§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent advice he has given to(a) diocesan boards of education and (b) local 305W education authorities, regarding the budget for capital works available to voluntary aided schools in 2004/05; and if he will make a statement. [144669]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 18 December 2003]: Officials will shortly be writing to all dioceses and local education authorities to confirm to them that final allocations of formulaic allocations for voluntary aided schools will take place in February 2004. Major allocations of capital grant from the Department's Targeted Capital Fund will be announced in January 2004 in the usual way.