Written question asked by Marjorie Mowlam (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 December 1995. It was answered by Marquess of Lothian (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 1995 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

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Northern Ireland Office

Question

What requirements are placed on the education and library boards by his Department in respect of the undertaking of property condition surveys; if the Dept of Education in Northern Ireland will undertake a review of existing property management organisational arrangements; how the DENI monitors whether the education and library boards have internal systems in place which ensure adequately that maintenance funding is applied properly and used to good effect; if DENI will be reviewing its existing arrangements in respect of the number of its branches dealing with estate management; what was the recurrent expenditure on the repair and maintenance of estates during 1994-95 (a) in total and (b) by board; and on what was spent; what mechanisms exists to facilitate the centralisation of estate management functions by education and library boards; what proposals (a) DENI and (b) education and library boards have to review the level of funding allocated to repair and maintenance of board property; how much of the maintenance expenditure has been spent on day-to-day maintenance; and how much on planned work in each of the education and library boards in the last 5 years. - Inc table and ref to "Education and Library Boards: Maintenance of Board Property".

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

268 c1169-70W;268 c1167-8W; 6056;6027;6052;6054;6028;6053;6051;6055

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Administration Education Expenditure Libraries Educational institutions Repairs and maintenance Northern Ireland education and library boards

Contains statistics

Yes