Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her oral statement of 17 July 2017 Official Report, column 565, what criteria will be used to assess which local authorities will deliver the 30 free schools.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 September 2017 to Questions UIN 5931 and 5933:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-18/5931/.