Schools: Playing Fields
Education
Menzies Campbell (North East Fife, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many applications to change the use of school playing fields his Department has received in the last 12 months; how many such applications have received consent; and whether such applications are considered by the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel.
David Laws (Yeovil, Liberal Democrat)
Since
In the last 12 months there have been 14 applications for consent to change of use, of which six have been approved and eight are currently under consideration.
Applications for consent for change of use where the land will remain within the education estate are not considered by the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel.