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Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England required emergency financial support from her Department in the most recent financial year.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England required emergency financial support from her Department in the most recent financial year.

  2. 27 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only The department publishes details of academy trusts receiving funding support as an annex to the ‘Academies sector annual report and accounts’.The department sets ro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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