Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 34784

Secondary Education: Sutton Coldfield

Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Sir Andrew Mitchell

ConservativeSutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Birmingham City Council on increasing the number of secondary school places in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school c...

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