Joy Morrissey MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Grammar SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy not to amend the (a) status of existing grammar schools and (b) right of local areas to operate academic selection.
Answer: There are 163 grammar schools in England that are located across 35 local authority areas. The government does not plan to allow any new grammar schools to open nor to legislate to remove the right of existing grammar schools to select by ability.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023Department for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the decision to stop implementation of the Higher Education (Free Speech) Act 2023, whether she received representations that informed that decision (a) on the potential impact of that Act on
Answer: The decision to pause the implementation of the Higher Education (Free Speech) Act 2023 took account of views from across the higher education (HE) sector, including universities and academics, who felt that the Act is disproportionate, burdensome and dam...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will take steps to support children who receive bursaries and scholarships at independent schools who are adversely affected by the introduction of VAT on such schools.
Answer: The department is not expecting these changes to have a significant effect on bursaries across the private school sector as a whole. The department expects that charitable schools across the UK will want to continue to demonstrate wider public benefit thr...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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