Question follow-through · 23775
Faith Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to remove the 50% faith cap on newly opened schools.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 8 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
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to remove the 50% faith cap on newly opened schools.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The previous government launched a consultation proposing to lift the 50% faith admissions cap that applies to free schools designated with a religious character, where they are oversubscribed. The consultation closed last year and the department will res...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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