Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ92747

The Sustainable Communities for Learning (formerly 21st Century Schools and Colleges) capital budget for 2024/25 is £343.4m and includes numerous programme funding streams which provide grant funding to Local Authorities, Further Education Institutions, Higher Education Institutions and Dioceses. Based on delivery partner strategic plans and anticipated spend profiles the 2024/25 budget is broken down by project stream below:

Description

2024-25 Budget £000s

SCfL – Band B

200,173

Community Focussed Schools

20,000

ALN Capital

20,000

VA Urgent Repairs

5,000

VA Capital Repairs and Maintenance

1,329

Childcare & Early Years Capital

39,500

Welsh Medium Capital

26,000

Higher Education Research Capital

4,478

Higher Education including Estates Maintenance

12,720

Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER)

1,200

Further Education Digital

3,000

Schools ICT Investment

10,000

Total Capital Funding

343,400

Several of these grant funding streams are awarded set amounts per financial year, apportioned on the basis of pupil and school numbers. These include Additional Learning Needs (ALN) capital grant, Voluntary Aided (VA) Capital Repairs and Maintenance Grant and School/college ICT Investment.

Other grants are based on a bidding process with submission of a business case prior to the award of funding. In these cases, it is not possible to split the budget allocation between geographical regions at this early stage of the financial year, although an estimate has been provided based on current cashflow projections submitted by delivery partners. These include the Band B Capital Programme, Community Focussed Schools, VA Urgent Repairs, Childcare and Early Years, and Welsh Medium capital grants.

Budgets in relation to Higher Education Research Capital, Higher Education Estates Maintenance and Commission of Tertiary Education Research (CTER) capital grants are lump sum allocations that are not budgeted by region.