Question follow-through · 17005

Physical Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with the costs of providing high quality PE.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
3 Sept 2026 · 57 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with the costs of providing high quality PE.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Ashfield to the answer of 21 August to Question 11573.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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