§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Sir D. Price) on 29 April, Official Report, c. 403, if he will list under major heads of expenditure his Department's actual capital expenditure, at 1980 survey prices, for each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleAs set out in the Government's expenditure plans, Cmnd. 8175, the figures for capital expenditure by sector, for each of the five years previous to 1981–82, whether financed by central Government or local government were:
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£million 1981 Survey prices 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Education Schools Under-fives 8 9 16 10 11 Primary, secondary, and other* 520 404 329 314 256 Higher and Further Education Universities 149 97 104 107 112 Non-university sector 95 78 72 77 76 Total (including miscellaneous items not listed) 786 600 533 525 462 Science† 53 47 59 61 50 Arts and Libraries Central Government 19 9 16 10 7 Local Government 20 14 12 16 14 Total programme 878 670 620 612 533 * These figures reflect a reduction in the value of new buildings started each year throughout the period as the basic need for additional places has fallen. † Notional apportionment of total planned expenditure for science.