Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's publication, Schools that work for everyone, published in September 2016, what steps she plans to take to increase the number of children from low-income backgrounds attending grammar schools.

We were encouraged by the number of selective schools that came forward voluntarily to improve their admissions arrangements in response to the Schools that work for everyone consultation. We will continue to work with our partners in the sector to ensure that more children from low-income backgrounds are able to access grammar schools.