Building Schools for the Future

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 14 November 2007.

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Photo of Gordon Brown Gordon Brown The Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party 11:30, 14 November 2007

The selection of PFI as a procurement route for building schools for the future follows a detailed assessment using the Treasury's value-for-money guidance. Since 1997, 1,106 schools have been rebuilt or refurbished and £31 billion has been invested. Investment through PFI has delivered 275 of those rebuilt or refurbished schools—in other words, 25 per cent.