Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 84727

Academies: Finance

Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

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

Answer

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