Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 11 November 2009.
Paul Holmes
Liberal Democrat, Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what grants his Department has made to independent faith schools in the last 12 months.
Diana R. Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools)
holding answer
There are more than 900 independent faith schools registered with the Department for Children, Schools and Families. A school can seek faith designation at any time, so an answer to this question could be provided only by examining the date at which individual schools sought designation, and the payments made after that time. Therefore this question could be answered only at disproportionate cost.
Yes2 people think so
No4 people think not
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