To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total capital spending on (a) primary—infant and junior—and (b) secondary schools in England each year since 1979 in cash terms and at 1979 prices; and what was the percentage change in the level of spending in real terms between each of those years.
The information requested is set out in the table.
| Nursery and primary schools2 | |||
| Year | Net recurrent expenditure1 | Net recurrent expenditure at 1979–80 prices3 | Real terms change on previous year |
| £ million | £ million | Percentage | |
| 1979–80 | 19,081 | 19,081 | |
| 1980–81 | 23,282 | 19,675 | 3·1 |
| 1981–82 | 25,222 | 19,438 | -1·2 |
| 1982–83 | 26,561 | 19,108 | -1·7 |
| 1983–84 | 27,654 | 19,013 | -0·5 |
| 1984–85 | 28,630 | 18,747 | -1·4 |
| 1985–86 | 30,509 | 18,933 | 1·0 |
| 1986–87 | 34,011 | 20,434 | 7·9 |
| 1987–88 | 38,291 | 21,819 | 6·8 |
| 1988–89 | 42,254 | 22,464 | 3·0 |
| 1989–90 | 47,617 | 23,773 | 5·8 |
Secondary schools
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year
| Net recurrent expenditure 1
| Net recurrent expenditure at 1979–80 prices 3
| Real terms change on previous year
|
£ million
| £ million
| Percentage
| |
| 1979–80 | 24,846 | 24,846 | |
| 1980–81 | 30,934 | 26,141 | 5·2 |
| 1981–82 | 34,384 | 26,498 | 1·4 |
| 1982–83 | 36,915 | 26,557 | 0·2 |
| 1983–84 | 38,800 | 26,677 | 0·5 |
| 1984–85 | 40,173 | 26,305 | -1·4 |
| 1985–86 | 43,523 | 27,009 | 2·7 |
| 1986–87 | 45,617 | 27,406 | 1·5 |
| 1987–88 | 49,067 | 27,959 | 2·0 |
| 1988–89 | 52,217 | 27,761 | -0·7 |
| 1989–90 | 55,391 | 27,954 | -0·4 |
1 Net recurrent expenditure includes total expenditure other than costs of financing capital expenditure, less income other than from specific grants. | |||
2 Spending on nursery and primary schools was not collected separately for years after 1986–87, so expenditure figures cover both nursery and primary schools. | |||
3 Expenditure figures have been repriced to 1979–80 prices using the current GDP (market prices) deflator index. | |||
Note: The figures in the tables are derived from local education authorities' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment.