Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 105324

Special Educational Needs: Free Schools

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2025 on Investment in high needs place, HCWS1163, what meetings her Department held with the mainstream free school projects prior to their cancellation.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

The department has engaged with trusts, local authorities and other stakeholders in relation to individual projects in scope of the review, including reviewing the evidence they have provided. As would be expected from a review of this scale, there have b...

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