SCHOOL ACADEMIES (No. 3)

Early day motion 2170, tabled 22 October 2007 by Ken Purchase (Labour). Signed by 27 members.

That this House supports the finding of the Committee of Public Accounts that academies are a costly means of tackling low attainment and that academy programmes should not be approved where less costly solutions would provide better value for money.

Signatures by party: Labour 21, Liberal Democrat 5, Independent 1.