primary Schools	-	1.40	2.30	-	-
Secondary Schools (including Grammar Schools)	-	1.05	16.80	-	0.30
East Belfast:
Primary Schools	-	2.00	-	-	6.10
Secondary Schools (including Grammar Schools)	-	0.48	0.27	0.32	47.00
West Belfast:
Primary Schools	2.40	5.10	4.00	1.40	4.30
Secondary Schools (including Grammar Schools)	0.90	0.95	0.54	21.20	16.70