§ Mr. MadelTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total amount of moneys that his Department is allocating to Bedfordshire county council for the maintenance and repair of school buildings for the year 1991–92; what is the amount allocated in the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FallonBedfordshire local education authority is to receive an annual capital guideline of £1.974 million in 1991–92, of which £1.833 million is related to schools, and an allocation of £0.6 million for projects at voluntary aided and special agreement schools. In the current year, Bedfordshire has received an ACG of £2.409 million—£2.309 million is related to schools—and an allocation for VA and SA schools of £15,000. The authority can also use capital receipts and other sources such of funding, including its revenue budget, to support capital expenditure. However, the Government do not allocate to LEAs separately identified recurrent funds for repairs and maintenance: it is for each authority, and, under local management, its schools, to determine what proportion of the total recurrent funds available to them to allocate for that purpose.