§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the current estimate of outstanding capital works in schools in each local education authority and for England as a whole.
§ Mr. Robin SquireSuch information is not held centrally for individual LEAs. For England as a whole, information from the 1991 National Audit Office report on school buildings suggested that some £2 billion, at 1990 prices, was required to deal with the outstanding capital needs of school buildings. In the four years from 1991–92, Government support for capital and repair work at maintained schools has amounted to some £2.5 billion and a further £620 million will be available in 1995–96.
§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what capital grants have been given(a) to each grant-maintained school and (b) to local education authority schools in each year since 1990.
§ Mr. Robin SquireAllocations to individual schools are the responsibility of their LEAs or the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the funding agency to write to the hon. Member in respect of allocations to individual grant-maintained schools.