Question follow-through · 51775
Secondary Education: Gloucestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the local authority on the number of secondary school placements in Gloucestershire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the local authority on the number of secondary school placements in Gloucestershire.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2025
Answer published
The government works to support local authorities to ensure that every local area has sufficient places for children that need them. The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities.The department engages with councils on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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