The Department allocates capital funding to local authorities and schools. It then relies upon them to prioritise expenditure in accordance with local asset management plans. Accordingly, no assessment is carried out centrally of the requirement for and cost of school building repairs at local authority level.
Capital allocations to Tameside and Stockport for the current three year spending review period 2008-09 to 2010-11 amount to £38.0 million and £52.9 million respectively. Resources available for the period 2010-11 onwards have not yet been confirmed. Current allocations compare with £3.2 million for Tameside and £1.6 million for Stockport in 1996-97.
In addition, Tameside has a Building Schools for the Future wave 3 projects, with an indicative allocation of £80.2 million of conventional capital funding, and £97.5 million of PFI credits.