David Laws corrected the Commons record on Priority School Building Programme
David Laws made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 10 December 2013. The figure £200 million in the original became £100 million in the correction. Altogether 8 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools were (a) initially informed they would and (b) subsequently informed they would not receive funding for under three provision from the Priority School Building Programme by the Education Funding Agency. Letter of correction from David Laws: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Tom Blenkinsop) on 2 December 2013. The full answer given was as follows:
Original and corrected words
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The purpose of the Priority Schools Building Programme is to rebuild schools in England in the worst condition. There is no provision made within the programme for under three places. However, we have allocated The correct answer should have been: | The purpose of the Priority Schools Building Programme is to rebuild schools in England in the worst condition. There is no provision made within the programme for under three places. However, we have allocated £100 million to local authorities for this specific purpose, and we expect them to contribute a proportion of this funding where they wish to provide under three places. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/13121052000007.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 4e7b4a5977e11913b570855852a18d130f9fbba79486bcf79255eaa17f568060 |