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In 2018, 3 sixth form colleges converted into 16-19 academies.<\/p>

The government set out the benefits for sixth form colleges of becoming academies in the guidance for post-16 area reviews in March 2016, which is attached. Academisation enables colleges to build closer partnerships with schools which build on their strengths. It also allows them to realise educational and financial benefits from sharing resources, expertise and administration.<\/p>

There are some direct financial benefits, notably the ability to reclaim VAT.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4689", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Agnew of Oulton"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111048/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "HL15184_HL15187_Reviewing_post_16_education_and_training_institutions.pdf"} , "title" : "HL15184_HL15187_Reviewing_post_18_education"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL15187"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-25T11:40:26.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sixth Form Education"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many sixth-form colleges in England were converted into 16\u201319 academies in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/546", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Murphy of Torfaen"} ], "uin" : "HL15184"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 1, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }