§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what capital allocations have been made, and used, for educational purposes by Fife regional council in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is given in the table:
Fife regional council £000s at outturn prices Education capital allocation Actual capital expenditure on education Year Allocation originally notified Final level of consent 1982–83 1,535 2,119 2,587 1983–84 1,255 1,121 1,710 1984–85 2,320 2,320 2,991 1985–86 3,885 3,615 4,788 1986–87 5,665 5,192 5,124 1987–88 4,080 n/a n/a Notes:
- (1) The 'final level of consent' is after any adjustments for underspending or overspending in the previous year; any transfer of resources from other programmes; and any supplementary allocations which may have been made.
- (2) All figures exclude capital financed from current revenue.
- (3) The expenditure figures for 1985–86 are provisional and those for 1986–87 are estimates based on the authority's forecast of capital payments in the current year.