Appendix 4 Estimates of capital spending by Department

The following table sets out estimated capital spending by the private sector, by sponsoring department,96 for the financial years 2000/01 to 2003/04. The table shows that over the period estimated capital spending by the private sector will be just under £13bn.

Table 5: Departmental estimate of capital spending by the private sector (signed deals):

£ million

 

Estimate 

 

 

Projections

 

 

Total

 

2000/01

 

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

 

 

Defence

121

 

147

200

100

 

568

Foreign and Commonwealth Office and International Development

7

 

7

6

7

 

27

Agriculture, Fisheries and Fooda

0

 

0

0

0

 

0

Trade and Industry

36

 

6 1

24

26

 

147

Environment, Transport and Regionsb,c

619

 

639

855

1,015

 

3,128

Education and Employmentd

15

 

28

9

0

 

52

Home Office

160

 

136

297

0

 

593

Legal Departments

37

 

36

13

6

 

92

Culture, Media and Sport

0

 

0

0

0

 

0

Health

491

 

501

235

67

 

1,294

Social Security

42

 

17

67

14

 

140

Scotland

540

 

289

78

20

 

927

Wales

160

 

11

0

0

 

171

Northern Ireland

39

 

2 6

4

0

 

69

Chancellor's Departments

104

 

87

19

19

 

229

Cabinet Office

155

 

159

42

6

 

362

Local authoritiese,f

1,352

 

1,404

1,215

1,150

 

5,121

Total

3,878

 

3,548

3,064

2,430

 

12,920

a Includes Forestry Commission

b Includes the private sector capital investment in Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

c In addition, substantial private investment is levered in through housing, urban regeneration and other programmes.

d Excludes private finance activity in education institutions classified to the private sector. Estimated total values for these are £80m in 2000/01 and £226m in 2001/02. Includes projects in Voluntary Aided schools only; Schools projects funded through

e Figures represent spending on projects supported by central government through Revenue Support Grant.

f PFI activity in Local Authority schools is included in the Local Authorities line.

Source: HM Treasury, FSBR 2001, HC 297, Table C16




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96  These figures were released prior to the reorganisation of Government Departments in June 2001.