Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) capital and (b) revenue costs of the Future Tech Studio in Warrington.

For reasons of commercial confidentiality and to ensure that the department and the free school proposers are able to maintain strong bargaining positions during negotiations, capital costs are not disclosed before costs are finalised. Capital funding for open free schools, UTCs and studio schools where costs have been finalised are published on Gov.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools. The final capital costs Future Tech Studio in Warrington have not yet been published but are due to be included in the next publication round in coming months.

The revenue costs are publish online as follows -

Schools block funding allocations are published on Gov.UK. The link for Pre 16: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017 and post 16 Data: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations.

Pre and posting open grant allocations for studio schools are published on Gov.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-open-and-withdrawn-utcs-and-studio-schools

Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant are published on Gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings.