Education written question – answered at on 9 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding he has allocated to rebuilding and improvement of primary schools in England in each of the next four years; and if he will make a statement.
The Department for Education's capital spending will be £15.8 billion over the four-year CSR period. So far capital allocations have been announced for the financial year 2011-12 and the outcome of the capital review which is due to report in the spring will inform funding from 2012-13 onwards.
Capital funding is not set aside specifically for primary schools. It is the responsibility of each local authority to assess the building requirements of all the maintained schools in its area and prioritise the available resources. However, we have set aside £800 million for 2011-12 to support capital funding specifically where it is urgently necessary to increase the number of school places available in response to population changes in a local area.
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