Question follow-through · 63595
Free Schools: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the Mainstream Schools Review; and when she expects to announce the outcome.
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
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the Mainstream Schools Review; and when she expects to announce the outcome.
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The review has focused on ensuring that government funding is targeted where it is most needed. In the past, a significant proportion of spending on free schools has created surplus capacity, resulting in subsequent closure of new schools. Some of that fu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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