Academies: Finance

(asked on 24th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total amount awarded to schools in pre-opening support grants in each month of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 6th June 2016

The department has spent £133.4m to support schools to become academies over the past three full financial years. Further details are in the table below:

Month

Financial Year & Costs (£)

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

April

1,221,939

153,065

10,904

May

6,300,432

4,083,104

3,010,208

June

4,703,488

4,445,731

2,087,380

July

6,329,655

4,990,718

3,100,097

August

6,160,267

2,690,886

862,715

September

3,784,862

2,592,107

1,863,345

October

3,909,355

5,109,899

1,628,238

November

4,912,403

4,276,825

1,435,300

December

3,181,680

3,784,743

1,178,376

January

2,630,432

2,018,319

1,920,109

February

4,890,403

2,054,990

3,119,471

March

10,684,632

12,137,042

6,170,504

Year Total

58,709,548

48,337,429

26,386,647

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