To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent through the Basic Needs Safety Valve Targeted Capital Fund in 2007-08 and what his most recent estimate is of expenditure through the Fund in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. (268365)

The Department allocated £9 million Basic Need Safety Valve funding in 2007-08. The most recent estimate of allocations is:

(a) 2008-09: £19 million;

(b) 2009-10: £32 million; and

(c) 2010-11: £26 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his latest estimate is of expenditure on the Primary Capital programme for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. (268368)

The latest estimate of allocations by the Department to local authorities in respect of the Primary Capital Programme, including amounts brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10, are

(a) £2008-09: £149 million;

(b) 2009-10: £745 million; and

(c) 2010-11: £903 million.

Local authorities are expected to add substantial resources to these allocation figures from their other capital resources, when fulfilling their Primary Capital Strategies.