{"value":{"id":1174140,"memberId":4689,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System","uin":"HLWS68","dateMade":"2020-01-29T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","title":"Kensington and Chelsea College Contingency Fund advance","text":"<p>My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>Given wider exceptional circumstances, the Department for Education will purchase the Kensington Centre (Wornington Road, London) and provide a 125-year lease to the Further Education institute formed by a merger between Kensington and Chelsea College (KCC) and Morley College. The Secretary of State for Housing Communities, and Local Government will be the named freeholder/lessor in each instance.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary approval for the additional capital of £10,000,000 for the purchase of the site in the financial year 2019-20 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Department for Education. Pending Parliamentary approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £10,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The advance will be repaid immediately following Royal Assent of the Supply and Appropriation Bill.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1174131,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2020-01-29T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1174140","method":"GET"}]}