Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled 10-year plan to revitalise schools and colleges for every child, published on 11 February 2026, how much additional financial support schools in (a) Basildon and (b) Thurrock will receive.

The Education Estates Strategy sets out plans for an education estate that supports opportunity for all, backed by a 10-year plan to deliver a decade of renewal to transform schools and colleges.

The department is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance for schools and colleges, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025/26. We are investing almost £20 billion in the School Rebuilding Programme through to 2034/35, delivering projects at over 500 schools across England within the existing programme, with a nomination round now open to select a further 250 schools by early 2027.

The department is also investing £1 billion to improve and renew the estate including launching a new £710 million Renewal and Retrofit Programme to 2029/30 and £325 million for digital connectivity in schools, including Connect the Classroom. We are investing at least £3.7 billion in high needs capital funding between 2025/26 and 2029/30 to create 60,000 specialist places, including supporting a transformative expansion of inclusion bases.

Future annual capital funding allocations for responsible bodies and the details of schools prioritised for individual programmes will be set out in due course.