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School Building

Volume 453: debated on Thursday 23 November 2006

18. To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the impact of the Building Schools for the Future Programme. (102302)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Building Schools for the Future Programme. (102301)

Building Schools for the Future aims to renew all secondary schools in England in 15 waves of investment starting last year. It is still in its early stages. An initial three-year contract to evaluate the impact on educational achievement of this leading strategic programme has been placed with PricewaterhouseCoopers, following an Official Journal of the European Union procurement. It also aims to learn early lessons from the programme to inform its development.