HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 cc213-4W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list capital expenditure in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms on building new (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Scotland for each year since 1992; [79828]

(2) if he will list in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms the total capital expenditure on school building maintenance in Scotland for each financial year since 1992; and if he will list the amount spent in each Scottish local authority area in each year. [79830]

Mrs. Liddell

The available information is given in the following tables which have been derived from annual returns made by local authorities. Expenditure on capital maintenance and on new buildings is not recorded separately.

Capital expenditure on nursery, primary and secondary schools
£000 at outturn prices
Regional/Islands Councils 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Borders 2,718 1,738 3,051 1,716
Central 5,877 5,714 7,034 11,917
Dumfries and Galloway 3,787 5,066 6,756 4,743
Fife 5,104 7,752 5,862 8,411
Grampian 6,736 9,581 10,855 19,875
Highland 5,119 4,487 3,825 3,761
Lothian 18,011 18,950 18,310` 14,849
Strathclyde 29,226 34,435 49,956 44,473
Tayside 5,458 5,775 6,185 6,523

Capital expenditure on nursery, primary and secondary schools
£000 at outturn prices
Regional/Islands Councils 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Orkney 1,154 2,092 2,110 1,919
Shetland 4,001 3,657 2,611 1,740
Western Isles 2,499 1,846 1,363 1,627
Scotland 89,690 101,093 117,918 121,554

Capital expenditure on nursery, primary and secondary schools
£000 at 1997–98 prices
Regional/Islands Councils 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Borders 3,077 1,917 3,318 1,813
Central 6,654 6,302 7,648 12,591
Dumfries and Galloway 4,288 5,587 7,346 5,011
Fife 5,779 8,550 6,374 8,887
Grampian 7,626 10,567 11,803 21,000
Highland 5,796 4,949 4,159 3,974
Lothian 20,392 20,900 19,910 15,689
Strathclyde 33,089 37,978 54,320 46,989
Tayside 6,179 6,369 6,725 6,892
Orkney 1,307 2,307 2,294 2,028
Shetland 4,530 4,033 2,839 1,838
Western Isles 2,829 2,036 1,482 1,719
Scotland 101,544 111,494 128,219 128,432

Notes:

1. The figures have been compiled from Capital Payments Returns (CPR5) submitted by local authorities and include gross capital payments both funded and not funded from revenue

2. In addition to expenditure on work on buildings, the figures include expenditure on items such as the acquisition of land, vehicles and plant From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.