HC Deb 20 November 1997 vol 301 cc261-2W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the additional £8.9 million allocated to local authorities in the current financial year and the extra £26.7 million allocated for each of the following four years for capital expenditure on the repair and replacement of school buildings, will be allocated to Argyll and Bute.[16409]

Mr. Wilson

£202,000 in the current financial year and £607,000 in each of the following four years.

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the additional £59 million to be allocated to local authorities for general education current spending in the next financial year will be allocated to Argyll and Bute.[ 16410]

Mr. Chisholm

These funds will form part of the local government current expenditure settlement, and will be included in the Grant-Aided Expenditure Assessment arrangements. Each council's share of this will be announced in the settlement in the normal way.

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the additional £15 million to be distributed to local authorities for general spend-to-save measures through capital expenditure will be allocated to Argyll and Bute.[16412]

Mr. Wilson

£341,000. The Council was also successful in its application for £440,000 of a further £15 million which has been set aside to support school rationalisation on a spend-to-save basis. These figures will be included in the local government finance settlement.