{"value":{"id":1109660,"memberId":4689,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System","uin":"HLWS1447","dateMade":"2019-04-04T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","title":"School Condition Funding","text":"<p>My right honourable friend the Minister of State for School Standards (Nick Gibb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>Today, I am announcing the allocation of over £1.4 billion of capital funding in the financial year 2019–20 to maintain and improve the condition of the school estate.</p><p>This funding is provided to ensure schools have well maintained facilities to provide students with safe environments that support a high-quality education. It is part of £23 billion committed over 2016–21 to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of condition projects across the school estate.</p><p>For the financial year 2019–20, the £1.4 billion of capital funding includes:</p><ul><li>Almost £800 million for local authorities, voluntary aided partnerships, larger multi-academy trusts and academy sponsors, to invest in maintaining and improving the condition of their schools.</li><li>Over £400 million available through the Condition Improvement Fund for essential maintenance projects at small and stand-alone academy trusts and sixth-form colleges.</li><li>Over £200 million of Devolved Formula Capital allocated directly for schools to spend on small capital projects to meet their own priorities.</li></ul><p>Details of successful applications to the Condition Improvement Fund have also been published today, covering 1413 projects at 1210 schools and sixth form colleges.</p><p>Details of today’s announcement will be published on the Department for Education section on the GOV.UK website. Announcement notifications are also being sent electronically to responsible bodies’ chief executive officers.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1109660","method":"GET"}]}