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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)) on Friday, 19 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 25 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Schools: Essex

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on repairing schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997; and what proportion of that expenditure was spent on schools which failed to meet standards on acoustics.
Answer

Repairs which bring schools back to their original state constitute a revenue expense, and are paid out of revenue funding. Repairs which amount to capital improvement, such as a better insulation, are payable from capital allocations.School revenue and capital allocations are not made directly to Castle Point, but to Essex county council. School-based revenue expenditure on repair and maintenance is shown in the following table.

£
Essex England
1999-2000 14,003,000 631,994,000
2000-01 19,815,000 670,942,000
2001-02 24,214,000 729,882,000
2002-03 14,780,000 503,199,000
2003-04 14,309,000 501,233,000
2004-05 15,794,000 550,301,000
2005-06 15,662,000 608,386,000
2006-07 17,869,000 645,680,000
2007-08 18,993,000 731,938,000
2008-09 20,815,000 738,599,000
Notes:
1. Up to 2001-02, the figures cover all expenditure on non-capital building works, including repairs and maintenance of buildings, and non-capital expenditure on fixed plant and grounds.
2. From 2002-03, the definition of the figures is: Building maintenance and improvement, including:
Charges by contractors for internal and external repair, maintenance and improvement to buildings and fixed plant including costs of labour and materials; Related professional and technical services, including labour costs where supplied as part of the contract/service; Costs of materials and equipment used by directly employed staff for internal and external repair, maintenance and improvement to buildings and fixed plant; Fixtures and fittings e.g. carpet, curtains, etc.
3. All figures rounded to the nearest £1,000.

Capital allocations by the Department to Essex in each year since 1997-98 are as follows:

£ million
1997-98 11.4
1998-99 15.5
1999-2000 21.9
2000-01 57.3
2001-02 48.9
2002-03 95.5
2003-04 77.4
2004-05 80.2
2005-06 72.4
2006-07 56.7
2007-08 66.4
2008-09 109.4
2009-10 107.9
2010-11 266.8

Information is not held on the proportion of expenditure spent on acoustic improvements in schools.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c692-3W; 318088
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Essex Schools
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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