Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 109084

Free Schools: Walsall

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Valerie Vaz

LabourWalsall and Bloxwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 99790 on Free Schools, how much funding her Department has provided to Swift Academy in each financial year since 2016-17.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department provides and retains responsibility for capital funding for the acquisition of sites/land and construction of free schools. A site has not yet been acquired for this project. When a site is secured, details and costs of the acquisition will...

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