Question follow-through · 66309
Independent Schools Inspectorate: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides funding to (a) the independent schools inspectorate and (b) cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides funding to (a) the independent schools inspectorate and (b) cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2025
Answer published
The department does not provide funding to the Independent Schools Inspectorate, and does not cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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