Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the effectiveness of the Priority School Building Programme private finance local authority and voluntary aided school revenue grant.

Well maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the Department, and over £15 billion has been allocated since 2015 to improve the condition of the estate. In 2023/24, the Department has announced £1.8 billion for improving school buildings, including £1.1 billion in school condition allocations for Local Authorities, large multi-academy trusts and large Voluntary Aided bodies. This is informed by consistent data on the condition of the school estate.

The Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) included the procurement of five Private Finance (PF2) projects, which the Department entered directly with the private sector. There are no Revenue Support Grant payments made in relation to these projects.