HC Deb 26 February 1990 vol 168 cc3-4W
Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science for each of the years 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91, what was the total sum allocated by his Department to English local education authorities and to Devon county council, respectively.

Mr. Alan Howarth

I assume that my hon. Friend is referring to capital allocations. The sums allocated in 1988–89 and 1989–90 and the amounts available in annual capital guidelines for 1990–91 are set out in the table. Allocations and annual capital guidelines are not directly comparable. The total for England in 1988–89 includes additional capital allocations which were mainly targeted at inner city areas. Each local education authority's annual capital guideline reflects the extent to which its plans for spending on schools and colleges matched the national priorities of providing new places in areas of population growth, cost-effective schemes for the removal of surplus places, continuing to remedy deficiencies in existing school buildings and new major building projects at colleges. In each of these years Devon's allocation as a percentage of its plans was above the national average.

Gross bilateral aid to Sri Lanka 1984–1988 in constant 1990 prices
£ thousand
Year Gross Bilateral aid Total Financial aid ODA project aid (excluding ATP) of which ATP CDC project aid Total technical cooperation
1984 35,980 32,827 22,159 3,839 4,633 3,153
1985 22,509 18,777 7,964 595 8,150 3,732
1986 20,065 15,417 48 9,800 3,259 4,648
1987 22,388 16,768 6,296 8,551 5,620
1988 24,400 16,063 5,725 5,064 3,433 8,336
1 Also includes debt relief and disaster relief.

Source: British aid statistics.

1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
England 386,700 352,000 485,000
Devon 8,434 14,177 12,984

Notes: Figures are in cash terms and in thousands.