Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the governance of first wave academies; and if she will make a statement.

The governance arrangements for all academies are overseen by the Education Funding Agency and are based on ensuring compliance with their funding agreement and their duties as charitable companies. The department updates its requirements in relation to academies’ governance regularly through the Academies Financial Handbook with which all academies are required, by their funding agreement, to comply.