Consultation on local authority land transfer
The DfE has launched a consultation on regulations enabling local authority land to be transferred more quickly when a maintained school becomes an academy.
Documents
Details
The consultation will run for 10 weeks from today until 18 January 2012.
A copy of a letter from Lord Hill to local authorities, with some questions and answers can be .
The full consultation is available in the聽.
Background
When a maintained school become an academy their land is transferred, under lease, to the new academy鈥檚 trust. These new regulations enable the Secretary of State to get the required information for that transfer from local authorities.聽They do not give him any new powers to force聽local authorities聽to transfer land, or remove any rights from local authorities.