HC Deb 12 February 1992 vol 203 cc528-9W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total capital spending on(a) primary—infant and junior—and (b) secondary schools in England each year since 1979 in cash terms and at 1979 prices; and what was the percentage change in the level of spending in real terms between each of those years.

Mr. Fallon

The information requested is set out in the table.

Nursery and primary schools2
Year Net recurrent expenditure1 Net recurrent expenditure at 1979–80 prices3 Real terms change on previous year
£ million £ million Percentage
1979–80 19,081 19,081
1980–81 23,282 19,675 3.1
1981–82 25,222 19,438 -1.2
1982–83 26,561 19,108 -1.7
1983–84 27,654 19,013 -0.5
1984–85 28,630 18,747 -1.4
1985–86 30,509 18,933 1.0
1986–87 34,011 20,434 7.9
1987–88 38,291 21,819 6.8
1988–89 42,254 22,464 3.0
1989–90 47,617 23,773 5.8

Secondary schools
year Net recurrent expenditure1 Net recurrent expenditure at 1979–80 prices3 Real terms change on previous year
£ million £ million Percentage
1979–80 24,846 24,846
1980–81 30,934 26,141 5.2
1981–82 34,384 26,498 1.4
1982–83 36,915 26,557 0.2
1983–84 38,800 26,677 0.5
1984–85 40,173 26,305 -1.4
1985–86 43,523 27,009 2.7
1986–87 45,617 27,406 1.5
1987–88 49,067 27,959 2.0
1988–89 52,217 27,761 -0.7
1989–90 55,391 27,954 -0.4
1 Net recurrent expenditure includes total expenditure other than costs of financing capital expenditure, less income other than from specific grants.
2 Spending on nursery and primary schools was not collected separately for years after 1986–87, so expenditure figures cover both nursery and primary schools.
3 Expenditure figures have been repriced to 1979–80 prices using the current GDP (market prices) deflator index.

Note: The figures in the tables are derived from local education authorities' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment.