Oral Question·Department for Education
“What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the progress of the School Rebuilding Programme.”
Tabled: 14 April 2026Answered: 20 April 2026
Asked by
Michelle Scrogham
Labour — Barrow and Furness
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Josh MacAlister)
We are fixing crumbling schools and colleges, which are a direct consequence of under-investment in our country. Labour is investing £20 billion in the school rebuilding programme, and more than 500 schools are already in the programme, with well over half in delivery. We will select a further 250 by early 2027, and we are also launching a new renewal and retrofit programme to modernise the school estate.