PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Schools: Northumberland (19 March 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Northumberland County Council on that council's proposals to close 32 schools.
Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)
Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)
Answer
Northumberland County Council is carrying out informal consultation to seek views on a number of proposed options for the reorganisation of education provision in the west of the county. None of the options described in the informal consultation document involves the closure of 32 schools.
Whilst the department has no direct role in the decision making process for local authority maintained school reorganisation, including closure, officials are in regular contact with Northumberland County Council.
Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
22 March 2018
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