Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 26151

Schools: Admissions

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure there are sufficient school places to match trends in the level of housing growth.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Local authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for children in their area. We provide capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide mainstream school places, based on their own pupil forecasts a...
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