Question follow-through · 19481
Multi-academy Trusts: Decision Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will be publishing new guidance for commissioning decisions regarding academy trusts.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will be publishing new guidance for commissioning decisions regarding academy trusts.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
To reflect the vision the government set out for the trust system in the ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper, the department will be publishing new Trust Standards, including a pillar focused on community, and commissioning guidance to reflec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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