Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead to Question 213345, at how many schools on the Priority School Building Programme construction work has (a) started and (b) been completed since October 2014.

The Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) is a centrally managed programme set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair. Through the programme, 260 schools will be rebuilt or have their condition needs met by the Education Funding Agency (EFA).

Under the Priority School Building Programme we have now signed construction contracts for 63 schools.

8 schools have opened in new buildings since October 2014. This brings the total number of schools open in new buildings to 14. Construction work is continuing at a number of these schools to demolish the old dilapidated buildings.