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Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Schools: Lancashire

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on refurbishment of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire in each year since 1997.
Answer

School capital funding is allocated on a local authority basis and prioritised locally. Accordingly, central records are not maintained on a constituency basis, nor on the split of expenditure between primary and secondary schools. Refurbishment consists both of capital improvement and revenue repair. Because of this, the capital allocations listed in the table will have been supplemented by the use of revenue funding prioritised locally. In addition, Lancashire may have had other capital receipts which it put towards refurbishment.The following table sets out Lancashire school capital allocations from 1996-97 to 2009-10.

£ million
1996-97 12.9
1997-98 13.3
1998-99 19.5
1999-2000 36.8
2000-01 42.2
2001-02 40.6
2002-03 63.7
2003-04 72.7
2004-05 60.6
2005-06 133.0
2006-07 150.5
2007-08 182.5
2008-09 62.4
2009-10 132.2

The large allocations from 2005-06 to 2009-10, excepting 2008-09, include a total allocation of £332 million in respect of the Building Schools for the Future programme.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c952W; 296751
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Schools Lancashire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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