Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
(asked on 6th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made for funding for substantial building repair work at (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in 2015-16; and how many such applications for such funding there were in 2016-17.
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) provides a Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) for eligible academies to access. The table below sets out the number of CIF applications made by primary and secondary schools for projects to address their building condition needs over the years specified:
CIF 2015-16 round | Phase of Education | Total of applications |
| Primary | 1,244 |
| Secondary | 1,383 |
| All-through | 119 |
| Total | 2,881 |
CIF 2016-17 round | Phase of Education | Total of applications |
| Primary | 1,512 |
| Secondary | 1,426 |
| All-through | 155 |
| Total | 3,212 |