Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria.

As of 20 July, there are six schools in Special Measures in Cumbria. Of these:

• Five are local authority maintained, of which three are currently in the process of becoming sponsored academies;

• One is currently a sponsored academy.

There are no schools currently in Special Measures in Copeland.