Department for Education: Local Government Finance

(asked on 19th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of her Department's capital grants to local authorities have been spent on internal (a) administration and (b) other management costs in each financial year since 2015-16.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 10th January 2024

The department’s main capital grants to local authorities are primarily used to support local authorities to provide sufficient childcare, mainstream and high needs school places, as well as keeping the school buildings that they are responsible for safe and well maintained. These capital allocations are issued via a Section 31 grant. The funding is not ringfenced, subject to the conditions set out in published Grant Determination Letters and can only be used for capital purposes. Local authorities provide assurance that the funding has been spent in line with terms and conditions. These grants go directly to local authorities and exclude the department’s administrative costs.

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