A question on #Schools #Shrewsbury tabled by Julia Buckley on 27-01-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: Schools: Shrewsbury
Question ID: 1759159
UIN: 26762
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-27
Asking Member ID: 5171
Asking Member display name: Julia Buckley
Asking Member handle: JBuckleyLabour
Asking Member Twitter reference: @JBuckleyLabour
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of provision of secondary school places in areas of high population density in Shrewsbury constituency.
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Date answered: 2025-02-04
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department provides capital funding through the basic need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school c...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true