Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What steps he is taking to respond to poorly performing academy trusts.

Tabled: 19 June 2018Answered: 25 June 2018

Asked by

Justin Madders

LabourEllesmere Port and Bromborough

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Social Security and Disability (Sir Stephen Timms)

Access to Work does an important job, but current delays with the scheme, and our ambition for an 80% rate of employment, point to the need for reform. The consultation, launched in the “Pathways to Work” Green Paper, closed on 30 June. We are reviewing all aspects of the scheme in the light of the responses that we received.