Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 27 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 April 2009. It was answered by Sion Simon (Labour) on Thursday, 30 April 2009 on behalf of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Building Colleges for the Future Programme

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to his Financial Statement of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 241, what additional funding will be available for capital funding for further education colleges in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Budget 2009 announced additional capital funding of £300 million for this spending review period (2009-10 and 2010-11), which will allow the Learning and Skills Council to give approval to a limited number of projects starting in 2009-10.Recognising the long-term nature of capital projects, the Government are planning a continuing FE capital investment programme in future years, with a planning assumption of £300 million a year from 2011-12 to 2013-14 to be confirmed at the next Spending Review.This provides a provisional £1.2 billion in total to 2013-14 which should allow us to develop around £750 million of new schemes.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 491 c1477W;491 c1477-8W; 272254
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Financial Statement
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Subjects: Building colleges for the future programme
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