Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 8 December 2016 to Questions 55854 and 55853, on academy closures, for what reasons there is a difference between the number of academies that have been completely closed in those Answers.

The answer in question 55853 quoted a complete closure of 14 secondary academies. PQ55854 quoted 2 closures. The difference is a result of one answer more tightly interpreting the definition of academies. The figures in PQ55853 include free schools, studio schools and UTCs, whereas PQ55854 excludes these school types.

There have been 2 complete closures of academy secondary schools, 2 free schools, 7 studio schools and 3 UTCs.