{"value":{"id":1174187,"memberId":4689,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System ","uin":"HLWS71","dateMade":"2020-01-29T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","title":"Kensington and Chelsea College Contingencies Fund advance","text":"<p>My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has this afternoon updated the written statement he made this morning:</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>Parliamentary approval for additional capital of £10,000,000 for this new expenditure will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for Department for Education. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £10,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</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":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1174187","method":"GET"}]}