To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June to Question 150142 on Selective Schools Expansion Fund, how many applications had been received for funding from the Selective Schools Expansion Fund by 19 July 2018; and from whom such applications were received.

The Selective Schools Expansion Fund is now closed and the Department will provide an update once successful applicants have been identified. The Department will publish the list of successful projects later this year and will confirm the number of applications received.

The application deadlines were set out in guidance available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718555/Selective_Schools_Expansion_Fund_How_To_Apply_Guidance.odt.