Education written question – answered at on 13 February 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate his Department has made of the capital and revenue costs of free schools that (a) have been provided to date, (b) are to be provided in 2013-14 and (c) are projected to be provided in 2014-15.
The Department for Education provides per-pupil revenue funding to free schools on the same basis as it does to all state schools. Free schools also receive funding during pre-opening intended to cover essential costs in developing the school, and post-opening funding to enable schools to cover their initial costs while they are growing their pupil numbers.
As the recent NAO report, 'Establishing Free Schools (December 2013)' commented, free schools are being opened faster and with much lower capital costs than in previous programmes under the last Government.
General Annual Grant (per pupil) allocations for free schools open to date have been published on the Department's website at:
Details of the funding provided to free schools for pre and post-opening are in the Department's 'How to apply guide' at:
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