Question follow-through · 101355
Free Schools: Witham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what evidential basis she has indicated that she is minded to cancel the Department's support for the development of the proposed Lodge Farm Primary School, Witham; and what assessment she has made of the po
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what evidential basis she has indicated that she is minded to cancel the Department's support for the development of the proposed Lodge Farm Primary School, Witham; and what assessment she has made of the po
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Mainstream projects were evaluated against consistent criteria on the need for places, value for money, and whether they would provide a distinctive or innovative education offer or risk negatively impacting other local schools. We will invest at least £3...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Free Schools: Witham
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 on Free Schools: Witham, UIN 101355, if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) details and (b) scoring of each school project evaluated; and if she will publish the evi
Schools: Employers' Contributions
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the additional costs incurred by (a) each school in the Witham constituency and (b) across Essex, as a result of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions in (i)
Free Schools: Witham
11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, When she will complete her review of the representations sent in relation to her Department’s cancellation of funding for Lodge Farm School in Witham.
Special Educational Needs: Witham
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pupils in Witham that will have an EHCP in each of the next five years.
Free Schools: Witham
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (i) methodology and (ii) timeframes of (a) housing growth and (b) pupil number growth forecasts did she use when deciding to not to proceed with funding for the proposed Lodge Farm Primary School in Witham
Special Educational Needs: Witham
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Inclusion Bases she is planning for schools in the Witham constituency in each of the next five years; and what funding is being made available to finance them.
Schools: Concrete
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a timetable for investment to be provided to schools in Witham constituency affected by RAAC for full remedial works to be undertaken.