Question follow-through · 94463
Free Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has given to the 44 free school applications that have been placed on hold since 22 October 2024, broken down by funding stream.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has given to the 44 free school applications that have been placed on hold since 22 October 2024, broken down by funding stream.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
The department is reviewing 44 projects as part of the mainstream free school pipeline review, to ensure they continue to meet localised need for places, consider whether they provide a unique educational offer and are not to the detriment of the other sc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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