§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on capital expenditure for 1991–92 on schools and further education establishments, including the voluntary aided sector.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeLocal education authorities have today been informed of their annual capital guidelines for 1991–92, and of the allocations for capital spending by the governors of voluntary-aided and special agreement schools in their area. These figures again amount to a big increase in local authorities' borrowing power for education capital expenditure and in grant for the governors of voluntary aided schools after substantial increases last year.
Annual capital guidelines (ACGs) for education will total £538 million compared with £485 million in 1990–91, an increase of 11 per cent.
£472 million is available for schools—an increase of 15 per cent.—and £66 million for further education.
Within the schools sector, I have again given priority to: committed expenditure on work covered by allocations in earlier years; new projects to provide new school places in areas of population growth; new projects to implement cost-effective schemes to remove surplus places.
All remaining resources have again been distributed by formula to contribute towards remedying deficiencies in existing school buildings and for work needed for effective delivery of the national curriculum. £109 million has been distributed in this way, an increase of over 50 per cent. on last year.
Within the FE sector, after meeting commitments of £42.6 million, I have given priority to equipment, where this year's allocations are nearly 50 per cent. higher than last year's.
These education ACGs represent only the minimum level of expenditure which I consider desirable. They are not grants and do not themselves give authorities the power to borrow money for capital purposes. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment will issue credit approvals to each authority which will give authorisation to borrow for capital spending on all services. ACGs include a small element in respect of spending from capital receipts on top of the spending which can be financed by borrowing. In addition, authorities will be able to spend futher sums from capital receipts and from their revenue budgets if they so choose. Local authority expenditure, including that on loan charges resulting from capital expenditure, is assisted by central government through revenue support grant.
I am also announcing an increase of over a third in grant available for spending on new building projects by the governors of aided and special agreement schools. I have authorised 67 new starts for major projects compared with 59 last year, and an increase of 37 per cent. in the allocation of minor works. A further 31 projects have been put on to the design list to enable detailed costed plans to be drawn up and LEAs and governors can apply for projects which require statutory proposals to be added to the list in the course of the year.
My distribution of annual capital guidelines and allocations to voluntary-aided schools should provide a 43W substantial boost to improvements to our school buildings and help equip them for effective delivery of the national curriculum.
Attached are lists of annual capital guidelines to individual local authorities for 1990–91 and 1991–92. Also attached are allocations for voluntary aided and special agreement schools, which include major new projects at voluntary-aided schools accepted for a start in 1991–92.
Local education authorities Total annual capital guidelines (£ thousands) 1990–91 1991–92 Barking 485 573 Barnet 888 803 Bexley 1,242 1,891 Brent 687 1,233 Bromley 1,684 3,656 Croydon 1,061 1,996 Ealing 889 1,362 Enfield 1,315 1,971 Haringey 1,132 1,018 Harrow 1,073 1,057 Havering 5,881 1,945 Hillingdon 1,140 1,005 Hounslow 539 1,516 Kingston 268 1,303 Merton 3,608 1,304 Newham 5,572 8,587 Redbridge 1,577 752 Richmond 1,390 954 Sutton 2,974 3,364 Waltham 6,661 3,386 City 0 2 Camden 1,421 885 Westminster 380 624 Greenwich 3,849 676 Hackney 2,605 1,992 Hammersmith 1,047 1,235 Islington 1,079 1,010 Kensington 2,145 1,846 Lambeth 1,480 1,152 Lewisham 1,232 2,512 Southwark 5,429 1,258 Wandsworth 1,677 1,374 Tower Hamlets 7,778 10,856 Birmingham 10,494 11,083 Coventry 1,962 2,180 Dudley 3,608 9,508 Sandwell 1,647 1,313 Solihull 1,511 1,383 Walsall 1,369 1,410 Wolverhampton 783 2,067 Knowsley 2,080 1,173 Liverpool 9,742 5,763 St. Helens 5,066 2,823 Sefton 4,176 4,208 Wirral 3,354 3,379 Bolton 802 899 Bury 815 1,254 Manchester 3,062 4,697 Oldham 3,429 8,522 Rochdale 4,078 8,071 44W
Voluntary-aided and special agreement schools—1991–92 allocations LEA Total allocation 1991–92 Commitments Minor Works Major Works Starts list (major projects to start 1991–92) Design list Projects (major Projects to initial design work 1991–92) Project category £000 £000 £000 £000 City of London — — — — — — — Camden 226 219 — 7 — Maria Fidelis RC S IR Greenwich 36 — 36 — — — — Hackney 195 4 191 — — — — 45W
Local education authorities Total annual capital guidelines (£ thousands) 1990–91 1991–92 Salford 3,899 3,433 Stockport 1,300 1,919 Tameside 1,410 1,744 Trafford 9,448 3,683 Wigan 4,378 7,462 Barnsley 1,883 806 Doncaster 860 375 Rotherham 1,589 1,039 Sheffield 2,428 1,371 Bradford 9,731 9,355 Calderdale 1,514 1,661 Kirklees 1,216 3,797 Leeds 2,562 16,372 Wakefield 5,394 2,275 Gateshead 1,082 2,840 Newcastle 1,564 2,332 North Tyneside 1,265 729 South Tyneside 1,894 1,988 Sunderland 1,883 3,072 Isles of Scilly 221 16 Avon 5,653 4,945 Bedfordshire 2,409 1,974 Berkshire 4,500 3,282 Buckinghamshire 4,544 7,124 Cambridge 13,229 8,536 Cheshire 5,814 5,257 Cleveland 3,329 2,979 Cornwall 6,522 6,242 Cumbria 7,930 9,629 Derbyshire 14,653 21,330 Devon 12,984 7,715 Dorset 3,853 2,605 Durham 4,924 6,911 East Sussex 8,613 16,761 Essex 13,895 22,210 Gloucester 7,917 6,442 Hampshire 13,325 16,517 Hereford and Worcester 6,248 6,774 Hertford 6,526 6,524 Humberside 9,004 8,371 Isle of Wight 1,912 2,263 Kent 16,210 23,773 Lancashire 18,524 22,789 Leicester 11,154 6,922 Lincoln 7,387 10,016 Norfolk 2,880 2,779 North Yorkshire 4,105 4,575 Northampton 6,182 8,641 Northumberland 1,961 3,545 Nottinghamshire 3,716 5,167 Oxfordshire 3,751 6,601 Shropshire 6,319 6,582 Somerset 4,837 4,979 Staffordshire 6,375 8,644 Suffolk 7,921 9,989 Surrey 3,718 5,538 Warwick 1,507 1,644 West Sussex 3,633 3,508 Wiltshire 6,256 4,973 46W47W
LEA Total allocation 1991–92 Commitments Minor Works Major Works Starts list (major projects to start 1991–92) Design list Projects (major Projects to initial design work 1991–92) Project category £000 £000 £000 £000 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,295 1,295 — — — — — Islington 173 — 173 — — — — Kensington and Chelsea 2,640 2,552 — 88 — St. Thomas More RC S IR Lambeth 70 43 — 27 — La Retraite RC S IR Lewisham 65 — 65 — — — — Southwark 861 804 — 57 — St. Peter's CE P, Walworth IR Tower Hamlets 334 80 171 83 St. Matthias CE — BN1 Wandsworth 49 — 49 — — — — Westminster 324 12 283 29 — St. Marylebone CE S R Barking 1,955 1,955 — — — — — Barnet 718 718 — — — — — Bexley 305 192 113 — — — — Brent 35 35 — — — — — Bromley 198 198 — — — — — Croydon 1,814 1,723 91 — — — — Ealing — — — — — — — Enfield 302 252 50 — — — — Haringey 1,163 1,110 53 — — — — Harrow — — — — — — — Havering 147 125 22 — — — — Hillingdon 90 20 — 70 — — — Hounslow 53 — — 53 — St. Mark's RC S IR Kingston upon Thames — — — — — — — Merton 98 98 — — — — — Newham 134 74 — 60 St. Bonaventures RC S — IR Redbridge 116 116 — — — — — Richmond upon Thames 195 195 — — — — — Sutton 2,354 2,324 — 30 St. Philomena's RC S — IR Waltham Forest 300 300 — — — — — Birmingham 1,113 668 281 164 St. Bernadettes RC P Bournville Infants — BN Birmingham — — — — — St. Ambrose Barlow RC P BN Coventry 1,369 1,119 250 Cardinal Wiseman RC — SP1 Dudley 2,006 1,769 87 150 St. James CE P, Woolaston — IR Sandwell 7 7 — — — — — Solihull 55 41 — 14 Berkswell CE P — IR Walsall — — — — — — — Wolverhampton 61 — 14 47 — Holy Trinity RC P IR Knowsley 571 506 65 — — — — Liverpool 4,493 3,948 85 460 Broughton Hall High RC — SP12 — — — — Archbishop Blanche CE S — IR1 — — — — — Cardinal Heenan RC S SP1 St. Helens 2,149 2,089 60 — — — — Sefton 1,750 1,430 95 225 Savio RC High — SP1 — — — — St. Monica's P — SP2 — — — — Sacred Heart High RC, Crosby — SP — — — — St. Luke's CE P, Halsall — IR Wirral 631 593 — 38 — Plessington High RC S, Bebington SP Bolton 436 116 20 300 St. Joseph's RC S, Horwich — IR2 Bury 574 181 85 308 Bury High CE — IR2 — — — — — Our Lady of Grace RC P IR Manchester 827 227 120 480 St. Andrew's CE P — IR2 — — — — Our Lady's High RC S — IR2 Oldham 174 24 125 25 — Crompton House High CE IR Rochdale 436 321 115 — — — — Salford 343 253 90 — — — — Stockport 291 237 — 54 — Harrytown High RC BN 48W49W
LEA Total allocation 1991–92 Commitments Minor Works Major Works Starts list (major projects to start 1991–92) Design list Projects (major Projects to initial design work 1991–92) Project category £000 £000 £000 £000 Tameside 35 5 30 — — — — Trafford 715 705 — 10 St. Margaret Ward RC P — IR Wigan 1,108 688 30 390 Deanery CE S — BN — — — — — Sacred Heart RC P SP Barnsley 25 — 25 — — — — Doncaster 145 15 — 130 St. Joseph's RC P — BN1 Rotherham 158 — 158 — — — — Sheffield 127 79 — 48 — All Saints RC S BN Bradford 873 867 — 6 Our Lady of Victories RC P — IR Calderdale 444 140 104 200 Halifax High RC — IR Kirklees 218 82 104 32 — St. John Fisher RC S BN Leeds 12,288 12,288 — — — — — Wakefield 180 60 120 — — — — Gateshead 64 64 — — — — — Newcastle upon Tyne 847 17 70 760 St. Paul's CE P — IR2 North Tyneside 203 203 — — — — — South Tyneside 21 21 — — — — — Sunderland 116 79 — 37 St. Benet's RC P — BN — — — — St. Anthony's RC S — IR Avon 619 471 148 — — — — Bedfordshire 600 — — 600 Riseley Lower CE P — BN Bedfordshire — — — — Heath Lower CE P — IR2 Berkshire 358 128 230 — — — — Buckinghamshire 2,207 1,970 199 38 Frieth Combined CE P — BN Buckinghamshire — — — — — Waddesdon CE S BN Cambridgeshire 79 — — 79 King's School CE, Peterborough — IR2 Cambridgeshire — — — — — Bury CE P IR Cheshire 1,997 1,425 265 307 St. Nicholas RC S, Hartford — IR2 Cheshire — — — — — St. Mary's, Middlewich IR2 Cleveland 398 — 209 189 Newland's RC S — BN Cleveland — — — — St. Dominic's RC P — SP Cleveland — — — — St. Peter's RC S — SP Cleveland — — — — Ian Ramsey CE S — IR Cornwall 369 227 136 6 Millbrook CE P — IR Cumbria 869 305 57 507 St. Patrick's RC J, Cleator Moor — SP2 Cumbria — — — — Keswick P — SP Derbyshire 889 794 60 35 St. Werburgh's CE P, Spondon — IR Devon 567 343 159 65 St. Nicholas CE J, Sidmouth — IR Dorset 3,985 2,996 60 929 Sandford St. Martin's CE P — IR Dorset — — — — St. Joseph's RC P, Poole — IR2 Dorset — — — — St. Peter's RC S, Bournemouth — IR2 Dorset — — — — — St. Luke's CE P, Winton, B'mouth BN Durham 718 553 59 106 St. John's CE S, Bishop Auckland — SP Durham — — — — St. Charles RC P, Tudhoe — IR2 East Sussex 1,065 710 355 — — — — Essex 1,010 932 64 14 — Bradwell CE Endowed IR Gloucestershire 1,229 797 222 210 Corse CE P — BN Gloucestershire — — — — Holy Apostles CE P — IR Gloucestershire — — — — — St. Peter's RC High BN Hampshire 1,926 1,926 — — — — — Hereford and Worcester 1,356 826 — 530 Hagley RC S — BN1 Hertfordshire 1,656 1,532 124 — — — — Humberside 46 46 — — — — — Isle of Wight 210 — 210 — — — — Isles of Scilly — — — — — — IR2 Kent 2,837 1,315 122 1,400 Judd School — —
LEA Total allocation 1991–92 Commitments Minor Works Major Works Starts list (major projects to start 1991–92) Design list Projects (major Projects to initial design work 1991–92) Project category £000 £000 £000 £000 Lancashire 4,051 2,728 460 863 St. Theresa's RC P, Penwortham — BN Lancashire — — — — St. Gregory's RC P, Chorley — SP2 Lancashire — — — — St. Matthews's RC P, Skelmersdale — SP Lancashire — — — — Baines High, Poulton Le Fylde — IR2 Leicestershire 598 64 8 526 St. Clare's RC, P, Coalville — BN2 Lincolnshire 276 61 — 215 Spalding Grammar School — IR Norfolk 13 — — 13 — Archibishop Sancroft CE S IR North Yorkshire 775 6 183 586 St. Peter's RC P, Scarborough — IR2 — — — — — St. Aidan's CE High — IR2 — — — — — St. Wilfred's RC P, York — IR Northamptonshire 27 — — 27 — St. David's RC Middle IR Northumberland 747 347 92 308 Tritlington CE First — BN — — — — — St. Joseph's RC — BN — — — — — St. Mary's RC First — BN Nottinghamshire 135 36 99 — — — — Oxfordshire 2,526 2,218 172 136 St. Mary's CE P, Chipping Norton — SP1 Salop 238 105 133 — — — — Somerset 2,041 903 191 947 St. Dubricus CE P, Porlock — BN2 — — — — — Long Sutton CE P — IR2 — — — — — Chewton — IR2 — — — — — — Trull CE P BN Staffordshire 979 672 79 228 St. Mark's CE P — BN2 — — — — — — St. George's RC P IR Suffolk 345 190 100 55 St. Albans RC S — BN Surrey 839 87 — 752 Salesian RC High — IR2 — — — — — — St. Nicholas F & M, Shepperton IR Warwickshire 788 273 — 515 St. Paul's Combined CE P — IR2 West Sussex 1,875 1,312 558 5 St. Mary At Clymping CE P — IR Wiltshire 1,068 930 38 100 St. John's RC P, Trowbridge — IR Note:— Project category codes as follows: BN—Basic need SP—Surplus places IR—Improvement/replacement 1 —Approved statutory proposals 2 —Ex 1990–91 design list