Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the announcement in the Autumn Statement that funding would be made available for the expansion of grammar schools, whether new legislation will be introduced to Parliament to achieve this.

The Department announced its intention to make up to £50m dedicated funding available each year to support the expansion of existing grammar schools in the consultation ‘Schools that work for everyone’, which was launched on 12 September. Current legislation permits all categories of schools, including grammar schools, to expand so legislation is not required to implement this proposal.