Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department’s proposed Management Information System procurement framework will require all schools within a multi-academy trust to procure Management Information System products through the same framework, supplier or procurement approach.

I refer to paragraph 2.30 of the Academies Trust Handbook 2026 which provides the requirement for trusts in England regarding procurement of Management Information Systems from the launch of the proposed framework and the approach to be taken until the framework is live. The handbook is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-handbook/academy-trust-handbook-2026-effective-from-1-october-2026.