Faith Schools: Finance

Paul Holmes
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much religious bodies have spent in capital expenditure on voluntary aided schools of a religious character in each of the last five financial years; and how much such bodies have received from public funds as a contribution to such expenditure (a) up to and (b) over 90 per cent. of the total expenditure.

Jim Knight
The information set out in the table shows the amount of grant payable to the governing bodies of those voluntary aided schools with a religious character. Although most capital expenditure at voluntary aided schools requires a 10 per cent. contribution from their governing bodies, we do not have information relating to any other contributions made either by governing bodies or from any other source.

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|       |Amount paid up to 90 per cent.|Amount paid 90-100 per cent.|
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|2004-05|450,580                       |57,292                      |
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|2005-06|394,629                       |77,913                      |
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|2006-07|500,022                       |125,501                     |
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|2007-08|531,750                       |155,559                     |
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|2008-09|506,131                       |184967                      |
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|Total  |2,383,112                     |601,232                     |
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