Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an estimate of the average cost of building a new school.

The Department funds the provision of new school buildings through the Free Schools Programme, the School Rebuilding Programme, and the Priority School Building Programme.

There are several types of school, primary, secondary, all-through, 16-19, alternative provision and special. They range from small village primaries to large urban secondaries, and operate from a wide variety of sites. As such, forecasted costs and scope for each school building project varies greatly and is only known once a feasibility study has been completed and following the awarding of contracts. The Department publishes details of all contracts awarded over £10,000 to the Contracts Finder, which is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search