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date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the procedures are for people involved in assessing applications for the Condition Improvement Fund to contact applicants seeking further information when required.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) provides detailed guidance for Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) applicants when the application round is launched. The EFA’s enquiry service is on hand to answer applicants’ queries throughout the process.</p><p> </p><p>CIF assessors do not make contact with applicants during the assessment window. This is to ensure that all bids are assessed consistently on the basis of the evidence which applicants have submitted. Unsuccessful CIF applicants can request a review of their outcome through the CIF appeals round.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities, voluntary-aided partnerships and larger Multi Academy Trusts receive a direct School Condition Allocation to address condition needs for their schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/09/2016 16:45:02 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 11066 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

576799

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff at the Education Funding Agency assist with assessing applications to the Condition Improvement Fund; and how many staff assisted with such applications in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Each CIF application was assessed twice independently. 9 EFA technical assessors worked on the assessment of CIF bids between January and February 2016 (alongside other duties). The EFA also contracted 2 external technical assessor suppliers to assess CIF applications. These suppliers assessed CIF bids between January and February 2016. Each supplier utilised some 25-30 assessors in total through the period, reducing or increasing levels according to the progress they were making against the deadline for assessing bids. In addition 9 other EFA staff worked on the Condition Improvement Fund throughout the 2016-17 programme on matters like processing applications and managing assessors.</p><p> </p><p>The resource approach to previous bidding rounds has been similarly based on the volume of applications received.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/09/2016 17:03:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 11068 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

576800

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>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:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CIF 2015-16 round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Phase of Education</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total of applications </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>1,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All-through</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,881</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CIF 2016-17 round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Phase of Education</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total of applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>1,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>1,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All-through</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,212</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/09/2016 17:04:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 11067 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick