Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prospective chairs of school governors and prospective school governors are required each year to carry out identity checks using Verifile.

The department does not hold this data, as it does not carry out identity checks on maintained school governors or those on local governing bodies in academy trusts. ​​The governing body for a maintained school and the academy trust for a trust local governing body are responsible for ensuring such checks are conducted.