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Written question asked by Angela Rayner (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 March 2019. A holding answer was provided on Friday, 15 March 2019. A substantive answer was provided by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 8 April 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Further Education: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 202 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates, what programmes are funded by the (a) resource and (b) capital funding outlined in Line M Further Education of the estimate.

Answer

As per the ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates’, resource funding for programmes by Estimate Line is disclosed in the attached table. This information is supplemented by additional information contained in the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum’ published by the Education Select Committee.

For programmes covered by capital funding in the '2018-19 Supplementary Estimate', the Department is investing £23 billion in the school estate in the current Spending Review period (2016-17 to 2020-21) to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of condition projects across the school estate. Details on 2018-19 school’s capital budgets is available at Annex D of the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2018-19’.

In addition to the Department’s investment in school’s capital, the Department also funds capital projects in other sectors, including higher education, further education, and children’s social care.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
229261
Session
2017-19
Attachment
Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Further education
Link
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