Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of decisions on Academy Orders her Department has taken each week in the last three years; and what estimate she has made of the average number of hours taken each week to make such decisions.

Information on the total number of academy orders can be found by reviewing the published information on open academies and academies in the pipeline. This is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

The Department has made no assessment of the average time involved in making Academy Order decisions. Decision-making is part of a larger process for opening academies and it would not be feasible to isolate the time required for each Academy Order.