|
answer text |
<p>The department supports sustainability through our capital funding and programmes,
both to reduce carbon emissions and save schools money. Responsible bodies, such as
local authorities, academy trusts and dioceses can use their capital funding allocations
to invest in improving energy efficiency in schools.</p><p>Since 2015, the department
has allocated £11.3 billion to maintain and improve school buildings, including improving
energy efficiency. This includes £1.8 billion for the financial year 2021/22.</p><p>Local
authorities receive an annual School Condition Allocation (SCA) to invest in capital
maintenance and upgrades across the schools for which they are responsible. All schools
also receive funding to spend on their capital priorities through an annual Devolved
Formula Capital (DFC) allocation.</p><p>The SCA and DFC allocated to City of York
Council in previous financial years is set out in the table below. The SCA total in
2020/21 includes an extra £377,261 from the additional £560 million announced that
year for essential maintenance and upgrades. The DFC total in 2018/19 includes an
extra £454,917 from the additional £400 million announced in that year. Large multi-academy
trusts and voluntary-aided (VA) school bodies (such as dioceses) also receive SCA.
These allocations typically cover schools across multiple local authority boundaries
so are not included below. All SCA funding is published on GOV.UK.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SCA for maintained schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DFC
for maintained schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,464,231</p></td><td><p>£360,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£971,129</p></td><td><p>£738,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£841,590</p></td><td><p>£234,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£1,189,594</p></td><td><p>£223,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£1,451,067</p></td><td><p>£230,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,917,612</p></td><td><p>£1,788,003</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Smaller multi-academy or stand-alone trusts, other voluntary-aided schools
and sixth form colleges are able to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) each
year. The department welcomes CIF applications from eligible schools for energy efficiency
projects, but only where the project addresses an existing priority condition need.</p><p>Funding
allocated to schools in York through CIF in the past five years is set out in the
table below. The department defined energy efficiency projects as those that have
a significantly positive impact on energy efficiency, such as improvements to heating
systems and repairs or replacements of windows and roofs, and where improvements in
energy efficiency were set out in the CIF application.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CIF
round (financial year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total funding to schools in
York</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding to energy efficiency projects</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£250,142</p></td><td><p>£250,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£2,167,450</p></td><td><p>£2,167,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£3,051,832</p></td><td><p>£1,650,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£1,368,742</p></td><td><p>£983,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£1,216,612</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£8,054,778</p></td><td><p>£5,051,192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The department also invests in centrally delivered programmes. There has been
a total of three schools in the York local authority area that have benefited from
the Priority School Building Programme, with a total investment of over £9 million.
New school buildings are easy to operate and reduce operational energy use. Additionally,
Hempland Primary School in York will be part of the new School Rebuilding Programme
(SRP). New school buildings delivered under the SRP will be modern, energy-efficient
buildings that are net zero carbon in operation, helping to meet the government’s
net zero target to tackle climate change.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy set up the £1 billion Public Sector Decarbonisation
Scheme (PSDS) in 2020 which provided grants for eligible public sector bodies, including
schools, to fund energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation measures across their
estate. Phase three of the PSDS will be open for applications from 6 October.</p><p>Alongside
this substantial investment in the school estate, the department has provided schools
and responsible bodies with guidance on energy efficiency such as minimising energy,
water, and waste within our Good Estate Management for Schools manual.</p>
|
|