Written question asked by Peter L Pike (Labour) on Monday, 29 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 December 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Thursday, 2 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress his Department is making with the Building Better Schools programme.

Answer: Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress his Department is making with the Building Better Schools programme. [201660] Mr. Miliband: We are making excellent progress with Building Schools for the Future. On Tuesday, I announced the 20 new authorities in waves two and three, which will develop projects aiming to sing in 2006-07 and 2007-08. This brings to 39 the number of local authorities in the programme: over a quarter of the total. About 380 schools will benefit from £6.5 billion of investment being allocated over the next three years. We have established Partnerships for Schools to help authorities develop their projects. We have published a range of exemplar designs for schools, which have been well received. Two of the wave on authorities have had their outline business cases approved and are now moving to procurement; other have submitted or will submit their cases shortly for consideration.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 201660; 428 c209-10W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Construction Buildings Capital investment Local government Schools Repairs and maintenance Building schools for the future programme
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk