Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the planned local completion site visit to Vaughan School in the hon. Member for Harrow West's constituency by the Education Funding Agency on 22 September 2014 was cancelled at less than a working day's notice; and if she will make a statement.

The Education Funding Agency is procuring a significant number of school building projects. The release of projects to the market must be managed to ensure strong competition and value for money for the public purse.

The Education Funding Agency felt that it would be prudent to allow some additional time for the market to respond to the project to rebuild Vaughan School in Harrow.

The site visit was held on Thursday 2 October and the Education Funding Agency has set out a programme aimed at opening the new school by the end of 2015, earlier than originally planned.