Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chi Onwurah and Damian Hinds

Monday 25th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Damian Hinds]

Yes to all the above.

[Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)]

This month, Newcastle’s £9 million Discovery free school closed following a devastating Ofsted report. The Department for Education has said that it—or rather, the taxpayer—will bear the financial cost. Does the Minister recognise that the cost to the students, the people and the economy will be borne by the city of Newcastle, which should have been responsible for the school in the first place?