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School Finance

Answer

Capital and revenue allocations made to Bath and North East Somerset local authority and its schools, and to South Gloucestershire local authority and its schools, in each of the last five years are set out in the following table:

				£ million
	Capital allocations			Revenue funding
	Bath and North East Somerset	South Gloucestershire	Bath and North East Somerset	South Gloucestershire
2001–02	5.4	11	77.2	117.5
2002–03	12.5	15.9	81.8	126.8
2003–04	11.8	14.9	90.2	141.6
2004–05	7.3	19.1	96.2	149.9
2005–06	5.6	11	103.5	160
(80) Note: 2002–03 and 2003–04 included Targeted Capital Funding of £4.4 million and £4.9 million respectively.
(81) Note: 2002–03 and 2004–05 included Targeted Capital Funding of £4.0 million and £2.5 million respectively.

We expect local authorities and schools to take decisions on allocating capital funds for building maintenance and improvements in accordance with their local asset management plan. Accordingly, records of these categories of expenditure are not held centrally. However revenue figures are reported separately, and are shown below.

Revenue expenditure on the maintenance and improvement of school buildings and grounds since 1997–98Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 February 2006 £
	Bath and NE Somerset LA				South Gloucestershire LA
	Primary schools	Pre-primary and primary schools	Secondary schools	Primary schools	Pre-primary and primary schools	Secondary schools
1997–98	—	1,056	1,132	—	1,196	1,518
1998–99	—	1,474	1,204	—	1,139	1,686
1999–2000	737	737	1,208	1,081	1,081	1,367
2000–01	833	833	1,118	866	867	943
2001–02	820	820	2,004	1,448	1,449	750
2002–03	688	—	1,205	666	—	1,214
2003–04	654	—	1,147	582	—	1,087
2004–05	758	—	1,160	661	—	1,184
Note: All figures are £1,000's.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

54397; 443 c2231-4W;443 c2231-4W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Education Somerset

Link

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