Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to permit more flexibility in the rules governing the design and size of new schools to allow for the best possible use of resources as a result of the findings of the report from the Royal Institute of British Architects, Better Spaces for Learning Report, published in May 2016.

The size of a school is determined by the age, number and type of pupil. Our standards show that within these areas we can provide good quality learning spaces. There is flexibility in how schools are designed. It is important we do not build schools larger than necessary to maximise spending efficiencies.