| Heading: |
Private Education |
| Question ID: |
1789702 |
| UIN: |
HL6277 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4970 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
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| Asking Member handle: |
LordWeirDUP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LordWeirDUP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many independent schools have closed, or announced that they will close, since July 2024. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The register of independent schools, publicly available as part of the Get Information about Schools website, shows that 20 private schools, closed between 29 July ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |