Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been retro-fitted to improve energy efficiency since 2019.

Local authorities and other responsible bodies carry out regular improvement works at schools across the country. The Department does not hold central records of all these individual projects. Since 2019 the Condition Improvement Fund has provided funding for 5,036 projects at eligible schools and sixth form colleges.

In addition to this, between 1 January 2019 and 1 October 2022, 230 schools were rebuilt or significantly refurbished under the Priority School Building Programme, a Department funded and delivered school building condition improvement programme. All projects adhered to the Department’s design specification for schools and improved their energy efficiency.