Question follow-through · 97318
Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on supporting schools with falling pupil numbers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on supporting schools with falling pupil numbers.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2025
Answer published
Local authorities hold the statutory place planning function, ensuring there are sufficient schools in their area to meet the needs of pupils. It is for local authorities, in collaboration with academy trusts and other local partners, to balance the suppl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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