Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 538W, on academies, if he will disaggregate the data to identify payments under the Sponsor Capacity Fund detailing (a) when any such grant was awarded, (b) how much was awarded, (c) whether each organisation subsequently sponsored any academies and (d) the date on which any monies were returned to the Department by those who did not.

Details of payments made under the Sponsor Capacity Fund (over £25,000) are published online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000

A list of all open academies and their sponsors, alongside equivalent details for approved projects not yet open, is published online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

Academy sponsors who receive the Sponsor Capacity Fund are required to sign a Grant Funding Agreement, agreeing to adhere to the terms and conditions of the grant. In addition, they are required to submit an Annual Certification of Expenditure, signed by their auditors, and a final report detailing what has been achieved through use of the grant. If they fail to comply with any of the conditions of grant, or are deemed to be in breach of it, they may be required to return all or part of the grant to the Department.