https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/spending-review-2020-speech
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents
- Ensuring every child has the best start in life by boosting per pupil funding.
Schools in the South East will receive almost £5.9 billion in per-pupil funding through the schools block – an average per-pupil increase of 3.5 per cent compared to 20-21.
- Improving health services in the South East.
We are building 4 hospitals and continuing to grow medical undergraduate degree places, with an additional 181 places in the South East compared to 2017-18.
- Investing in flood defences.
We’re protecting over 16,000 properties in region through the early stages of our £5.2 billion six-year flood defences programme; this includes programmes in Pevensey and Eastbourne.
- Tackling crime by recruiting more police officers.
The South East will benefit from a share of 6,000 new police officers in 2021-22.
- Unlocking more housing.
The South East will benefit from over £1.1 billion in funding across 35 projects as part of the Housing Infrastructure Fund.
This is in addition to other announcements that will benefit the South East:
- £160 million in funding for modern ports and manufacturing infrastructure
- Investing £14.6 in Research and Development in 2021-22, which will be available to support UK innovators and researchers across the UK
This follows our continued support for the South East through coronavirus:
- In total, we have supported almost 1.3 million jobs through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
- Almost 185,000 businesses have been supported through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme and the Bounce Back Loans Scheme in the South East with loans worth over £7.4 billion.
- We have invested £147 million in local infrastructure priorities in the South East through the Getting Building Fund, supporting the region’s short-term recovery from COVID-19.