Councils have urged the government to release school building and maintenance funds that it says are still “tied up in red tape”.
The Department for Education (DfE) this week announced the allocations of £1.6 billion in “basic need” capital funding for 2013-15. This is for local authorities to provide additional school places.
Also announced is £1.2 billion in 2013/14 for school maintenance spending, including £595 million for local authorities and £392 million for academies.
However, the Local Government Association (LGA) has stressed that this is not “new money” and called on the government to speed up the release of funds under the £2 billion Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP).
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