HC Deb 11 June 1980 vol 986 c198W
Mr. Kaufman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out in comparable figures the sums of money allocated for school and other educational building for each of the next three years, for the current year, and for each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Mark Carlisle

Capital expenditure on educational building in England, excluding universities, at 1979 survey prices for the years 1974–75 to 1979–80 is set out below, together with the planned expenditure for the years 1980–81 to 1983–84:

£m at1979 survey prices
1974–75 667
1975–76 596
1976–77 537
1977–78 424
1978–79 361
1979–80 331
1930–81 292
1981–82 255
1982–83 216
1983–84 198

The figures at 1979 survey prices for the years 1970–71 to 1973–74 are not readily available.