Question follow-through · 24419
Schools: Buckinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to ensure that school capacity is adequate for demand arising from new housing development in north Buckinghamshire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to ensure that school capacity is adequate for demand arising from new housing development in north Buckinghamshire.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure sufficient school places for children in their area. The department provides capital funding through the basic need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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