Schools: Construction
(asked on 23rd November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
What steps he is taking to build new schools.
This question was answered on 23rd November 2020
Through the free schools programme, this government has funded thousands of high quality new school places across the country.
We have approved 225 applications from groups that we are now working with to establish new free schools. This includes 73 special and 9 alternative provision free schools.
The Priority Schools Building Programme is replacing or refurbishing buildings at 537 schools.