To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many proposed transactions relating to land sold by academy trusts he has (a) approved and (b) declined since 2010.
Answered on
14 July 2014
Since July 2011, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has approved 175 transactions relating to land disposed of by academy trusts. He has rejected one case as he was not satisfied that the academy trust was receiving the best value from the proposed lease.
Many of these were leased back to local authorities, publicly funded education providers or not-for-profit organisations.
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Department for Education