Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the condition of school buildings in Fylde constituency.

The department supports academy trusts, local authorities and voluntary-aided bodies, who are responsible for managing the safety and maintenance of their estates, with capital funding, rebuilding programmes and guidance on effective estate management.

We recently confirmed details of £2.1 billion of capital funding for the 2025/26 financial year to improve the condition of schools, up from £1.8 billion committed for the 2024/25 financial year. Allocations are partly informed by consistent data on the condition of the estate collected by the department reflecting the relative need of schools.

This is on top of the continuing school rebuilding programme, which includes Lytham St Annes High School in Fylde constituency.

From 2021 to 2026, the department’s Condition Data Collection 2 is providing updated data on the condition of schools in England. Findings from Condition Data Collection 1, including those in Fylde, can be accessed here: https://depositedpapers.parliament.uk/depositedpaper/2285521/details.