Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-05-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve transparency and accountability in spending by schools.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Appropriate arrangements are currently in place to ensure that school spending is transparent. Details of income and expenditure in all maintained schools and academies are published annually by the department in Statistical First Releases, available on GOV.UK. The Permanent Secretary’s Accountability System Statement sets out in detail the accountability system for education, including maintained schools and academies, and for children’s services.

While we are always interested in improving transparency and accountability in spending by schools we have no current plans for changes.