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Asked by Laura TrottConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 12 March 2025UIN 26079

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to the Opening School Facilities Fund for (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

In line with the contract agreed by the previous government, the department has allocated £19 million in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years to the Opening School Facilities fund. The contract is ending in March 2025, as agreed at the outset of the programme.

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