Selective Schools Expansion Fund
(asked on 17th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £700,000 not allocated from the Selective Schools Expansion Fund for 2018-19 will be returned to the Exchequer or used for other purposes by his Department.
This question was answered on 20th June 2019
In December 2018, the Department announced £49.3 million funding for the first round of the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF). The Department is currently assessing bids for the second round and are due to announce successful bids in the autumn.
Underspend from the SSEF is returned to the Department's overall capital budget and can be spent on other priorities.