Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date her Department first published a projection of the number of (a) Primary and (b) Secondary school places that would be needed in September 2024.

​​Estimates of the primary places needed to meet predicted demand for places in September 2024 were first published on 24 March 2022.

​Estimates of the secondary places needed to meet predicted demand for places in September 2024 were first published on 28 March 2019.

​The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities.