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<p>The Property Data Survey (PDS) was carried out to gather high level condition data
on schools in the education estate, in order to better inform the Department on how
to allocate capital funding to schools. The PDS provided condition data on 18,830
schools in England and provided condition data on each block in schools (59,967 blocks
across the school estate).</p><p>Information on the age of school blocks was collected
through the PDS and the categories used to define the age of blocks were Pre 1919,
Inter War, 1945 to 1966, 1967 to 1976, post 1976 and temporary premises. The PDS did
not specifically identify blocks built between 1960 and 1969. We did, however, identify
buildings built between 1945 to 1966 and 1967 to 1976.</p><p>The PDS gathered condition
data on a majority of schools in Hampshire. The Department does not hold specific
condition information on blocks built in the 1960s under the Second Consortium of
Local Authorities programme.</p><p>The Department is currently undertaking a new data
collection; the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme. This is the successor to
the PDS. It aims to build on the successes of PDS in collecting independent centrally
managed data about the condition of the school estate nationally.</p><p>The programme
will commence in February 2017 and continue until autumn 2019. We aim to collect data
on all state funded schools excluding Independent Specialist Providers, Special Post
16 Institutions and Further Education colleges. The data collected should provide
information on areas of the highest condition need and drive our approach on how we
invest in order to prioritise funding.</p>
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