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Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 May 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 May 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Schools: Crosby

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department provided for schools in Crosby constituency in the last five years; and what building projects relating to schools have been undertaken in Crosby constituency in each of those years.
Answer

Capital funding for schools is allocated on a local authority rather than on a constituency basis. Accordingly, records are kept on a local authority basis. Funding allocated to Sefton local authority in the past five years is set out in the following table.

£ million
2004-05 12.1
2005-06 13.3
2006-07 17.0
2007-08 12.6
2008-09 13.3

Sefton was also allocated £23.7 million in 2007-08 to rebuild one of its secondary schools, through the BSF one-school pathfinder programme.The Department does not keep records of individual projects, as local authorities decide priorities in their commissioning role.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c871W; 273609
Session
2008-09
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Schools Crosby
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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