Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools have been approved by her Department which do not have identified sites; and in which local authority area each such school wishes to operate.

There are currently 174 free schools open, with applications approved for a further 156 schools that are seeking to open in 2014/15 and beyond. Of these 330 schools, 4% do not currently have a permanent site identified. None of these schools are planning to open in September 2014.

A full list of approved applications, showing the local authority, is published online:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-successful-applications-and-open-schools-2014