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Asked by Lisa SmartLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 5 December 2025UIN 94901

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of allowing academy trusts to prioritise feeder schools within their own trust on the distances that children travel to school.

Answered by Georgia Gould

I refer the hon. Member for Hazel Grove to the answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 92797.

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