Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

“What steps he is taking to strengthen flood defences.”

Tabled: 21 April 2022Answered: 28 April 2022

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Josh MacAlister)

As was mentioned earlier, the Government took the sensible, pragmatic decision to pause a number of free school applications in order to consider real concerns about value for money and to make sure new places are created in parts of the country that need them.