To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what consideration he has given to making academies set up prior to the 2006 model funding agreement more accountable for any permanent exclusions. (169306)

[holding answer 29 November 2007]: Following the consultation exercise that ended in September 2007, Ministers will shortly consider a range of options for the financial consequences of permanent exclusion from academies.

Any decisions about new arrangements that might be introduced, including those affecting academies that already have signed funding agreements, will be announced in due course.