Nick Gibb corrected a written answer on Academies: Private Finance Initiative

1 November 2018 · Commons written answer · Department for Education

Stella Creasy (Labour, Walthamstow) asked written question 167263 on 23 July 2018. Nick Gibb answered on 4 September 2018 for the Department for Education, and Nick Gibb corrected the answer on 1 November 2018. The same corrected answer was given to question 167267. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 169, 299. Altogether 175 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of the names and addresses of all state-maintained academies which have been constructed via a Private Finance Initiative or PF2 programme.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
There are ~~299 academies that were~~ constructed under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) or Private Finance 2 (PF2), as set out in the attached list. The schools' addresses can be downloaded from the ‘Get information about schools’ website at: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Downloads . The Department has recently signed five PF2 ~~contracts as part~~ of the Priority Schools Building Programme. Prior to these PF2 contracts, 169 contracts (including 67 Building Schools for the Future PFI contracts) were signed by local authorities under the PFI. Local authorities hold this information.	The Department does not centrally hold a list of all state maintained academies, which have been constructed via a Private Finance programme. Whilst the Department holds a list of local authority Private Finance Initiative contracts (PFI), which is published by HM Treasury, it does not maintain a list of the individual schools within the contracts. Local authorities will hold this information. The Department holds details of Private Finance 2 (PF2) contracts and the schools within those contracts. There are 46 schools constructed under the PF2 programme. A list of the schools is attached and details of open academies are available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development .

Original

Corrected

There are ~~299 academies that were~~ constructed under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) or Private Finance 2 (PF2), as set out in the attached list. The schools' addresses can be downloaded from the ‘Get information about schools’ website at: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Downloads .
The Department has recently signed five PF2 ~~contracts as part~~ of the Priority Schools Building Programme. Prior to these PF2 contracts, 169 contracts (including 67 Building Schools for the Future PFI contracts) were signed by local authorities under the PFI. Local authorities hold this information.

The Department does not centrally hold a list of all state maintained academies, which have been constructed via a Private Finance programme. Whilst the Department holds a list of local authority Private Finance Initiative contracts (PFI), which is published by HM Treasury, it does not maintain a list of the individual schools within the contracts. Local authorities will hold this information.
The Department holds details of Private Finance 2 (PF2) contracts and the schools within those contracts. There are 46 schools constructed under the PF2 programme. A list of the schools is attached and details of open academies are available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development .

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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Date read	15 October 2026
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