Are school buildings fit for purpose?
13 March 2017
The Public Accounts Committee challenges the Department for Education on ensuring the school estate is physically fit for purpose, and examines whether it is creating school places in areas where there is sufficient demand.
- Watch Parliament TV: Capital funding for schools
- Inquiry: Capital Funding for Schools
- Public Accounts Committee
Witnesses
Monday 13 March 2017, Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster
At 4.00pm
- Craig Knowles, Acting Headteacher, Hetton School, Sunderland
- Phil Keay, Former Headteacher, Hetton School, Sunderland
- Peter Colenutt, Chairman, Educational Building and Development Officers Group
At 4.30pm
- Jonathan Slater, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education
- Peter Lauener, Chief Executive, Education Funding Agency
- Mike Green, Director of Capital, Education Funding Agency
Further information
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