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Academies: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to restore the academy conversion support grant.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
8 Dec 2025 · 46 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to restore the academy conversion support grant.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The department has no plans to restore the academy conversion support grant. Voluntary conversion is a choice for schools and trusts to make.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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