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Written question asked by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Priority School Building Programme

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, at how many schools on the Priority School Building Programme has construction work (a) started and (b) been completed.

Answer

The Priority School Building Programme 1 (PSBP1) is a centrally managed programme set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair. Through the programme, 260 schools will be rebuilt or have their condition needs met by the Education Funding Agency.

Under the PSBP1 the Department for Education has now signed construction contracts for 102 schools: construction work has started at 100 schools; and construction work will start imminently at the other 2 schools.

20 schools have now opened in new buildings: at 3 of these schools construction work is complete and at the other 17 schools construction work is continuing to demolish the old dilapidated buildings.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227898
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Priority school building programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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