Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing legislative restrictions on the establishment of new grammar schools.

The Department maintains a diversity of provision, including grammar schools and schools designated with a religious character, ‘faith schools’, within the English school system.

The Department does not collect data on the number of children admitted to schools under specific admission criteria, such as aptitude or ability in music, drama or dance or on the basis of their faith.