Twenty-first Century Schools

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 15 January 2020.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 2:14, 15 January 2020

Absolutely. Given the considerable amount of public money that is being spent on the programme, both money from within Welsh Government, but also capital money that local government themselves put into the project, then there is an evaluation process. That helped inform the second wave of funding, and we continue to work with our local authority partners to deliver the best value for money possible. I'm very pleased to say, because of very close management of the fund in the first band, we were able to deliver more projects than had been initially anticipated at the beginning of the project. But close attention to value for money is an important part of the robust process that is overseen independently of the Government when approvals are taken. So, it's a multilayered approach, and recommendations are made to Ministers by an independent panel.