Primary Schools (Repairs)

HC Deb 18 December 1986 vol 107 cc661-2W

Mr. Alton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of his Department's budget is available for repairs to voluntary-aided primary schools in the current fiscal year; and what were the comparable figures in each of the past five years.

Mr. Dunn

Provision is not made separately for grantaiding repair work at voluntary aided primary schools. The table shows planned provision for the current year and the outturn for the past four years (comparable figures for 1981–82 are not available) for grant payments on repair work at all aided and special agreement schools in England.

	DES vote1 expenditure	Provision for repairs at aided schools	Repair provision as percentage of vote
1986–872	2,469	23.0	0.93
1985–86	32,383	422.6	0.95
1984–854	2,259	20.1	0.89
1983–844	2,173	17.7	0.81
1982–834	2,070	15.5	0.75

Notes:

¹Total Government expenditure voted in estimates which is the responsibility of the Department of Education and Science as shown in the 1986 public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 9702).

²Planned provision.

³Estimated outturn.

⁴Actual outturn.