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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 December 2006. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Thursday, 14 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.


Building Schools for the Future

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 209W, how much of the £5.5 billion his Department allocated for schools capital investment in 2005-06 was (a) allocated to and (b) spent under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Answer

When the schools capital programme was set following the last spending review, some £2 billion was set aside for Building Schools for the Future in 2005-06. All of these funds have been allocated to BSF projects, and £166 million of unspent capital grant was carried forward to the current financial year.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
454 c1377W;454 c1379W; 105596
Session
2006-07
Related items
Education Funding
Monday, 30 October 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Capital investment Schools
Link
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