§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money has been spent since 1 May 1997 on improvements to school buildings; and what proportion of this expenditure has been generated through public private partnerships. [74790]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe following tables show the annual capital expenditure on school building repair and improvement in England of 1997–98 and the estimated outturn for 1998–99.
The figures shown for Central Government allocations include capital grants to voluntary aided and special agreement schools, capital grants to non-maintained special schools and specialist schools and grants to grant maintained schools paid by The Funding Agency for Schools. In addition, these figures also include £84 million and £250 million in 1997–98 and 1998–99 respectively for New Deal for Schools and £90 million in 1998–99 for new capital support for schools—£35 million to remove outside toilets, £15 million to improve heating and £40 million to reduce Key Stage 1 class sizes.
The figures shown for the Local Authority expenditure include credit approvals, receipts and other Local Authority funds.
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Capital expenditure on school buildings in England £million Central Government Local Authority Total 1997–98 191.5 1,107.2 1,298.7 1998–991 451.9 1,128.9 1,580.8 1 The figures for 1998–99 show the estimated outturn for the period.
Public private partnership expenditure on school buildings in England £million 1997–98 1998–99 Total Public Private Partnership (signed projects and in procurement) 21.7 160.9 182.6