questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the value for money of management and service charges paid by academy and free schools to related parties in England.
answerText: Academy trusts are permitted to use a proportion of their funding to pay for central services for their schools. This can be more efficient and cheaper than individual academies running or procuring the functions themselves. Where trusts top slice for cen...
heading: Academies: Service Charges