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Private Education: China

Department for Education written question – answered at on 8 July 2026.

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Photo of Iain Duncan Smith Iain Duncan Smith Conservative, Chingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the involvement of the United Front in the purchase of independent schools by Chinese investors since 2014.

Photo of Olivia Bailey Olivia Bailey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Any information the department holds on schools is accessible via the Get information about schools website here: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.

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