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Schools: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Storm Chandra on children’s education in Yeovil constituency.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
3 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Storm Chandra on children’s education in Yeovil constituency.

  2. 3 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The department is working closely with Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to monitor the impacts of Storm Chandra on education.School closures are reported at local authority level, rather than at a constituency level. On 28 January 20...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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