Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 17 February 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 February 2011. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Schools: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much capital funding has been allocated by his Department for school building, repair and maintenance to each local authority area in each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16.

Answer: On 13 December 2010, the Secretary of State for Education announced over £2 billion of capital allocations to local authorities and schools for new pupil places and to address their capital maintenance needs in 2011-12. Details of these allocations by each local authority area can be found on the Department's website. Further allocations will be made for 2012-13 until 2014-15 in the light of the outcome of the capital review which the Secretary of State launched last year and which is expected to report shortly.In addition to the funding already announced, funding will be provided, for example, for those Building Schools for the Future and academy projects that are continuing, to ensure the projects' completion.

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