Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2019 to Question 135939, on Wakefield City Academies Trust, how many of the schools formerly within the Wakefield City Academies Trust have now been placed with new trusts.

We have confirmed new trusts for 20 of the 21 Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) schools. Fifteen of these schools have transferred to their new trusts. We are working with all involved to transfer the remaining six academies as soon as possible. Many of the new trusts have an agreement with WCAT to provide school improvement support for schools that are yet transfer. This support is enabling pupils to benefit from an outstanding trust immediately, ahead of the transfer.