§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the capital expenditure on central institutions in cash and constant prices in every year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is set out in the table: 347W
£ million Cash 1990–91 Prices 1979–80 3.4 7.3 1980–81 4.8 8.8 1981–82 6.6 11.1 1982–83 6.0 9.4 1983–84 6.7 10.0 1984–85 7.0 10.0 1985–86 9.1 12.3 1986–87 17.2 22.4 1987–88 15.9 19.7 1988–89 10.5 12.1 1989–90 12.2 13.2 1990–91 14.9 14.9 Notes:
1. Capital expenditure includes expenditure on buildings and major items of equipment.
2. The 12 central institutions together with the five colleges of education form the grant-aided colleges and are treated as one sector for funding purposes.
3. The figures reflect the transfer into the grant-aided colleges sector of Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh and Glasgow Polytechnic on 1 September 1985 and the transfer to the local authority sector of Leith Nautical College with effect from 1 August 1987.
4. The figures reflect the inevitably uneven pattern of expenditure on capital projects.