HC Deb 06 July 1992 vol 211 cc15-6W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make provision in the capital allocations to voluntary and special arrangement schools for second bids where the allocation, is not entirely taken up.

Mr. Forth

The Department is monitoring this year's expenditure of capital grant to voluntary-aided and special agreement schools through returns which the local education authorities have been asked to supply in July and October. Where allocations are not being fully spent, we shall seek to redeploy the sums involved to other worthwhile capital projects at aided schools, so long as the work could be completed and grant claims made before the end of the financial year.