Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kate Green and David Laws

Monday 24th March 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Laws]

My hon. Friend is exactly right. One of the reasons there are pressures in some parts of the country is that under the previous Government over 200,000 primary school places were eliminated after 2003. He will be aware that Leeds is one of the areas to which we have given significant amounts of basic need funding, and it is now using that money effectively. I will be happy to meet him if it would be helpful to discuss this in further detail.

[Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)]

20. Acre Hall primary school in my constituency is growing, and it is well placed to expand its offer of small specialist classes for special educational needs pupils. However, the school is in a very poor state of repair and is in desperate need of rebuilding. Will the Minister urge the Education Funding Agency to reach a decision at the earliest possible opportunity on its application for capital grants?

[Mr Laws]

I will certainly look into that particular case as a consequence of the hon. Lady’s question and write to her about it.