David Winnick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Winnick on 2016-09-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made for funding for substantial building repair work at (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in 2015-16; and how many such applications for such funding there were in 2016-17.
Edward Timpson
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) provides a Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) for eligible academies to access. The table below sets out the number of CIF applications made by primary and secondary schools for projects to address their building condition needs over the years specified:
|
CIF 2015-16 round |
Phase of Education |
Total of applications |
|
Primary |
1,244 |
|
|
Secondary |
1,383 |
|
|
All-through |
119 |
|
|
Total |
2,881 |
|
CIF 2016-17 round |
Phase of Education |
Total of applications |
|
Primary |
1,512 |
|
|
Secondary |
1,426 |
|
|
All-through |
155 |
|
|
Total |
3,212 |
