Schools that Work for Everyone Consultation

Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes Excerpts

Monday 14th May 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)]

My Lords—

[Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (Con)]

My Lords—

[Lord Agnew of Oulton]

I was just going to finish my answer to the noble Lord, Lord Storey, on his question about capital. To put the £50 million sum in perspective, we are spending over £1 billion a year on basic-need increases across the country. I am not saying it is a trivial sum but I do not want people to think that we are literally raiding the pot for ordinary schools. Against that also, the capital allocation for schools in this spending round is £23.5 billion.