Academies Bill [HL]

9: Before Clause 9, insert the following new Clause— "Annual reports (1) For each academic year the Secretary of State must prepare and publish a report containing information on— (a) Academy arrangements entered into during the year, and (b) the performance of Academies during the year (see subsection (2)). (2) The report must include information relating to the performance of Academies which has been provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to— (a) regulations made under section 537 of EA 1996 (power of Secretary of State to require information); (b) Academy arrangements. (3) The first report under this section must relate to the academic year beginning 1 August 2010. (4) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a copy of each report under this section. (5) In this section "academic year" means a period of 12 months beginning on 1 August."