Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regional schools commissioners.

As civil servants, the Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are subject to the civil service performance management framework. The RSCs are accountable to the National Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter.

RSC performance is also monitored against a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Performance against these KPIs is published annually. The latest report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-annual-report-academic-year-2014-to-2015. The next report is due to be published in the autumn.

Alongside this, the RSCs provide regular updates to the Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Lord Nash, together and individually, on specific cases.