§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) which schools in the Stroud constituency had at least one year when school repair capital spending was greater than £5,000 since 1997; [164169]
(2) what the total capital spending on school repairs for the Stroud constituency was for each year since 1997. [164170]
§ Mr. MilibandThe Department allocates capital funding to local education authorities (LEAs) and their schools. The majority of this capital support is allocated to schools and LEAs by formula, and they decide how to invest it in line with their asset management plans. The Department does not, therefore, have detailed information about all the capital investment in each school; this should be held locally.
The following table sets out the total capital support made by this Government to Gloucestershire LEA since 1996–97. This table includes devolved formula capital grants to schools and capital support for the voluntary aided sector.
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£ million Gloucestershire LEA capital allocations 1996–97 12.229 1997–98 7.947 1998–99 6.269 1999–2000 12.356 2000–01 24.862 2001–02 21.065 2002–03 22.917 2003–04 28.486 We have also already allocated indicative funding for future years worth approximately £34.6 million in 2004–05 and £20.1 million in 2005–06.