Oral Question·Department for Education
“What steps she is taking to increase the level of educational capacity in areas of increasing population.”
Tabled: 14 April 2026Answered: 20 April 2026
Asked by
Shaun Davies
Labour — Telford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson)
My Department is providing local authorities with £2.5 billion of capital funding to create mainstream school places. We encourage them to work with planning authorities and housing developers as we build 1.5 million homes to help families on to the housing ladder and to drive growth. Where school roll numbers are falling, we are making use of the extra space by opening Best Start school-based nurseries and special educational needs and disability inclusion bases.