To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was his Department's budget in cash terms and at 1998–99 prices for (a) 1992–93 to 1998–99 and (b) his estimate for 1999–2000 to 2001–02. [77332]
The figures are set out in the following table.
| £ million | ||
| Year | Cash | Real terms at 1998–99 prices |
| 1992–93 | 10,677 | 12,390 |
| 1993–94 | 13,378 | 15,123 |
| 1994–95 | 13,988 | 15,590 |
| 1995–96 | 13,981 | 15,141 |
| 1996–97 | 14,009 | 14,718 |
| 1997–98 | 14,533 | 14,896 |
| 1998–90 | 14,562 | 14,562 |
| 1999–00 | 15,702 | 15,319 |
| 2000–01 | 17,531 | 16,692 |
| 2001–02 | 18,916 | 17,565 |
Notes:
1. Figures are DfEE's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and include both OFSTED and the Employment Service. Figures do not include expenditure on the welfare to work programme financed through the windfall tax, which is classified under a separate DEL. Figures also do not include spending by local authorities. Figures for 1992–93 to 1997–98 are outturn. Figure for 1998–99 is estimated outturn. Figures for 1999–00 to 2001–02 are plans.
2. According to Government accounting conventions, the figures include the recource accounting costs of student loans rather than the cash outlay costs.
3. Figure for 1997–98 includes £527m (cash) transferred from local authorities for the nursery voucher scheme. Figure for 1992–93 does not include funding for further education, which was transferred from local to central government from 1993–94 onwards.