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date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools have closed in each academic year since 2010-11, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	152193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 393 free schools open. Since 2010, eight free schools have closed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free school closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The primary objective of the department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/06/2018 16:50:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

922112

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of the free schools that have closed since 2010-11; and how many children were on the roll of each of those schools at the time of those closures.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	152194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 393 free schools open. Since 2010, eight free schools have closed and one closure is planned for summer 2018. They are listed in the attached table.</p><p>The primary objective of the Department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/06/2018 16:58:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 152194_Free_School_Closures_by_Academic_Year.pdf title 152194_Free_School_Closures_by_Academic_Year
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

903971

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools have closed in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	143670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 393 free schools open. Since 2010, eight free schools have closed. and one closure is planned for summer 2018. The primary objective of the department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Free school closures</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Discovery New School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>The Durham Free School, Dawes Lane Academy, Stockport Technical School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>St Michael’s Secondary School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Bolton Wanderers Free School, Collective Spirit Free School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Southwark Free School</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2017/18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Southwark Free School</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2018 16:02:35 question first ministerially corrected 15/06/2018 08:12:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 59530 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby