questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of local authority powers to intervene in multi-academy trusts.
answerText: Academy trusts are directly accountable to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, through their funding agreements. The Secretary of State has a range of powers to intervene in trusts where they are not meeting their legal obligations...
heading: Academies: Local Government