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Condition Improvement Fund Update

My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for the School System and Student Finance (Barroness Barran) has made the following statement.

1. Today, I am announcing the allocation of almost £456 million for 1,033 Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) projects across 859 academies, sixth-form colleges and voluntary aided schools across England to maintain and improve the condition of the education estate.

2. This funding is provided to enable schools to deliver well maintained and safe facilities that support a high-quality education. Since March 2015 CIF has delivered over 11,000 projects and continues to deliver over 1,200 projects across the school estate with essential maintenance projects.

3. The CIF funding allocated for projects by region is:

• East Midlands - £41,964,017
• East of England - £81,316,668
• London - £58,711,968
• North East - £8,434,081
• North West - £58,450,018
• South East - £106,179,820
• South West - £23,104,444
• West Midlands - £37,930,631
• Yorkshire and the Humber - £39,738,336

4. Amounts of funding awarded to individual schools are not being published, as publishing this information would undermine the school’s ability to obtain best value from contractors. However, funding information on completed CIF projects is available to view on GOV.UK.

Details of today’s announcement are being sent to all CIF applicants and a list of successful projects will be published on GOV.UK. Copies will be placed in the House Library.