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1662290

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 20 January (HL4717), when they first became aware of serious safety issues concerning the use of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete; and whether these safety concerns include an imminent risk to life.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL10410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than the safety of children and staff. It has always been the case that where the Department is made aware a building may pose an immediate risk, immediate action is taken. It is important for young people to be in classrooms with their friends and teachers, but their safety must always come first.</p><p>The Government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas. The Office of Government Property wrote to all Government Property Leaders in 2019, and again in September 2022, highlighting safety alerts on RAAC and signposting guidance on identification and remediation. The Department has been talking to schools about the potential risks of RAAC since 2018 when we first published a warning note with the Local Government Association. The Department published guidance on identifying and managing RAAC in 2021 (updated 2022, and 2023).</p><p>Since then, Government departments have been surveying properties and depending on the assessment of the RAAC, decided to either monitor it, prop it up, or replace it. This is in line with the approach recommended by the Institution of Structural Engineers.</p><p>Guidance to schools since 2018 has been clear about the need to have adequate contingencies in place for the eventuality that RAAC-affected buildings need to be vacated at short notice. The Department began a programme working with the sector to identify and manage RAAC in March 2022, extended to colleges in December.</p><p>The Department discovered details of three new cases over the summer, where RAAC that would have been graded as non-critical had failed. The first of these was in a commercial setting. The second was in a school in a different educational jurisdiction.</p><p>It was right to carefully consider the cases and scrutinise the technical details from these. The Department’s technical officials were able to investigate the situation in one case where the plank that had failed was fully intact as it was resting on a steel beam after it failed. They concluded that it would previously been rated non-critical.</p><p>Ministers were carefully considering the first two cases, and advice from officials, when a third failure of a panel occurred, at a school in late August. The Department’s technical officials also visited this school to investigate the failure. In light of all three cases, it was right to make the difficult decision to change Departmental guidance for education settings and take a more cautious approach.</p><p>Following careful analysis of these recent cases, a precautionary and proactive step has been taken to change the approach to RAAC in education settings ahead of the start of the academic year, as outlined in our guidance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 16/10/2023 09:47:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1662315

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address religious extremism in faith schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Verma
uin	HL10435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2023 answer text <p>All children must be safe wherever they are educated, and the department is committed to ensuring that children are safe from extremism and radicalisation.</p><p>The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 introduced a statutory duty for education providers to have 'due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism'. The full act is available at: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/contents" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/contents</a>. Faith schools are subject to the same duty and responsibilities as non-faith schools. To comply with the 'Prevent duty', providers must demonstrate that they have effective policies and procedures in place to safeguard individuals susceptible to radicalisation.</p><p>In addition, every school, including faith schools, should actively promote the ‘fundamental British values’ (FBVs) of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. Promoting these values is a way of building pupils’ resilience to radicalisation and enabling them to identify and challenge extremist views.</p><p>The department has taken a number of steps to prevent extremism from gaining a foothold in our schools across the country, including:</p><ul><li>Guidance on the promotion of FBVs so that schools have a clear understanding of what is required and how best to practically deliver these.</li><li>Powers to take action against individual teachers or governors who act in a way which undermines FBVs.</li><li>Working with Ofsted to strengthen their inspection frameworks, requiring inspectors to assess how well schools protect pupils from the risks of extremism and radicalisation, and how they promote FBVs.</li><li>A counter-extremism helpline and online referral form to ensure those working in the sector and the public can report extremism concerns directly to the department to be investigated where appropriate.</li><li>The Educate Against Hate website, providing advice, support, and resources for parents, teachers, and school leaders to help them protect young people from extremism and radicalisation. The website is available here: <a href="https://www.educateagainsthate.com/resources/hackney-shared-values-toolkit/" target="_blank">https://www.educateagainsthate.com/resources/hackney-shared-values-toolkit/</a>.</li><li>Working closely with a network of Prevent Education Officers based in local authorities and the department’s Regional Prevent Coordinators who work directly with education settings and local authorities to implement the Prevent duty.</li></ul><p>The department keeps its work under regular review to ensure we continue to provide effective support to the sector. This includes implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Prevent, which was published on the 8 February 2023. As part of this response, the government published updated statutory guidance for the Prevent duty in September 2023, providing further clarity and good practice for the education sector. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL10436 question first answered 04/10/2023 10:54:14 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma

1662316

registered interest
date	21/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what further plans they have to stop radicalisation within faith schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Verma
uin	HL10436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2023 answer text <p>All children must be safe wherever they are educated, and the department is committed to ensuring that children are safe from extremism and radicalisation.</p><p>The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 introduced a statutory duty for education providers to have 'due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism'. The full act is available at: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/contents" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/contents</a>. Faith schools are subject to the same duty and responsibilities as non-faith schools. To comply with the 'Prevent duty', providers must demonstrate that they have effective policies and procedures in place to safeguard individuals susceptible to radicalisation.</p><p>In addition, every school, including faith schools, should actively promote the ‘fundamental British values’ (FBVs) of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. Promoting these values is a way of building pupils’ resilience to radicalisation and enabling them to identify and challenge extremist views.</p><p>The department has taken a number of steps to prevent extremism from gaining a foothold in our schools across the country, including:</p><ul><li>Guidance on the promotion of FBVs so that schools have a clear understanding of what is required and how best to practically deliver these.</li><li>Powers to take action against individual teachers or governors who act in a way which undermines FBVs.</li><li>Working with Ofsted to strengthen their inspection frameworks, requiring inspectors to assess how well schools protect pupils from the risks of extremism and radicalisation, and how they promote FBVs.</li><li>A counter-extremism helpline and online referral form to ensure those working in the sector and the public can report extremism concerns directly to the department to be investigated where appropriate.</li><li>The Educate Against Hate website, providing advice, support, and resources for parents, teachers, and school leaders to help them protect young people from extremism and radicalisation. The website is available here: <a href="https://www.educateagainsthate.com/resources/hackney-shared-values-toolkit/" target="_blank">https://www.educateagainsthate.com/resources/hackney-shared-values-toolkit/</a>.</li><li>Working closely with a network of Prevent Education Officers based in local authorities and the department’s Regional Prevent Coordinators who work directly with education settings and local authorities to implement the Prevent duty.</li></ul><p>The department keeps its work under regular review to ensure we continue to provide effective support to the sector. This includes implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Prevent, which was published on the 8 February 2023. As part of this response, the government published updated statutory guidance for the Prevent duty in September 2023, providing further clarity and good practice for the education sector. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL10435 question first answered 04/10/2023 10:54:14 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma

1662214

registered interest
date	20/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the minimum expected lifespan of new schools currently being constructed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL10342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>All new educational buildings delivered by the department are designed to a robust specification that includes minimum expected lifespan of all components of the building, both externally and internally, based on current construction industry standards.</p><p>The current specification requires the minimum building life expectancy to be 50 years for the key structural components. Most buildings however last much longer with regular maintenance and proper oversight. The school estate has many excellent functioning buildings performing well as education settings from the last 150 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 16/10/2023 09:46:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1662241

registered interest
date	20/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the scope under existing law for levying VAT on the fees charged by independent schools with charitable status.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL10371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2023 answer text <p>The government has no plans to make changes to the VAT regime for independent schools. The VAT regime does not treat school fees differently based on whether schools have charitable status or not. All school fees are exempt from VAT.</p><p>The government has made no assessment of the scope under existing law for levying VAT on the fees charged by independent schools with charitable status. Other organisations, including EDSK, Baines Cutler Consulting, and Oxford Economics have published their own assessments related to this issue.</p><p>It is also worth noting that in practice, VAT on school fees would be passed on to parents. Schools would be required to pay the difference between the VAT they have charged to parents and the VAT they have themselves paid to other businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 04/10/2023 12:59:35 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1661742

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Cramlington Learning Village
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency to improve the condition of elements of the school rated poor by the Condition Data Collection survey.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	200278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools - academy trusts, Local Authorities and voluntary aided school bodies - to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools and to alert the Department if there is a serious concern with a building. It has always been the case that where the Department is made aware a building may pose an immediate risk, immediate action is taken.</p><p>The Department has committed £1.8 billion of capital funding for the financial year 2023/24 to improve the condition of school buildings, as part of over £15 billion allocated since 2015. In addition, the Department will transform poor condition buildings at 500 schools and colleges through the School Rebuilding Programme, including Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency and Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester Constituency.</p><p>Local Authorities, larger multi academy trusts and larger voluntary aided bodies are eligible to receive an annual School Condition Allocation (SCA) to prioritise on improving the condition of their schools. Smaller and stand alone academy trusts, small voluntary aided school bodies and colleges are able to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), an annual bidding round, to apply for funding for specific capital projects. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Allocations to improve the condition of schools take into account consistent data from the Condition Data Collection (CDC1) to ensure funding is weighted to reflect the relative condition of school buildings. The Condition Data Collection 2 (CDC2) is in progress to collect updated data on the condition of schools in England. Reports from the programme are shared with schools and responsible bodies to help inform their plans, alongside their own condition surveys and checks.</p><p>Schools also receive funding to spend on their capital priorities or to contribute to larger projects through an annual Devolved Formula Capital allocation (DFC). Details of SCA and DFC allocations for the current financial year are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year</a> and here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>For the 2023/24 financial year, Cramlington Learning Village, St Aidan’s Church of England Memorial Primary School, Lorton School, Ribston Hall High School and Peatmoor Community Primary School were all eligible to bid to the CIF. Applications for CIF are robustly assessed against the published criteria, prioritising need and feedback is provided for unsuccessful applications. All successful CIF bids are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Where the Department is alerted to significant safety issues with a building that cannot be managed with local resources, it provides additional support on a case by case basis. CIF eligible schools can apply for urgent capital support throughout the year if they have urgent building issues that need to be addressed. The Department also provides extensive guidance for responsible bodies to help them manage their estates effectively through resources such as the Good Estate Management for Schools guidance.</p><p>The Department will always put the safety and wellbeing of children and staff in schools and colleges at the heart of its policy decisions. The Government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 200279 200280 200281 200282 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:57:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1661743

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School in Hartlepool constituency to improve the condition of elements of the school rated poor by the Condition Data Collection survey.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	200279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools - academy trusts, Local Authorities and voluntary aided school bodies - to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools and to alert the Department if there is a serious concern with a building. It has always been the case that where the Department is made aware a building may pose an immediate risk, immediate action is taken.</p><p>The Department has committed £1.8 billion of capital funding for the financial year 2023/24 to improve the condition of school buildings, as part of over £15 billion allocated since 2015. In addition, the Department will transform poor condition buildings at 500 schools and colleges through the School Rebuilding Programme, including Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency and Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester Constituency.</p><p>Local Authorities, larger multi academy trusts and larger voluntary aided bodies are eligible to receive an annual School Condition Allocation (SCA) to prioritise on improving the condition of their schools. Smaller and stand alone academy trusts, small voluntary aided school bodies and colleges are able to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), an annual bidding round, to apply for funding for specific capital projects. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Allocations to improve the condition of schools take into account consistent data from the Condition Data Collection (CDC1) to ensure funding is weighted to reflect the relative condition of school buildings. The Condition Data Collection 2 (CDC2) is in progress to collect updated data on the condition of schools in England. Reports from the programme are shared with schools and responsible bodies to help inform their plans, alongside their own condition surveys and checks.</p><p>Schools also receive funding to spend on their capital priorities or to contribute to larger projects through an annual Devolved Formula Capital allocation (DFC). Details of SCA and DFC allocations for the current financial year are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year</a> and here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>For the 2023/24 financial year, Cramlington Learning Village, St Aidan’s Church of England Memorial Primary School, Lorton School, Ribston Hall High School and Peatmoor Community Primary School were all eligible to bid to the CIF. Applications for CIF are robustly assessed against the published criteria, prioritising need and feedback is provided for unsuccessful applications. All successful CIF bids are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Where the Department is alerted to significant safety issues with a building that cannot be managed with local resources, it provides additional support on a case by case basis. CIF eligible schools can apply for urgent capital support throughout the year if they have urgent building issues that need to be addressed. The Department also provides extensive guidance for responsible bodies to help them manage their estates effectively through resources such as the Good Estate Management for Schools guidance.</p><p>The Department will always put the safety and wellbeing of children and staff in schools and colleges at the heart of its policy decisions. The Government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 200278 200280 200281 200282 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:57:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1661744

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Lorton School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Lorton School, in Copeland constituency to improve the condition of elements of the school rated poor by the Condition Data Collection survey.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	200280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools - academy trusts, Local Authorities and voluntary aided school bodies - to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools and to alert the Department if there is a serious concern with a building. It has always been the case that where the Department is made aware a building may pose an immediate risk, immediate action is taken.</p><p>The Department has committed £1.8 billion of capital funding for the financial year 2023/24 to improve the condition of school buildings, as part of over £15 billion allocated since 2015. In addition, the Department will transform poor condition buildings at 500 schools and colleges through the School Rebuilding Programme, including Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency and Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester Constituency.</p><p>Local Authorities, larger multi academy trusts and larger voluntary aided bodies are eligible to receive an annual School Condition Allocation (SCA) to prioritise on improving the condition of their schools. Smaller and stand alone academy trusts, small voluntary aided school bodies and colleges are able to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), an annual bidding round, to apply for funding for specific capital projects. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Allocations to improve the condition of schools take into account consistent data from the Condition Data Collection (CDC1) to ensure funding is weighted to reflect the relative condition of school buildings. The Condition Data Collection 2 (CDC2) is in progress to collect updated data on the condition of schools in England. Reports from the programme are shared with schools and responsible bodies to help inform their plans, alongside their own condition surveys and checks.</p><p>Schools also receive funding to spend on their capital priorities or to contribute to larger projects through an annual Devolved Formula Capital allocation (DFC). Details of SCA and DFC allocations for the current financial year are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year</a> and here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>For the 2023/24 financial year, Cramlington Learning Village, St Aidan’s Church of England Memorial Primary School, Lorton School, Ribston Hall High School and Peatmoor Community Primary School were all eligible to bid to the CIF. Applications for CIF are robustly assessed against the published criteria, prioritising need and feedback is provided for unsuccessful applications. All successful CIF bids are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Where the Department is alerted to significant safety issues with a building that cannot be managed with local resources, it provides additional support on a case by case basis. CIF eligible schools can apply for urgent capital support throughout the year if they have urgent building issues that need to be addressed. The Department also provides extensive guidance for responsible bodies to help them manage their estates effectively through resources such as the Good Estate Management for Schools guidance.</p><p>The Department will always put the safety and wellbeing of children and staff in schools and colleges at the heart of its policy decisions. The Government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 200278 200279 200281 200282 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:57:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1661745

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ribston Hall High School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, , whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester constituency to improve the condition of elements of the school rated poor by the Condition Data Collection survey.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	200281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools - academy trusts, Local Authorities and voluntary aided school bodies - to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools and to alert the Department if there is a serious concern with a building. It has always been the case that where the Department is made aware a building may pose an immediate risk, immediate action is taken.</p><p>The Department has committed £1.8 billion of capital funding for the financial year 2023/24 to improve the condition of school buildings, as part of over £15 billion allocated since 2015. In addition, the Department will transform poor condition buildings at 500 schools and colleges through the School Rebuilding Programme, including Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency and Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester Constituency.</p><p>Local Authorities, larger multi academy trusts and larger voluntary aided bodies are eligible to receive an annual School Condition Allocation (SCA) to prioritise on improving the condition of their schools. Smaller and stand alone academy trusts, small voluntary aided school bodies and colleges are able to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), an annual bidding round, to apply for funding for specific capital projects. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Allocations to improve the condition of schools take into account consistent data from the Condition Data Collection (CDC1) to ensure funding is weighted to reflect the relative condition of school buildings. The Condition Data Collection 2 (CDC2) is in progress to collect updated data on the condition of schools in England. Reports from the programme are shared with schools and responsible bodies to help inform their plans, alongside their own condition surveys and checks.</p><p>Schools also receive funding to spend on their capital priorities or to contribute to larger projects through an annual Devolved Formula Capital allocation (DFC). Details of SCA and DFC allocations for the current financial year are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year</a> and here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>For the 2023/24 financial year, Cramlington Learning Village, St Aidan’s Church of England Memorial Primary School, Lorton School, Ribston Hall High School and Peatmoor Community Primary School were all eligible to bid to the CIF. Applications for CIF are robustly assessed against the published criteria, prioritising need and feedback is provided for unsuccessful applications. All successful CIF bids are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Where the Department is alerted to significant safety issues with a building that cannot be managed with local resources, it provides additional support on a case by case basis. CIF eligible schools can apply for urgent capital support throughout the year if they have urgent building issues that need to be addressed. The Department also provides extensive guidance for responsible bodies to help them manage their estates effectively through resources such as the Good Estate Management for Schools guidance.</p><p>The Department will always put the safety and wellbeing of children and staff in schools and colleges at the heart of its policy decisions. The Government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 200278 200279 200280 200282 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:57:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

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registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Peatmoor Community Primary School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Peatmoor Community Primary School, in the South Swindon constituency to improve the condition of elements of the school rated poor by the Condition Data Collection survey.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	200282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools - academy trusts, Local Authorities and voluntary aided school bodies - to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools and to alert the Department if there is a serious concern with a building. It has always been the case that where the Department is made aware a building may pose an immediate risk, immediate action is taken.</p><p>The Department has committed £1.8 billion of capital funding for the financial year 2023/24 to improve the condition of school buildings, as part of over £15 billion allocated since 2015. In addition, the Department will transform poor condition buildings at 500 schools and colleges through the School Rebuilding Programme, including Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency and Ribston Hall High School in Gloucester Constituency.</p><p>Local Authorities, larger multi academy trusts and larger voluntary aided bodies are eligible to receive an annual School Condition Allocation (SCA) to prioritise on improving the condition of their schools. Smaller and stand alone academy trusts, small voluntary aided school bodies and colleges are able to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), an annual bidding round, to apply for funding for specific capital projects. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Allocations to improve the condition of schools take into account consistent data from the Condition Data Collection (CDC1) to ensure funding is weighted to reflect the relative condition of school buildings. The Condition Data Collection 2 (CDC2) is in progress to collect updated data on the condition of schools in England. Reports from the programme are shared with schools and responsible bodies to help inform their plans, alongside their own condition surveys and checks.</p><p>Schools also receive funding to spend on their capital priorities or to contribute to larger projects through an annual Devolved Formula Capital allocation (DFC). Details of SCA and DFC allocations for the current financial year are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2022-to-2023-financial-year</a> and here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>For the 2023/24 financial year, Cramlington Learning Village, St Aidan’s Church of England Memorial Primary School, Lorton School, Ribston Hall High School and Peatmoor Community Primary School were all eligible to bid to the CIF. Applications for CIF are robustly assessed against the published criteria, prioritising need and feedback is provided for unsuccessful applications. All successful CIF bids are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p><p>Where the Department is alerted to significant safety issues with a building that cannot be managed with local resources, it provides additional support on a case by case basis. CIF eligible schools can apply for urgent capital support throughout the year if they have urgent building issues that need to be addressed. The Department also provides extensive guidance for responsible bodies to help them manage their estates effectively through resources such as the Good Estate Management for Schools guidance.</p><p>The Department will always put the safety and wellbeing of children and staff in schools and colleges at the heart of its policy decisions. The Government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 200278 200279 200280 200281 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:57:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson