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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1721800/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department collects pupil forecasts and school capacity data from local authorities annually through the School Capacity survey. The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on the data they provide.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Nearly £1.5 billion of allocations have already been confirmed to support local authorities to create school places needed over the next three academic years, up to and including the 2026/27 academic year. This represents £745 million for September 2024, £195 million for September 2025 and over £520 million for September 2026.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department also engages with local authorities on a regular basis to review their plans for creating additional places and to consider alternatives where necessary. When local authorities are experiencing difficulties, the department supports them to find solutions as quickly as possible. Published guidance makes clear the expectation that schools, academy trusts, dioceses, parents and other civic partners work collaboratively with local authorities to support them in the delivery of their place planning responsibilities. This government is reviewing this further to ensure it meets the needs of local areas.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1713569/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department collects pupil forecasts and school capacity data from local authorities annually through the School Capacity (SCAP) survey. The most recent SCAP data shows a need for 30,000 additional primary places and 40,000 additional secondary places between May 2023 and September 2027.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on the data they provide. The department has announced nearly £1.5 billion to support local authorities to create school places needed over the next three academic years, up to and including the academic year starting September 2026. This funding is on top of the department\u2019s investment in the free schools programme and means the department has now committed Basic Need capital funding of over £14 billion to support the creation of new school places between 2011 and 2026.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department also engages with local authorities on a regular basis to review their plans for creating additional places and to consider alternatives where necessary. When local authorities are experiencing difficulties, the department supports them to find solutions as quickly as possible.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Between 2010 and 2023, the department supported the creation of 722,000 primary and 466,000 secondary places in response to a substantial increase in pupil numbers. This is the largest increase in school capacity in at least two generations, following a fall of 100,000 places between 2004 and 2010. Many more places are in the pipeline.<\/p>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1698882", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1698882/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The School Admissions Code (the Code) exists to ensure that places in all state-funded schools are allocated in a fair and transparent manner. Admission authorities for all state-funded schools are required to comply with the requirements of the Code and related admissions law.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The latest version of the Code came into force on 1 September 2021. The department keeps the provisions of the Code under review to ensure they continue to remain fit for purpose, however there are currently no plans to change the Code.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the School Admissions Code.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1664046", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1664046/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Local Authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for pupils in their area. The Department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support Local Authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school capacity data. This funding supports the Government\u2019s priority to ensure that every pupil has the opportunity of a place at a good school, whatever their background.<\/p><p>The Department has announced a total of £2 billion for places needed for the academic years starting in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. This funding is on top of our investment in the Free Schools programme and means the Department has now committed Basic Need capital funding of over £14 billion to support the creation of new school places between 2011 and 2026.<\/p><p>The Department regularly engages with Local Authorities to review their plans for creating additional places and to consider alternatives where necessary. When Local Authorities are experiencing difficulties, the Department supports them to find solutions as quickly as possible.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to meet the needs of areas where there are increases in demand for school placements at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1447", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Rosindell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1650444", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1650444/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has now published the National Funding Formula for schools and high needs 2024/25, available here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs<\/a>.<\/p><p>The overall core schools budget will be over £59.6 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, the highest ever level in real terms per pupil in 2024/25, as measured by the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies.<\/p><p>To support Local Authorities to meet their sufficiency duty, the Department provides them with revenue funding for growth and falling rolls through their Dedicated Schools Grant. The Department has allocated £259 million in Growth and Falling Rolls funding to Local Authorities in 2023/24.<\/p><p>Local Authorities currently have discretion on whether to operate a falling rolls fund. Any decisions regarding the criteria for, and level of, falling rolls funding which is allocated by the Local Authority must be approved by the Schools Forum.<\/p><p>The Department is introducing new requirements for growth and falling rolls funding in 2024/25 which will provide Local Authorities with more flexibility to support schools seeing significant declines in pupil numbers, where these places will still be needed within the next three to five years. More information on the changes to growth and falling rolls funding can be found at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to schools with falling pupil numbers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4653", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Morgan"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1645206", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1645206/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child\u2019s (UNCRC), and the department will consider carefully the Committee\u2019s recommendations. The government does not always agree with, or implement, UNCRCs recommendations, and there is no requirement to do so.<\/p><p>Mainstream state-funded schools designated with a religious character, commonly known as faith schools, may choose to give priority for places to applicants on the basis of faith, but only where they are oversubscribed. Where they have places available, they must admit all children who apply without reference to faith. Faith-based oversubscription criteria provide a means to support parents to have their children educated in line with their religious and philosophical beliefs, where they wish to do so.<\/p><p>Some faith schools only prioritise a proportion of places with reference to faith, and others do not use faith-based criteria at all. Free schools which are designated with a religious character must allocate at least 50% of places without reference to faith, where they are oversubscribed.<\/p><p>The School Admissions Code exists to ensure that admission arrangements are fair, clear and objective, and is binding on all state mainstream schools, including faith schools. Where anyone is concerned that a school\u2019s admission arrangements are unfair or unlawful, the department encourages them to refer an objection to the independent Schools Adjudicator.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child that the UK should prevent the use of religion as a selection criterion for school admission in England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2699", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Desai"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1641790/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support Local Authorities to meet their statutory duty to provide sufficient school places. It is targeted according to expected need, which is calculated using Local Authorities\u2019 own pupil forecasts and school capacity data.<\/p><p>Nationally, the primary school population grew by 16% between 2009 and 2019. Between 2015 and 2023, the secondary school population grew by 14% and it is expected to peak in 2024. Despite peaking at a national level, the Department expects growth to continue in some parts of the country.<\/p><p>The Department has now committed Basic Need capital funding of over £14 billion to support the creation of new school places between 2011 and 2026, including a total of almost £2 billion for places needed in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The Department regularly engages with Local Authorities to review their plans for creating additional places and to consider alternatives where necessary. When Local Authorities are experiencing difficulties, the Department supports them to find solutions as quickly as possible.<\/p><p>Local Authorities, schools and communities have risen to the challenge with the support of the Department\u2019s Basic Need grant and the Free Schools programme. Between May 2010 and May 2022, they have created almost 1.2 million school places, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations. Many of these places have been built in schools Ofsted has rated as good or outstanding. For example, between 2020 and 2021, 89% of the new primary places added and 88% of new secondary places were in good or outstanding schools.<\/p><p>The support provided by the Department meant that, between 2010 and 2023, the average primary class size has remained stable between 26.4 and 27.1 pupils and the average secondary class size remains low at 22.4 pupils, despite the increase in pupil numbers.<\/p><p>Additionally, in 2022, 92.2% of families received an offer of a place at their highest preference primary school and 83.3% of families received an offer of a place at their highest preference secondary school.<\/p><p>The number of pupils in places that exceed their school\u2019s capacity is down by around 40% since 2010, from over 97,000 in May 2010 to 59,000 in May 2022.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1609708/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Like all other mainstream state funded schools, schools designated with a religious character, commonly known as faith schools, must admit all children who apply, without reference to faith, where there are places available. Where they are oversubscribed, they may give priority for places to applicants on the basis of faith. No parent is required to provide information on their membership or practice of the faith when applying to a faith school, although they may not then be eligible for priority under any faith oversubscription criteria.<\/p><p>The Department does not intend to remove faith schools\u2019 ability to set faith-based oversubscription criteria. Faith-based oversubscription criteria provide a means to support parents to have their children educated in line with their religious and philosophical beliefs, where they wish to do so.<\/p><p>The admission authority of a faith school is responsible for setting their admission arrangements and deciding whether or not to use faith-based oversubscription criteria.<\/p><p>The Department issues the statutory School Admissions Code which applies to all mainstream state funded schools, including faith schools, and places requirements on admission authorities about their arrangements and what they may ask from parents as part of the admissions process. The Code also signposts other relevant laws which admission authorities must comply with, including the Human Rights Act 1998.<\/p><p>In constructing any faith oversubscription criteria, a faith school\u2019s admission authority must have regard to any guidance from the body or person representing the religion or religious denomination, to the extent that the guidance complies with the Code. They must also consult with the religious body when deciding how membership or practice of the faith is to be demonstrated. Ultimately, the admission authority must ensure its arrangements comply with the Code and other relevant legislation, including the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010.<\/p><p>Anyone who is concerned that a school\u2019s admission arrangements are unfair or unlawful is encouraged to refer an objection to the independent Schools Adjudicator, whose decision is binding and enforceable. The Government does not routinely make an assessment of the impact of individual faith schools\u2019 admissions criteria. All legislation, including admissions law, must be compatible with equalities and human rights law.<\/p><p>The Department has no current plans to introduce more specific requirements for faith school admissions beyond those already set out in law. The Department routinely considers reports and guidance from stakeholders and other bodies, such as the report issued by the National Secular Society. All such information helps to inform future policy development.<\/p>"}
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