Speeches

Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 40823, at how many academies did each regional school commissioner take formal intervention measures in 2015.

Edward Timpson

In the calendar year 2015, regional school commissioners took formal action in 115 academies; 72 academies were moved to a different sponsor and 43 academies were issued with a formal notice.

The table below shows the number of interventions in each RSC region:

East Midlands & Humber

23

Lancashire & West Yorkshire

9

North

3

North East London & East

22

North West London & South Central

12

South London & South East

12

South West

23

West Midlands

11

Total

115