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Faith Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the 50% faith-based admissions cap to all new schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
24 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the 50% faith-based admissions cap to all new schools.

  2. 24 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for South Leicestershire to the answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23775.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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