HC Deb 08 September 2003 vol 410 cc115-6W
Mr. Dorrell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list capital spending on Leicestershire schools in each year since 1997–98. [127267]

Mr. Miliband

We do not collect detailed information on capital spend on school buildings. The table as follows sets out the capital allocations made by this government to Leicestershire Local Education Authority (LEA) and its schools since 1997–98. The LEA determines investment of these funds by prioritising the capital requirements of its schools through the asset management planning process. The authority may have augmented the government's funding from other sources.

Leicestershire LEA capital allocations
£000
1997–98 2,920
1998–99 5,505
1999–2000 8,332
2000–01 18,942
2001–02 12,843
2002–03 20,731
2003–04 27,582