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Asked by Damian HindsConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 4 July 2025UIN 62584

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date her Department first published a projection of the number of (a) Primary and (b) Secondary school places that would be needed in September 2024.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

​​Estimates of the primary places needed to meet predicted demand for places in September 2024 were first published on 24 March 2022.

​Estimates of the secondary places needed to meet predicted demand for places in September 2024 were first published on 28 March 2019.

​The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities.

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