Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department used to allocate funding from of the Strategic Schools Investment Fund in the (a) current funding round and (b) previous funding rounds; and if he will make a statement.

There are no current rounds of the Strategic School Improvement Fund. To date, there have been three application rounds with details of all successful projects published on GOV.UK.

All Strategic School Improvement Fund bids were assessed against published assessment criteria, which considered an evidence-based programme of work, deliverability, sustainability and value for money. The full criteria can be found in the attached guidance.