Asked by: Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many directions she has issued under section 69A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 since 17 November 2011.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We have records that the Secretary of State has issued directions under section 69A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 on four occasions since 17 November 2011.
Clause 2(6) of the Education and Adoption Bill removes the power of the Secretary of State, found in section 69A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, to direct a local authority to give a performance standards and safety warning notice. This is because, as a result of the amendments in Clause 2 of the Bill, the Secretary of State would in future be able to give and judge compliance with these notices herself.
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assumptions her Department has made of its powers to revoke an Academy Order.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Academies Act 2010 does not currently set out a procedure for revoking an Academy order. If the Secretary of State considered that it was necessary to revoke an Academy order, she would normally let those affected know that she did not intend to act on it.
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to include pupil referral units in the definition of coasting schools under the Education and Inspections Bill.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Education and Adoption Bill amends the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006) by including coasting schools as a new category of maintained school. The definition of maintained schools in the EIA 2006 does not include pupil referral units and they will therefore not be eligible to be defined as coasting schools.