Question follow-through · 4246
Oak National Academy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to retain Oak National Academy as an arms length body to her Department.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to retain Oak National Academy as an arms length body to her Department.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
Teachers using the service have found Oak National Academy to be a helpful tool in their lesson and curriculum planning.Decisions on the future funding of Oak, along with all other government spending, will be made as part of the Spending Review process.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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