Funding of Academies urgent question
16 June 2011 (updated on 16 June 2011)
Minister of State for Schools, Nick Gibb, responded to an urgent question asked by Shadow Secretary of State, Andy Burnham, on the funding of Academies.
Watch and read the urgent question and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansasrd.
- Parliament TV: Urgent question on funding of academies
- Commons Hansard: Urgent question on the funding of Academies
- Topics: Schools
Urgent questions
Urgent questions are asked at the end of Question Time. If something has happened, normally a matter of public importance, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to ask an urgent question.
If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked at the end of Question Time.