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.
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 |