Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools involved in Phase 1 of the School Rebuilding Programme have had construction work formally begin.
The first 100 schools were announced earlier this year on gov.uk, along with the methodology for selection. This can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-first-50-schools and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-second-set-of-50-schools. The projects are all progressing through either the feasibility stage or the procurement, design and planning stage. Construction has started at 7 schools.