Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Special Provision Capital Fund allocation has been for (a) the London Borough of Redbridge (b) local authorities on average throughout England in each year since 1997.

In March 2017, the Government announced that it was investing £215 million in the Special Provision Capital Fund and published how much each local authority will receive across a 3-year period. In May 2018, the Department announced a further £50 million top-up to this fund and then in December 2018, announced an additional £100 million. This takes the total investment to £365 million.

Redbridge has so far been allocated £3.6 million[1] between 2018 and 2021 and will see a further increase to their allocation in due course, once allocations from the additional £100 million top-up are announced. Published information on this fund and the allocations can be found on GOV.UK.

As the Government originally announced the investment in the Special Provision Capital Fund in March 2017, information on the fund prior to this date does not exist. Local authorities in England have been allocated an average of £478,000[2] for 2018-19, £811,000[3] for 2019-20 and £478,000[4] for 2020-21. The 2019-20 allocation includes the £50 million top-up funding announced in May 2018; the further £100 million top-up funding will also be applied as an uplift to the 2019-20 amount, once allocations are announced. The City of London and Isles of Scilly are not included in this fund and will not receive allocations.

[1] Exact figure: £3,640,863

[2] Exact figure: £477,777.78

[3] Exact figure: £811,111.11

[4] Exact figure: £477,777.78