Introduction
On 10 October 2007 the Minister for Schools and Learners, Jim Knight MP, announced that £21.9 billion capital will be invested in schools between 2008 and 2011. This investment for buildings and ICT has been allocated to the Department for Children, Schools and Families as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007.
Good facilities where young people can learn and grow are a vital foundation for a good education. Investment has risen over the last decade from just under £700 million in 1996-7 to £6.4 billion in 2007-8 and will rise to £8 billion in 2010-11. The investment has enabled thousands of schools to be rebuilt or improved.
Capital Investment for Schools Background
notes
Capital Investment for Schools Capital
allocations
Jim Knight MP, Ministerial Statement
Parliamentary statement from Jim Knight, Minister for Schools and
Learners, 10 October 2007
£21.9 billion to transform classrooms and school
facilities
DCSF press notice, 10 October 2007
Creating schools for the 21st century: The story so
far
How capital investment has supported Government policy for 21st-century
schools.
Creating schools for the 21st
century: Funding for local authorities and schools
How capital investment is supporting Government policy for 21st-century
schools.
Investment in School Buildings
2008-2011
Capital investment supporting Government policy leaflet.
Better Buildings, Better Design, Better
Education
A report on capital investment in education detailing how much has
been invested and what the investment has bought.
