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Under plans being drawn up by civil servants, Partnerships for Schools (PfS) will become the delivery body for up to 30 other education building programmes, including the 拢7bn primary capital programme.

The move comes despite continuing delays to PfS鈥� 好色先生TV Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, which has been beset by problems with the procurement process and high bid costs.

The decision to give the body control of the bulk of the government鈥檚 education spending will be seen as recognition that this situation is improving under Tim Byles, its chief executive.

It is likely there will be a drive to procure the additional schemes through the Local Education Partnership model, in which a development consortium and local authority collaborate to deliver a range of projects.

Sources close to the process say it is likely that responsibility for up to 30 programmes will be transferred to PfS later this year.

Programmes under discussion include 拢2.9bn to be spent on local authority-maintained school building projects. Talks do not include the troubled Learning and Skills Council college programme, but it is feasible that it could be incorporated later, should the move be successful.

The government has allocated 拢22bn of capital spend to the affected programmes up until April 2011. However, it is thought that the final total will be in excess of 拢50bn.