HC Deb 20 May 1986 vol 98 cc109-21W
Mr. Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allocations of prescribed capital expenditure on equipment, plant and machinery for advanced and further education under part 8 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 were made to local education authorities in England in respect of the 1985–86 and 1986–87 financial years.

Mr. Walden

The following table shows for each local education authority, whose bid distinguished advanced further education (AFE), the component for AFE equipment. plant and machinery included within the education allocations of prescribed capital expenditure in 1985–86 and 1986–87. The breakdown of allocations is informative rather than prescriptive since authorities are free under part VIII of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 to apply their allocations as they see fit, taking account of local needs as they perceive them.

Table of AFE equipment allocations 1985–86 and 1986–87
£000s cash
Authority 1985–86* 1986–87†‡
Barking 600 523
Barnet 1,145 1,350
Ealing 640 246
Harrow 157
Hounslow 12 50
Kingston-upon-Tharaes 240 865
Merton 20
Inner London 1,750 3,046
Birmingham 617
Coventry 1,021 1,135
Sandwell 22 23
Walsall 40
Wolverhampton 1,220 657
Liverpool 1,490 652
Bolton 95 128
Manchester 1,240 963
Salford 255
Sheffield 1,250 752
Bradford 144
Kirklees 950 774
Leeds 798 529
Wakefield 50 63
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 430 893
South Tyneside 163 56
Sunderland 416 662
Avon 525 603
Bedfordshire 101
Berkshire 157 215
Buckinghamshire 53
Cheshire 164
Cleveland 840 628
Cornwall 81
Cumbria 20 15
Derbyshire 100 245
Devon 1,159 649
Dorset 600 291
East Sussex 975 613
Essex 10 79
Gloucestershire 84
Hampshire 823 1,809
Hereford and Worcestershire 20 7
Hertfordshire 1,563 772
Humberside 210 297
Kent 111
Lancashire 910 872
Leicestershire 850 623
Northamptonshire 189
Nottinghamshire 609 505
Oxfordshire 1,036 580
Staffordshire 720 785
Surrey 152
* Includes supplementary allocations made in August 1985 to selected authorities.
† Includes a component for furniture and motor vehicles.
‡ Includes supplementary allocations made under the engineering and technology programme.

Mr. Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what prescribed capital expenditure on equipment, plant and machinery in institutions of further and higher education each local authority in England has incurred every financial year from 1979–80 until 1984–85 in (a) cash and (b) real terms, distinguishing in each case between polytechnics and other establishments.

Mr. Walden

The information given in the tables shows, for each authority, outturn expenditure on equipment, plant and machinery in polytechnics and other maintained establishments of further education.

Capital expenditure cash prices Plant machinery and equipment
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Barking 222,125 24,101 93,865 22,594 541,533 6,126
Barnet 438,497 19,138 634,344 14,288 1,173,965 56,402
Bexley 0 456 26,418
Brent 12,017 35,130 39,518
Bromley 57,289 101,841 38,938
Croydon 0 93,057 46,941
Ealing 88,921 201,007 96,753
Enfield 85,175 83,355 54,237
Haringey 56,649 71,400 57,429
Harrow 0 142,008 173
Havering 192 0 75,573
Hillingdon 19,738 2,867 19,755
Hounslow 62,070 0 77,065
Kingston-upon-Thames 234,179 37,572 831,545 0 183,049 0
Merton 46,521 57,246 0
Newham 222,828 224,645 76,213
Redbridge 54,795 57,752 56,367
Richmond-upon-Thames 6.022 31,957 98,780
Sutton 0 29,049 45,835
Waltham Forest 40,625 153,195 -56,475
ILEA 765,321 3,073,984 3,297,293 3,021,650 498,355 484,025
Birmingham 107,471 24,544 40,319 80,327 22,899 33,853
Coventry 600,425 54,663 925,568 114,650 578,189 45,288
Dudley 43,831 61,754 101,088
Sandwell 112,744 209,202 396,493
Solihull 0 0 0
Walsall 0 73,192 53,226
Wolverhampton 526,079 35,214 233,751 87,418 750,531 26,424
Knowsley 0 0 24,533
Liverpool 213,351 27,928 527,001 223,432 1,549,287 138,371
St. Helens 61,039 40,590 0
Sefton 0 0 38,916
Wirral 84,900 8,036 8,760
Bolton 123,353 150,849 176,956
Bury 0 18,300 15,065
Manchester 229,084 286,138 200,324 265,099 579,038 183,285
Oldham 3,771 11,160 33,557
Rochdale 11,877 16,768 0
Salford 1,980 17,680 53,164
Stockport 27,520 2,690 128,297
Tameside 31,266 53,298 7,583
Trafford 29,531 99,679 93,962
Wigan 0 0 21,639
Barnsley 0 10,196 0
Doncaster 22,920 234,395 1,121
Rotherham 186,387 167,348 147,260
Sheffield 271,001 3,190 741,676 17,352 199,302 47,890
Bradford 12,665 700 4,275
Calderdale 38,885 46,949 24,311
Kirklees 771,236 166,147 764,152 258,571 1,288,060 427,382
Leeds 74,821 50,124 69,996 290,197 226,262 479,251
Wakefield 201,250 48,095 362,886
Gateshead 91,218 37,408 2,910
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 354,657 75,217 333,268 294,981 439,334 40,427
North Tyneside 0 43,814 1,291
South Tyneside 0 741,624 306,891
Sunderland 630,049 33,254 381,848 8,739 412,008 49,010
Isle of Scilly 0 0 0
Avon 70,574 10,764 504,373 82,830 837,603 545,717
Bedfordshire 111,142 193,674 256,143
Berkshire 678,495 801,221 773,707
Buckinghamshire 96,734 263,252 472,443
Cambridgeshire 542,509 549,476 516,251

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Cheshire 828,108 1,140,903 705,728
Cleveland 252,773 188,557 403,019 314,947 619,165 207,568
Cornwall 33,076 225,205 201,964
Cumbria 15,350 57,949 71,316
Derbyshire 336,856 462,111 500,224
Devon 280,207 193,172 420,917 336,457 302,203 503,314
Dorset 185,534 131,572 115,140
Durham 78,883 64,796 145,354
East Sussex 206,934 89,300 426,614 292,359 643,523 401,258
Essex 434,755 805,347 52,692
Gloucestershire 191,661 244,755 58,436
Hampshire 177,248 389,518 236,453 732,951 80,843 499,140
Hereford and Worecester 77,814 134,944 516,776
Hertfordshire 531,491 148,895 520,800 189,822 541,025 245,290
Humberside 247,243 781,704 523,360
Isle of Wight 87,354 112,611 119,994
Kent 1,029,753 1,142,031 509,415
Lancashire 555,416 672,242 849,084 1,089,586 883,374 875,082
Leicestershire 197,100 281,512 433,086 663,738 294,763 294,304
Lincolnshire 137,689 202,179 388,453
Norfolk 6,374 117,209 169,516
North Yorkshire 264,987 355,480 432,673
Northamptonshire 25,556 41,060 117,392
Northumberland 127,551 125,195 277,794
Nottinghamshire 756,625 483,330 892,643 702,681 1,431,579 1,514,241
Oxfordshire 393,927 134,102 519,567 252,115 541,836 488,224
Salop 337,173 26,508 88,863
Somerset 178,044 139,770 352,781
Staffordshire 320,240 485,693 461,397 727,779 541,114 1,302,737
Suffolk 20,291 55,502 181,752
Surrey 642,437 678,684 664,089
Warwickshire 35,104 140,113 29,595
West Sussex 159,834 179,566 277,930
Wiltshire 474,284 549,815

Capital expenditure cash prices Plant machinery and equipment
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Barking 1,482,964 58,968 961,355 58,596 760,594 0
Barnet 2,362,393 228,549 620,432 162,070 900,105 184,795
Bexley 37,056 50,982 19,510
Brent 376,630 113,220 5,679
Bromley 107,225 14,259 98,873
Croydon 84,377 92,186 192,942
Ealing 113,999 273,672 220,449
Enfield 47,866 49,881 87,271
Haringey 186,742 290,948 57,743
Harrow 217,164 6,968 60,479
Havering 0 0 67
Hillingdon 71,740 95,397 34,963
Hounslow 89,328 180,062 96,245
Kingston-upon-Thames 354,943 104,498 735,441 59,979 369,547 61,742
Merton 0
Newham 90,688 9,978
Redbridge 29,274 56 19,888
Richmond-upon-Thames 93,714 31,535 21,743
Sutton 60,480 49,485 182
Waltham Forest 29,896 146,662 30,974
ILEA 1,582,024 2,624,636 1,229,935 1,100,924 1,825,766 607,067
Birmingham 1,348,223 741,548 1,518,369 509,848 79,314 19,538
Coventry 766,660 410,355 906,386 71,222 1,067,257 -5,451
Dudley 44,309 67,206 18,223
Sandwell 273,910 534,534 329,651
Solihull 96,516 42,437 50,585
Walsall 2,068 5,448 138,567
Wolverhampton 849,783 12,747 656,358 16,478 514,887 24,785
Knowsley 10,095 700 254,747

1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Liverpool 3,197,659 79,154 861,533 26,878
St. Helens 121,312 46,031 9,106
Sefton 48,903 0 12,250
Wirral 558 0 0
Bolton 427,935 133,474 193,555
Bury 32,093 10,716 65,738
Manchester 954,050 462,624 580,594 72,141 702,713 329,727
Oldham 112,228 15,466 102,655
Rochdale 168 52,369 57,691
Salford 201,519 311,043
Stockport 200,340 214,152 301,979
Tameside 23,616 434 0
Trafford 103,262 107,697 11,270
Wigan 36,975 57,690 68,963
Barnsley 6,210 0 36,287
Doncaster 1,449 0 20,707
Rotherham 240,067 121,710 84,767
Sheffield 1,759,780 277,239 439,524 50,610 1,113,643 25,004
Bradford 469,653 268,502 305,573
Calderdale 11,472 17,114 8,627
Kirklees 1,630,081 316,755 1,354,981 276,364 1,457,436 263,422
Leeds 511,281 819,830 227,624 453,356 628,199 899,406
Wakefield 211,448 143,571 50,339
Gateshead 14,045 0 0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 550,247 178,968 615,418 12,293 172,697 30,106
North Tyneside 603 1,399
South Tyneside 231,251 373,857 291,424
Sunderland 398,501 19,953 348,070 100,642 310,297 104,757
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0
Avon 656,659 344,498 208,882 316,336 718,320 425,112
Bedfordshire 223,670 259,943 732,224
Berkshire 1,440,047 1,097,634 1,762,166
Buckinghamshire 321,698 236,185 470,728
Cambridgeshire 803,593 1,274,311 403,690
Cheshire 1,071,949 1,193,504 1,415,089
Cleveland 1,527,555 557,211 615,695 439,586 596,744 530,331
Cornwall 237,125 230,750 302,845
Cumbria 93,174 114,738 251,929
Derbyshire 886,410 956,520 811,436
Devon 756,341 462,043 503,987 224,889 1,612,857 326,022
Dorset 530,713 450,848 707,782
Durham 177,026 249,637 212,576
East Surrex 427,033 471,094 465,004 336,254 332,836 334,378
Essex 251,862 662,810 692,436
Gloucestershire 402,757 168,546 230,698
Hampshire 81,087 879,166 161,872 1,195,368 130,235 1,137,428
Hereford and Worcester 773,251 919,822 135,493
Hertfordshire 435,672 404,438 697,538 613,084 727,489 632,936
Humberside 1,710,322 1,257,405 982,570
Isle of Wight 127,902 196,728 209,453
Kent 633,514 569,848 640,757
Lancashire 1,139,243 1,307,964 1,249,568 2,991,214 749,431 716,777
Leicestershire 472,246 608,402 385,387 195,541 663,844 216,979
Lincolnshire 235,878 266,999 151,840
Norfolk 292,598 184,987 321,137
North Yorkshire 445,574 522,940 637,017
Northamptonshire 203,188 299,905 617,835
Northumberland 164,007 66,269 70,691
Nottinghamshire 578,687 211,099 576,543 39,751 432,929 73,407
Oxfordshire 987,137 491,722 1,127,351 439,572 2,034,468 609,185
Salop 123,915 334,544 154,022
Somerset 79,784 16,198
Staffordshire 1,023,478 1,579,897 1,169,733 1,622,972 688,130 2,099,915
Suffolk 219,558 171,475 177,190
Surrey 1,259,436 1,247,559 1,466,496
Warwickshire 501 137,887 169,859
West Sussex 234,700 220,923 128,900
Wiltshire 836,610 814,408

Capital expenditure 1984–85 prices (using GDP deflator figures 19 March 1986) plant machinery and equipment
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Barking 338,347 36,711 120,386 28,978 631,503 7,144
Barnet 667,931 29,152 813,574 18,325 1,369,007 65,773
Bexley 0 585 30,807
Brent 18,305 45,056 46,084
Bromley 87,264 130,616 45,407
Croydon 0 119,350 54,740
Ealing 135,447 257,800 112,828
Enfield 129,741 106,907 63,248
Haringey 86,289 91,574 66,970
Harrow 0 182,132 202
Havering 292 0 88,129
Hillingdon 30,065 3,677 23,037
Hounslow 94,547 0 89,869
Kingston-upon-Thames 356,708 57,231 1,066,494 0 213,461 0
Merton 70,862 73,421 0
Newham 339,418 288,117 88,875
Redbridge 83,465 74,070 65,732
Richmond-upon-Thames 9,173 40,984 115,191
Sutton 0 37,257 53,450
Waltham Forest 61,881 196,479 -65,858
ILEA 1,165,759 4,682,382 4,228,925 3,875,401 581,152 564,441
Birmingham 163,703 37,386 51,711 103,023 26,703 39,477
Coventry 914,585 83,264 1,187,082 147,044 674,249 52,812
Dudley 66,765 79,202 117,883
Sandwell 171,735 268,311 462,366
Solihull 0 0 0
Walsall 0 93,872 62,069
Wolverhampton 801,339 53,639 299,796 112,117 875,224 30,814
Knowsley 0 0 28,609
Liverpool 324,982 42,541 675,902 286,561 1,806,685 161,360
St. Helens 92,976 52,058 0
Sefton 0 0 45,382
Wirral 129,322 10,307 10,215
Bolton 187,895 193,471 206,355
Bury 0 23,471 17,568
Manchester 348,947 435,854 256,924 340,001 675,239 213,736
Oldham 5,744 14,313 39,132
Rochdale 18,091 21,506 0
Salford 3,016 22,675 61,997
Stockport 41,919 3,450 149,612
Tameside 47,625 68,357 8,843
Trafford 44,982 127,843 109,573
Wigan 0 0 25,234
Barnsley 0 13,077 0
Doncaster 34,912 300,622 1,307
Rotherham 283,910 214,631 171,726
Sheffield 412,797 4,859 951,233 22,255 232,414 55,846
Bradford 19,292 898 4,985
Calderdale 59,231 60,214 28,350
Kirklees 1,174,769 253,080 980,059 331,629 1,502,058 498,387
Leeds 113,970 76,350 89,773 372,191 263,853 558,874
Wakefield 306,550 61,684 423,176
Gateshead 138,946 47,977 3,393
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 540,224 114,573 427,431 378,326 512,325 47,144
North Tyneside 0 56,193 1,505
South Tyneside 0 951,166 357,878
Sunderland 959,709 50,653 489,737 11,208 480,459 57,153
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0
Avon 107,500 16,396 646,881 106,233 976,762 636,382
Bedfordshire 169,295 248,396 293,699
Berkshire 1,033,503 1,027,602 902,251
Buckinghamshire 147,348 337,632 550,935
Cambridgeshire 826,366 704,727 602,021
Cheshire 1,261,398 1,463,259 822,978
Cleveland 385,031 287,216 516,890 403,934 722,033 242,053
Cornwall 50,382 288,835 235,518
Cumbria 23,382 74,322 83,164
Derbyshire 513,109 592,678 583,331
Devon 426,819 294,245 539,845 431,521 352,411 586,935
Dorset 282,611 168,747 134,269
Durham 120,157 83,104 169,503
East Sussex 315,208 136,024 547,151 374,963 750,438 467,923

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Essex 662,232 1,032,893 61,446
Gloucestershire 291,944 313,909 68,145
Hampshire 269,989 593,325 303,262 940,042 94,274 582,067
Hereford and Worcester 118,529 173,072 602,633
Hertfordshire 809,583 226,801 667,949 243,455 630,911 286,042
Humberside 376,608 1,002,570 610,311
Isle of Wight 133,060 144,429 139,930
Kent 1,568,550 1,464,706 594,049
Lancashire 846,026 1,023,979 1,088,988 1,397,443 1,030,138 1,020,468
Leicestershire 300,228 428,807 555,452 851,274 343,735 343,200
Lincolnshire 209,732 259,304 452,991
Norfolk 9,709 150,326 197,679
North Yorkshire 403,636 455,919 504,557
Northamptonshire 38,928 52,661 136,896
Northumberland 194,289 160,568 323,947
Nottinghamshire 1,152,513 736,222 1,144,854 901,220 1,669,421 1,765,817
Oxfordshire 600,041 204,268 666,368 323,349 631,857 569,338
Salop 513,592 33,998 103,627
Somerset 271,202 179,261 411,392
Staffordshire 487,799 739,822 591,762 933,409 631,015 1,519,174
Suffolk 30,908 71,184 211,948
Surrey 978,579 870,442 774,421
Warwickshire 53,471 179,701 34,512
West Sussex 243,464 230,301 324,105
Wiltshire 722,443 705,162

Capital expenditure 1984–85 prices (using GDP deflator figures 19th March 1986) Plant machinery and equipment
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Barking 1,616,028 64,259 1,002,581 61,109 760,594 0
Barnet 2,574,366 2,490,056 647,038 169,020 900,105 184,795
Bexley 40,381 53,168 19,510
Brent 410,424 118,075 5,679
Bromley 116,846 14,870 98,873
Croydon 91,948 96,139 192,942
Ealing 124,228 285,408 220,449
Enfield 52,161 52,020 87,271
Haringey 203,498 303,425 57,743
Harrow 236,650 7,267 60,478
Havering 0 0 67
Hillingdon 78,177 99,488 34,963
Hounslow 97,343 187,784 96,245
Kingston-upon-Thames 386,791 113,874 766,979 62,551 369,547 61,742
Merton 0
Newham 98,825 10,406
Redbridge 31,901 58 19,888
Richmond-upon-Thames 102,123 32,887 21,743
Sutton 65,907 51,607 182
Waltham Forest 32,579 152,951 30,974
ILEA 1,723,976 2,860,140 1,282,679 1,148,135 1,825,766 607,067
Birmingham 1,469,197 808,086 1,583,482 531,712 79,314 19,538
Coventry 835,451 447,175 945,255 74,276 1,067,257 -5,451
Dudley 48,285 70,088 18,223
Sandwell 298,487 557,457 329,651
Solihull 105,176 44,257 50,585
Walsall 2,254 5,682 138,567
Wolverhampton 926,033 13,891 684,505 17,185 514,887 24,785
Knowsley 11,001 730 254,747
Liverpool 3,484,579 86,256 898,478 28,031
St. Helens 132,197 48,005 9,106
Sefton 53,291 0 12,250
Wirral 608 0 0
Bolton 466,333 139,198 193,555
Bury 34,973 11,176 65,738
Manchester 1,039,655 504,134 605,492 75,235 702,713 329,727
Oldham 122,298 16,129 102,655
Rochdale 183 54,615 57,691

1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments Polytechnics Other maintained establishments
£ £ £ £ £ £
Salford 219,601 324,382
Stockport 218,316 223,336 301,979
Tameside 25,735 453 0
Trafford 112,528 112,315 11,270
Wigan 40,293 60,164 68,963
Barnsley 6,767 0 36,287
Doncaster 1,579 0 20,707
Rotherham 262,196 126,929 84,767
Sheffield 1,917,682 302,115 458,372 52,780 1,131,643 25,004
Bradford 511,794 280,016 305,573
Calderdale 12,501 17,848 8,627
Kirklees 1,776,345 345,177 1,413,087 288,215 1,457,436 263,422
Leeds 557,157 893,392 237,385 472,797 628,199 899,406
Wakefield 230,421 149,728 50,339
Gateshead 15,305 0 0
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 599,620 195,026 641,809 12,820 172,697 30,106
North Tyneside 657 1,459
South Tyneside 252,001 389,889 291,424
Sunderland 434,258 21,743 362,996 104,958 310,297 104,757
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0
Avon 715,580 375,409 217,840 329,902 718,320 425,112
Bedfordshire 243,740 271,090 732,224
Berkshire 1,569,260 1,144,704 1,762,166
Buckinghamshire 350,563 246,313 470,728
Cambridgeshire 875,698 1,328,958 403,690
Cheshire 1,168,133 1,244,685 1,415,089
Cleveland 1,664,620 607,209 642,098 458,437 596,744 530,331
Cornwall 258,402 240,645 302,845
Cumbria 101,534 119,658 251,929
Derbyshire 965,946 997,539 811,436
Devon 824,206 503,501 525,600 234,533 1,612,857 326,022
Dorset 578,333 470,182 707,782
Durham 192,910 260,342 212,576
East Sussex 465,350 513,364 484,945 350,674 332,836 334,378
Essex 274,461 691,234 692,436
Gloucestershire 438,896 175,774 230,698
Hampshire 88,363 958,052 168,814 1,246,629 130,235 1,137,428
Hereford and Worcester 842,633 959,267 135,493
Hertfordshire 474,764 440,728 727,451 639,375 727,489 632,936
Humberside 1,863,786 1,311,327 982,570
Isle of Wight 139,378 205,164 209,453
Kent 690,358 594,285 640,757
Lancashire 1,241,465 1,425,325 1,303,154 3,119,487 749,431 716,777
Leicestershire 514,620 662,993 401,914 203,926 663,844 216,979
Lincolnshire 257,043 278,449 151,840
Norfolk 318,852 192,920 321,137
North Yorkshire 485,555 545,365 637,017
Northamptonshire 221,420 312,776 617,835
Northumberland 178,723 69,111 70,691
Nottinghamshire 630,612 230,041 601,267 41,456 432,929 73,407
Oxfordshire 1,075,711 535,843 1,175,696 458,422 2,034,468 609,185
Salop 135,034 348,890 154,022
Somerset 86,943 16,893
Staffordshire 1,115,313 1,721,658 1,219,895 1,692,570 688,130 2,099,915
Suffolk 239,259 178,828 177,190
Surrey 137,443 1,301,059 1,466,496
Warwickshire 546 143,800 169,859
West Sussex 255,759 230,397 128,900
Wiltshire 872,487 814,408