Question follow-through · 98666
Voluntary Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling voluntary controlled schools to apply for the condition improvement fund.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling voluntary controlled schools to apply for the condition improvement fund.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The department is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance and renewal to improve the condition of the school and college estate, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025/26.The majority of capital funding for improving the school es...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Voluntary Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Written Parliamentary Questions 98665, 98666 and 98668, what recourse exists for Voluntary Controlled schools to carry out urgent repairs to the school estate when the local authority fails to provi
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29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that careers guidance in schools promotes video-games careers to girls and young women.
Video Games: Curriculum
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Video Games: Work Experience
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help expand access to work experience placements for young people interested in careers in the video games industry.