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Lord Lawson of Blaby

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Thursday 21st July 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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We have a very clear protocol established with the Civil Service which means that I am not allowed to be involved in any decisions that may directly affect the Future Academies trust.

Lord Lawson of Blaby Portrait Lord Lawson of Blaby (Con)
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My Lords, my noble friend will have shocked the House with his revelation of the massive amount of fraud in local authority maintained schools. What is being done about that?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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We constantly try to encourage local authorities to take greater financial oversight of their schools. However, when we find local authority schools failing, they are often failing both financially and educationally; as I mentioned earlier, we have turned many of these schools into sponsored academies.

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