Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Multi-Academy Trust Development and Improvement Fund will be available for new rounds of applications annually after 2017-18.
A £53 million investment through the Multi-Academy Trust Development and Improvement Fund (MDIF) will be delivered in 2017-18. This will be the first time the MDIF is delivered.
Funding decisions for future years will be subject to the usual budget processes.