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Written question asked by James Duddridge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 September 2017. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 September 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Shoeburyness High School

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the funding required to provide new capacity in Shoeburyness High School before September 2018.

Answer

Nationally, we have allocated £5.8bn from 2015 to 2020 to create more school places. Between 2010 and 2016, 735,000 new school places have been created.

Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them in doing so is one of this Government’s top priorities. Local authorities make decisions on where to add capacity, based on local circumstances. Southend-on-Sea has received £20 million for new places between 2011 and 2017 and has been allocated a further £9.5 million for 2017 to 2020.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
10099
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance Shoeburyness High School
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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