Hull's multi-million pound school rebuilding programme has had �21 million shaved from its funding after Government officials ordered efficiency savings.
The Mail exclusively revealed in November how the Building Schools For The Future (BSF) team had been ordered to scale back building plans as the Government sought to shrink capital spending on schools further.
The city's �400 million BSF scheme was one of a select number to survive Government cutbacks announced last summer after the new Government scrapped the Labour scheme altogether.
It had been feared nationally that projects could be cut by up to 40 per cent, however, the cuts to Hull's scheme equate to just five per cent of the �400 million funding.
David Martin, BSF project director, said: "With the majority of our funding still in place and the delivery of 14 schools well under way, and a further eight to come, we are confident BSF is still in a strong position to help drive the transformation of learning and opportunity in Hull we always envisaged."
Each local authority still in the BSF programme has now been told whether their savings proposals have been accepted.
In Hull, schools in phase two have been hit the hardest with a shrinkage of 20 per cent against each school.
These schools are St Mary's College, Hull Trinity House, Newland School for Girls and the pupils' referral units. The schools – all refurbishment rather than rebuilding – have yet to be designed so were easier to reduce.
Bridgeview Special School, which was due to be remodelled, will now be rebuilt on a new site as a private finance initiative.
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