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Written question asked by Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 24 March 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 March 2022 (named day). It was answered by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 March 2022 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Educational Institutions: Energy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education settings have had their applications to the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund (a) accepted and (b) rejected, by local authority, as of 24 March 2022.

Answer

The Salix Energy Efficiency Fund (SEEF) is a bid-based capital funding programme that launched in 2016 and closed in March 2021 to provide interest free loans to academies and sixth form colleges to undertake capital works to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funded the programme and Salix Finance administered the application round and the project approvals on behalf of BEIS. The loan payment and repayments are implemented and managed by the Department for Education.

The tables attached show, by constituency and local authority, the number of schools and other education providers that applied to SEEF during the five financial years the fund operated, how many of those were awarded funding, and how many were not awarded funding.

In summary, 1,054 applications in total were made to SEEF, 666 applications were funded, and 388 were not awarded funding.

978 establishments applied for funding through SEEF, 646 were awarded funding, and 332 were not awarded funding.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
146734
Session
2021-22
Attachment
146732_146733_146734_table
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Conservation Finance Energy Educational institutions Salix Finance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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