Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new academies and studio colleges have been closed by her Department on the basis of lack of student numbers within their first year of trading.

Two studio colleges were closed by the Department for Education on the basis of lack of student numbers within their first year of trading. They were both entirely new businesses. No studio colleges created from a pre-existing education institution were closed by the Department in the first year.

No academies which were entirely new businesses were closed by the Department in the first year. Three academies created from a pre-existing education institution merged with another establishment in the first year.