Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1 billion school rebuilding programme he plans to spend on (a) special schools and (b) SEND provision in mainstream schools.

The Government has announced plans for a transformative, ten year school rebuilding programme. This will replace poor condition and ageing school buildings with modern, energy efficient designs, transforming education for thousands of pupils.

We have committed over £1 billion to fund the first 50 projects of the ten year programme. These projects will be confirmed in the autumn, and construction on the first sites is expected to begin in autumn 2021. Further details of the new, ten year rebuilding programme, including additional funding, will be set out following the Spending Review.

We are also providing £560 million of additional condition funding for the school system this year to support essential maintenance projects. This comes on top of over £1.4 billion capital funding already provided for school maintenance in the financial year 2020-21. We will set out details of how the additional capital funding will be allocated shortly.

The Government is committed to delivering more school places for children with complex special educational needs, as set out in our manifesto. We have invested £365 million across 2018-19 to 2020-21 to create new places and improve facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Funding for future years will be determined as part of the Spending Review.