Yesterday ministers gave the go-ahead to Primary Capital Programme funding from April 2009. This is the first steps toward rebuilding or refurbishing half of all primaries within 15 years. More than 1500 primary school building projects also got the go ahead in projects worth £3.55billion.
Ed Balls confirmed that more than 1500 planned rebuilding and refurbishment projects in England could now start after ministers gave the go-ahead to 133 local authorities’ primary capital strategies. A further 15 local authorities will get tailored, expert advice to get their plans up to speed within three months to enable funding to be released
It means that the Government will release £1.75billion of funding to local authorities for the Primary Capital Programme with local authorities investing a further £1.8billion. That’s on top of the £150m that had already been invested in 23 pilot local authorities in 2008-09.
