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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the capital cost of new school building and extension, repair and renovation of school buildings was in (a) the County of Essex in each year from 1991 to 1997 and (b) the County of Essex and the boroughs of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea in each year from 1998 to 2004. [215117] Mr. Stephen Twigg: Capital allocations to the County of Essex and the boroughs of Thurrock and Southend- on-Sea, for the years in which information is held centrally, are set out in the following table. Information on how the allocations were spent is not held centrally as this is decided by local authorities in accordance with their asset management plans. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Essex Thurrock Southend-on-Sea 1996-97 12,186 -- -- 1997-98 11,477 -- -- 1998-99 15,510 2,099 2.577 1999-00 21,928 3,395 1,356 2000-01 57,317 6,464 7,032 2001-02 41,570 5,899 6,631 2002-03 84,492 6,176 7,314 2003-04 63,462 11,007 9,907 2004-05 63,202 13,289 13,793 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1531W; 215117

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Construction Buildings Capital investment Finance Essex Schools Repairs and maintenance Southend on Sea Thurrock

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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