Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase (a) transparency and (b) accountability of spending by schools.
The Government held a consultation on financial transparency of local authority maintained schools and academy trusts last year.[1] The purpose of that consultation was to propose changes to the financial transparency arrangements for maintained schools to bring them more into line with those for academies.
The Government expects to publish its response to the consultation in early 2020.
[1] https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/financial-transparency-of-local-authority-mainta/supporting_documents/LA%20Financial%20Transparency%20Consulation.pdf.