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By Angela Harrison Education correspondent, BBC News | |
Schools in England are to get a real-terms increase in funding, the chancellor George Osborne has said. | Schools in England are to get a real-terms increase in funding, the chancellor George Osborne has said. |
The schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn for the next four years. | |
But there will be a 60% cut in capital spending and Educational Maintenance Grants - paid to encourage 16-to-18 year-olds to stay in education - are being scrapped. | |
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - is to be cut by 7.1%. | The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - is to be cut by 7.1%. |
But details of expected cuts to university funding have not yet been revealed. | But details of expected cuts to university funding have not yet been revealed. |
Details just emerging from the Department for Education say that while the schools budget will increase, there will be a 3% cut in the department's "resource spending". | Details just emerging from the Department for Education say that while the schools budget will increase, there will be a 3% cut in the department's "resource spending". |
And the large cut expected in capital spending - largely through the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future - has been confirmed. | And the large cut expected in capital spending - largely through the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future - has been confirmed. |
The Department for Education says there will be a 60% cut in real terms in capital spending over the spending review period (four years). | The Department for Education says there will be a 60% cut in real terms in capital spending over the spending review period (four years). |
A total of £15.8bn is being set aside for capital spending for this time. | A total of £15.8bn is being set aside for capital spending for this time. |
This will be enough to "meet demographic pressures and to address maintenance needs", the deparment says. | This will be enough to "meet demographic pressures and to address maintenance needs", the deparment says. |
The government would rebuild or refurbish over 600 schools from the BSF and Academies programme, officials say. | |
The Sure Start scheme, which provides centres and services to families of young children, will continue. | The Sure Start scheme, which provides centres and services to families of young children, will continue. |
It will be protected "in cash terms", Mr Osborne said, and will focus on "its original remit". | It will be protected "in cash terms", Mr Osborne said, and will focus on "its original remit". |
The Educational Maintenance Allowance - which can amount to up to £30 a week for poor 16-to 18-year-olds - is to be replaced with "targeted support for those who face genuine financial barriers to participation", the government says. | |
Councils in England have learned that they are facing an overall 7.1% cut in revenue. | Councils in England have learned that they are facing an overall 7.1% cut in revenue. |
But funds given to councils for schools will continue to be ring-fenced (will have to be spent on schools), Mr Osborne said. | |
Education is devolved across the UK, but Mr Osborne said the funding mechanism for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland meant the "relative protection" of education would be passed on. | Education is devolved across the UK, but Mr Osborne said the funding mechanism for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland meant the "relative protection" of education would be passed on. |
The Chancellor announced there would be "personalised budgets" for "special educational needs". Details were not given. | |
And he said there would be a big increase in apprenticeships - a rise of 50% on previous government's target. | |
This would create 75,000 new apprenticeships a year by the end of the review period, he said. | |
Tough choices | |
The general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders Brian Lightman said: "We welcome the commitment to education in the Chancellor's speech today and the priority that has been given to protecting education funding." | |
"The true impact on education won't be clear until more detail emerges over the coming weeks and months. Schools will be better off than many of the public services, but a real terms increase of .4 per cent over the next four years means that schools will need to make tough choices on spending. | |
"The financial outlook for post-16 is much more worrying and decisions made over the next few weeks will be important to protecting the education of young people in colleges." |