Rachel Reeves – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rachel Reeves on 2016-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Education Funding Agency budget has been allocated to fund the removal of asbestos from schools in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (b) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
Nick Gibb
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) does not hold a breakdown of funding information, in the format requested, in relation to the removal of asbestos or renovation of school buildings.
Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, the primary responsibility for managing asbestos lies with the person or persons responsible for the maintenance or repair of a building. For schools, this will be the local authority, school governors or academy trust.
The table below summarises the capital budgets from 2011-12 to 2016-17 that were provided for school maintenance, refurbishment and rebuilding, including where appropriate the removal and/or safe containment of asbestos-containing materials. As these works are covered by the capital funding programmes listed below, the Department does not allocate a separate budget for this purpose; and there are no plans to do so in future years.
The Department does not hold directly comparable allocation or expenditure data on prior years.
|
(All values £m) |
2011-12 Budget |
2012-13 Budget |
2013-14 Budget |
2014-15 Budget |
2015-16 Budget |
2016-17 Budget |
|
School Condition Allocations (funding provided to local authorities and voluntary-aided schools) |
1,054 |
861 |
749 |
699 |
690 |
661 |
|
Devolved Formula Capital (funding provided direct to schools) |
185 |
162 |
149 |
138 |
134 |
130 |
|
Funding for academies, multi-academy trusts, state-funded special schools and other specialist providers for state-funded pupils (including DFC). |
161 |
376 |
504 |
562 |
576 |
617 |
|
Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) (delivered by central government) |
0 |
0 |
90 |
603 |
999 |
1,050 |
|
Total |
1,400 |
1,399 |
1,492 |
2,002 |
2,399 |
2,458 |
