Will the Cabinet Secretary set out the total Welsh Government investment in the 21st Century Schools and Colleges Programme (and its successor, Sustainable Communities for Learning) in Flintshire and Denbighshire since 2019?
For the financial years 2019-2024, the Sustainable Communities for Learning programme (previously known as 21st Century Schools and Colleges) has invested Welsh Government funds of £79,968,435 in the local authorities of Denbighshire and Flintshire. A breakdown of this capital spend by local authority is provided in Table 1 below.
A further £7,831,131 has been invested in Flintshire and Denbighshire in the 2025-26 financial year (as of December 2025).
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Table 1: Total WG SCfL Funding between 2019 and 2024 by Local Authority |
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Local Authority |
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Financial Year |
Denbighshire (£) |
Flintshire (£) |
Total (£) |
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2019-20 |
2,619,591 |
6,106,814 |
8,726,405 |
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2020-21 |
2,023,514 |
7,394,849 |
9,418,363 |
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2021-22 |
3,018,074 |
15,901,270 |
18,919,344 |
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2022-23 |
5,207,249 |
8,764,844 |
13,972,093 |
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2023-24 |
3,073,961 |
3,794,254 |
6,868,215 |
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2024-25 |
5,922,763 |
16,141,252 |
22,064,015 |
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Grand Total |
21,865,152 |
58,103,283 |
79,968,435 |