Nick Gibb corrected a written answer on Fire Stations: Greater London
Meg Hillier (Labour, Hackney South and Shoreditch) asked written question 20737 on 4 January 2016. Nick Gibb answered on 11 January 2016 for the Department for Education, and Nick Gibb corrected the answer on 16 February 2016. The corrected text adds the figure £16,000,000, which the original did not give. Altogether 72 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the purchase of the Kingsland Fire Station site for use by the Hackney New Primary School; and what the gain to the public purse was of the sale of that site.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The purchase of Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4DR for the sum of £16,000,000 (exclusive of VAT) from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority was funded from the Department for Education’s budget and made in the name of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The site has not been sold on. |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/442298?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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