§ 18. Mr. Barronasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the provision of resources for the repair and maintenance of school buildings.
§ 61. Mr. Boyesasked the Seceretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the level of resources available for the repair and maintenance of school buildings.
§ 87. Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the provision of resources for the repair and maintenance of school buildings.
88. Mr. NicholasBrown asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the current level of resources for the repair and maintenance of school buildings.
§ Mr. DunnIf local education authorities budget sensibly, the Government's plans for local authority current expenditure on education will permit a 14 per cent. increase in real terms in spending on the repair and maintenance of school buildings in 1987–88, compared with actual spending in 1984–85.
§ 79. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the cost required to bring all school buildings to a satisfactory condition; and what steps he is taking to ensure that greater cost is not being deferred to some future date because of present lack of maintenance.
§ Mr. DunnIt is not possible to make such an estimate at present. Once analysis of them is complete, however, the returns provided by LEAs in England for the Department's sample survey of school building improvement needs should enable us to do so in respect of county and controlled schools. The Government's plans for local authority recurrent expenditure on education in 1987–88 allow for a 14 per cent. increase in real terms over authorities' actual expenditure in 1984–85 on the repair and maintenance of school buildings, provided authorities budget sensibly.