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Written question asked by Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour) on Friday, 6 December 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 December 2013. It was answered by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 December 2013 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Buildings

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of his Department's maintenance budget was unspent in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.

Answer

The Department's capital maintenance budget is either devolved to local authorities and schools for local prioritisation or allocated through a bidding process to specific projects put forward by academies and sixth form colleges.

In 2010-11, there was no underspend against the capital maintenance budget of £1 billion. In 2011-12, against the capital maintenance budget of £1.4 billion there was an underspend of £211,645. For 2012-13, against the capital maintenance budget of £1.4 billion there was an underspend of £356,413. These underspends were the result of slippage in the delivery of a small number of sixth form college maintenance projects.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
178912; 572 c462W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Buildings Repairs and maintenance Department for Education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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