§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what happens to any funds allocated to a local authority for capital expenditure that remains unspent at the year end.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI have been asked to reply.
The resources available to individual authorities consist of annual allocations and a proportion of the capital receipts accruing to the authority from sales of assets and repayments of grants and advances. Where an allocation is not fully spent at the end of the year for which it is issued, a proportion may be carried forward to the next year, up to a maximum of 10 per cent. of the next year's allocation. In addition, allocations may be transferred from one service to another or, by mutual agreement, between authorities in order to ensure that full use is made of the resources. Capital receipts which have not been used in justification of new capital expenditure may be carried forward indefinitely.
§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what the rate of capital expenditure on schools has been for (a) Northamptonshire and (b) Bedfordshire over the past 10 years, including the figure for 1983–84.
§ Mr. DunnCapital expenditure for nursery, primary, secondary and special schools for Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire for the period 1973–74 to 1982–83 was as follows:
Gross capital expenditure £000's* Financial year Bedfordshire LEA Northamptonshire LEA 1973–74 7,313 3,046 1974–75 7,550 4,799 1975–76 8,818 6,158 1976–77 8,388 5,527 1977–78 6,501 4,783 1978–79 5,443 5,257 1979–80 4,704 4,914 1980–81 6,906 6,421 1981–82 5,025 4,579 1982–83 2,531 3,556 * At outturn prices. 1983–84 expenditure will not be available until after the end of the financial year.
§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what schools have been listed by 377W Northamptonshire county council for its capital programme for the past 10 years, including the year 1983–84.
§ Mr. DunnIt is for Northamptonshire county council to say which schools have been listed in its capital programme for the past 10 years: the Department of Education and Science does not collect such detailed information.