Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 18 February 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
(1) how many schools built under the Building Schools for the Future programme have provision for (a) fewer than 500 pupils, (b) between 500 and 1,000 pupils and (c) more than 1,000 pupils;
(2) how many new schools have been built under the Building Schools for the Future programme; how many have been refurbished; and what proportion of funding to the programme has been spent on each activity.
The number of pupils in the schools that have been rebuilt or refurbished as part of Building Schools for the Future is set out in the following table. Funding for these schools from Building Schools for the Future totalled £100.5 million and includes 'early win' projects. The proportion of this funding used for refurbishment was £58.75 million and for new build was £41.75 million.
Building schools for the future—newly modernised schools | ||||
Number of pupils | ||||
0-500 | 500-1 , 000 | 1 , 000+ | Total | |
Rebuilt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Refurbished | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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