Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.

The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

There are strict rules protecting publicly funded school land. This is set out in guidance, which is published online at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice