Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 23550

Schools: Admissions

Tabled: 24 April 2024
Answered: 2 May 2024

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school places.

Answer

Damian Hinds
The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department collects pupil forecasts and school capacity data from local authorities annually through the School Capacity (SCAP) survey. The most recent SCAP data shows...
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