§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will make a 439W statement on the local authority allocations and capital grants to (a) voluntary-aided and (b) grant-maintained schools in 1996–97; [4506]
(2) if she will give a breakdown of the capital budget for schools for 1996–97. [4505]
§ Mrs. GillanCentral Government support for schools in 1996–97 is broken down as follows:
Type of school Capital budget £ million Grant-maintained schools 138 City technology colleges 2 Aided schools 61 County and controlled schools 423 Non-maintained special schools 1 Total 625 The figures do not include the capital element included within the budget for the "specialised schools" programme, which includes both capital and recurrent expenditure on specialist schools in the grant-maintained and maintained sectors, and which has been allocated £23 million in 1996–97.
Individual allocations for aided schools will be announced shortly. Allocations to grant-maintained schools are a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools.