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Further and Higher Education: Quality and Choice — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: Will the Secretary of State build on that good start by raising the rate for 16-to-19 education to £4,760 per student, which would deliver what is being asked for?
Julia Louise Lopez (Conservative, Centre-right): The extra money for post-16 providers is extremely welcome. It has been warmly welcomed by Havering Sixth Form College in my constituency. However, it appears to be a one-year funding deal, rather than the three-year settlement that five to 16 education providers received. Will the Secretary of State look at giving colleges more long-term certainty by delivering future increases in line with inflation and raising the overall rate for 16 to 18-year-olds?
Further and Higher Education: Quality and Choice — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: Will the Secretary of State build on that good start by raising the rate for 16-to-19 education to £4,760 per student, which would deliver what is being asked for?
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend raises a very valuable point about the importance of long-term certainty for all parts of the education sector. That was very clearly explained in the report from the Select Committee chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon). We will continue to look at it. It was a one-year settlement for 16 to 19-year-olds. We made sure we gave as much certainty in the schools sector as possible. We continue to look at what more we can do to give confidence to the further education sector on how to invest in the future of our young people.
Apprenticeships: Quality — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): We have fundamentally changed what apprenticeships involve. We have new high-quality standards developed by industry for industry. Apprentices are now getting more off-the-job training, while endpoint assessment ensures they are fully competent. Our new quality strategy will ensure that all apprenticeships are of the highest quality both in design and delivery.
Apprenticeships: Quality — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Labor
Peter James Guy Aldous (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the Secretary of State for that answer. Will he work with and support the New Anglia local enterprise partnership in setting up its levy pool, which will ensure that more SMEs in Suffolk and Norfolk obtain funding for training and apprenticeships?
Apprenticeships: Quality — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Social Welfare
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I would be very happy to look at the details of the scheme that the hon. Lady outlines. It is important for everyone on both sides of the House that we do everything so that those who need the maximum amount of support always get it.
Apprenticeships: Quality — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I take this opportunity to thank my right hon. Friend for all the work that she has done for this sector. Much of the work that we have inherited is down to her close attention to detail in delivering for a sector that she is so passionate about. I also thank her for the work that she did as a Deputy Chief Whip, when she was slightly less friendly, but equally effective I will certainly look at how we ensure that we have the right funding for apprenticeships. Apprenticeships have been one of the greatest successes of the Government. We have achieved so much over the last nine years, encouraging so many young people to take up the opportunity to train in an apprenticeship and have the skills that they need to succeed in future. We will be determined to build on that success.
Apprenticeships: Quality — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): We have seen a change in attitudes as to what apprenticeships are able to deliver. After a decade and more under the Labour party, when we saw apprenticeships devalued and reduced, we have seen a seismic change in what we are doing, driving up the quality and status of apprenticeships. I know that Government colleagues take great pride in what has been achieved, but we are always conscious that so much more needs to be done.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): In August, the Prime Minister announced an extra £14 billion for schools in England over the next three years. That will bring the schools budget to £52.2 billion in 2022-23. This will allow funding increases for all schools. In particular, our pledge to level up pupil funding means that every secondary school will receive a minimum of at least £5,000 per pupil next year, with every primary school getting a minimum of at least £4,000 from 2021-22. This is the largest cash boost in a generation, and that has only been possible because of our balanced approach to public finances and careful stewardship of the economy since 2010.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): What the hon. Gentleman says is not actually true. We have given extra money to fund employer pension contributions this year and to partially fund the pay grant over and above the 1%, and now the 2%, that is affordable, so we have provided schools with extra money this financial year.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I congratulate the Minister and the Secretary of State on securing the extra funding from the Chancellor in the spending review. As the Minister knows, I have been arguing for this for some time. Can I urge him to front-load this money, because we know that school costs have been outstripping their incomes? They need this money as soon as possible. And while he’s there, as the Secretary of State is Bradford educated, will the Minister encourage him to return to Bradford district in order to visit some schools in my constituency?
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work and campaigning he has done to secure extra funding for schools in his constituency. He has been successful in ensuring we have the most generous schools settlement in a generation, and that is in part a tribute to his work, as well as that of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, who has heard his request for a visit to Bradford and I am sure will comply.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Social Welfare
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): We take this issue as seriously as the hon. Lady does, which is why we have announced within the £14 billion a £700 million increase for special needs. That is an 11% increase. We absolutely understand the pressures that local authorities have been under and we are addressing it.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the extra £14 billion of school funding that the Government have committed to. Will my right hon. Friend ensure that some of that money goes to schools in my constituency, some of which have been historically underfunded? They are fantastic schools but could do even better with more money.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend has been a redoubtable campaigner for school funding in her constituency. Thanks to her efforts and the balanced approach we have taken to the public finances, the school funding settlement will mean that every school in her constituency will attract an increase in funding and that 75% of secondary schools there will benefit from our pledge to level up school funding to at least £5,000 per secondary school pupil.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that this funding represents a large increase in per pupil spending and reverses the reductions to real-terms per pupil funding for five to 16-year-olds. The hon. Gentleman is right about MMR. It is very important that parents vaccinate their children. There is a lot of information available about the safety of the MMR vaccine from the NHS, and we would encourage parents to look at that information before making a decision.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
David Anthony Evennett (Conservative, Centre-right): I warmly welcome the recent education financial settlement, which is good news for all schools across our country. Does the Minister agree that such resources will help to make schools and education provision even better so that all children across the country can benefit?
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. This funding will mean that we can continue our education reforms and continue to drive up standards—standards of reading and maths in our primary schools and in the whole range of the curriculum in our secondary schools.
Funding Increases for Schools: Timetable — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I wish that the hon. Gentleman had cited the figures in my constituency, given that he is asking me the question although it was pre-prepared for the Secretary of State As I have said, the IFS has stated that this funding fully reverses cuts in funding for five-to-16-year-olds. We have only been able to deliver such a large increase in school funding because of the way in which we have managed the public finances since the banking crisis in 2008. That is why we can do this today, and why we have been able to announce the three-year spending package that all schools, including schools in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, have been seeking.
Children with Higher Needs: Stoke-on-Trent — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Social Welfare
Karen Anne Bradley (Conservative, Centre-right): A number of children with higher needs in Stoke-on-Trent attend Horton Lodge Community Special School in my constituency, where there is great concern about the provision of funds for residential care and the possibility that the school will become unviable. Will the Minister meet me, and perhaps consider visiting Horton Lodge, to see what we can do to ensure that that wonderful, special place continues to operate for many years to come?
Children with Higher Needs: Stoke-on-Trent — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Government Operations
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (Conservative, Centre-right): We are aware that local authorities are facing significant pressures. That is why we are making an additional investment of more than £700 million, which will help them to manage those pressures next year. The Department has been looking at this matter, and we will be in touch with Stoke-on-Trent in due course to decide on the best possible actions to be taken in the future.
Children with Higher Needs: Stoke-on-Trent — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (Conservative, Centre-right): I met the Children’s Commissioner last week, and discussed this issue among many others. We welcome her report. However, I remind the hon. Gentleman that the Government are spending £7 billion on special educational needs, and are adding an additional £700 million. That is part of the extra £14 billion that we are spending over three years, and I think that it is to be welcomed.[Official Report, 25 September 2019, Vol. 664, c. 7MC.]
School Admissions Code: Summer-born and Premature Children — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: What progress his Department has made on further amending the School Admissions Code to ensure that summer-born and premature children can be admitted to reception at the age of five at the request of parents.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend has been a formidable campaigner on this issue, and I pay tribute to him for his work in this area. He will be aware that since my letter to local authorities the evidence shows that school admission authorities are becoming more flexible when receiving requests for children to start reception at age five But of course this will not be right for all children; the majority will do well in reception at age four, and the Government are therefore giving careful consideration to how we will make these changes in a way that avoids unintended consequences.
Specialist Maths Schools — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): In 2019 King’s College London mathematics school reports that 100% of its students achieved a grade A or A* in A-level maths and 90% achieved an A* in A-level maths. The school also reports that more than 25% of its students in 2019 have secured Oxbridge places. This school and Exeter mathematics school are spectacular examples of the success of this Government’s free school programme, a programme that the Labour party wants to abolish.
Specialist Maths Schools — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend for that reply and commend the Government on what they are doing to level up funding, which I understand will mean another £2.9 million per year for schools in North East Hampshire, but will he expand that excellent specialist maths schools programme so that we can do even more for every child across this country?
Specialist Maths Schools — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Given the success of the two maths schools so far, we are committed to opening more maths schools as we continue to drive up academic standards and social mobility. There are four more in the pipeline, including the Surrey mathematics school, which should benefit young people in North East Hampshire. My hon. Friend will also be pleased to know that, due to the large increase in school funding announced last week, 100% of secondary schools in his constituency will benefit from the new minimum of at least £5,000 per pupil.
College Spending: Effect of VAT — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): We have announced a £400 million increase in 16-to-19 funding in 2020-21; this is the biggest year-on-year increase since 2010 and will have great benefits for FE and sixth-form colleges. Colleges are independent organisations and are responsible for managing their own financial sustainability, which includes their liability for VAT.
College Spending: Effect of VAT — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Labor
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very conscious that this has been a long-running issue, and I remember from when I was a governor at a further education college the impact that this has. We are always looking at how we can reduce the impact, and that is why we have the funding settlement that we have achieved this year of £400 million plus £100 million for pension liability costs.
College Spending: Effect of VAT — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Macroeconomics
Anne Margaret Main (Conservative, Centre-right): These funding announcements are extremely welcome in my constituency, and I have lobbied hard at all levels for these funding increases. Does the Secretary of State share my concern, however, that the Labour party has threatened to vote down the Queen’s Speech, which would mean that all these funding improvements would fall by the wayside?
College Spending: Effect of VAT — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I should like to pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s campaigning to deliver better funding for schools and post-16 education in her constituency. Many of the actions of Labour Members and their reckless approach give me great concern as they seem unwilling to listen to the will of the British people.
Leaving the EU: Higher Education — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: International Affairs
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): Leaving the European Union with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. We are working energetically and determinedly to get the very best deal. We are supporting the sector’s transition through Brexit, and have provided reassurance for EU nationals on access to student support for 2020-21, and on migration arrangements for staff and students.
Leaving the EU: Higher Education — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): It goes without saying that we will always be looking to ensure that all students in the United Kingdom get the very best in terms of their education, and Erasmus has played an important part in that. If we were in a situation where we did not have access to it, we would look at successor schemes.
Leaving the EU: Higher Education — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: International Affairs
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes the important point that there is an ability to access such schemes outside the European Union. This has been demonstrated in the past, and I am sure that it can be done in the future.
Private Higher Education Providers: Financial Sustainability — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): To be registered under the new regulatory framework, all higher education providers must demonstrate that they are financially viable, sustainable and well-managed organisations that deliver high quality education. The Office for Students has currently registered more than 380 providers, which means that it has assessed those providers to be financially sustainable looking forward over a five-year period.
Private Higher Education Providers: Financial Sustainability — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this important question. We have been working closely with GSM and the administrators to ensure that as many students as possible are transferred on to new courses if they are mid-course. At the moment, I do not have the data to answer his question, because how many accept this will come down to student choice, but as soon as we have the data I will of course write to him. The key focus has been to ensure that all those students get a place with an alternative provider.
Funding Allocation to Schools in Congleton — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Prime Minister has announced a £14 billion increase in investment for schools in England, including for schools in Congleton. This means that by 2022-23, core schools funding will increase by £4.6 billion more than a real-terms protection, and we will be announcing further school-level details in October.
Funding Allocation to Schools in Congleton — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Fiona Claire Bruce (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome this announcement, but what has concerned parents and teachers in my constituency and the wider Cheshire East area has been the historical underfunding of our local schools compared with those in other areas. So, to ensure truly fairer funding, will Ministers ensure that the Government’s schools budget boost specifically targets the biggest funding increases at schools in those areas that have been historically relatively underfunded?
Funding Allocation to Schools in Congleton — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, because it was as a result of her intervention that we introduced minimum per-pupil funding into the national funding formula. She and her constituents will be pleased to know that, as a result of last week’s funding announcement, all seven of the secondary schools in her constituency will benefit from our pledge to level up per-pupil funding to at least £5,000 per pupil, and that 16 primary schools in her constituency will benefit from the new level of at least £3,750 per pupil.
Disadvantaged Schools: Per Pupil Funding Increase — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment he has made of the benefit to disadvantaged schools of increasing the base unit of per pupil funding to (a) £4,000 in primary schools and (b) £5,000 in secondary schools.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Minimum per pupil values benefit the historically lowest-funded schools. We recognise that schools with more disadvantaged pupils require additional resources, and the national funding formula and pupil premium allocate additional funding in relation to disadvantaged pupils, so that schools with a higher proportion of disadvantaged pupils are the highest funded.
Disadvantaged Schools: Per Pupil Funding Increase — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment he has made of the benefit to disadvantaged schools of increasing the base unit of per pupil funding to (a) £4,000 in primary schools and (b) £5,000 in secondary schools.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Under this settlement, all schools will receive more money, at least in line with inflation, and schools with the highest proportions of children from disadvantaged backgrounds will receive the highest level of funding. Since 2011, we have closed the attainment gap by 9.5% in secondary schools and by 13% in primary schools.[Official Report, 25 September 2019, Vol. 664, c. 8MC.]
Disadvantaged Schools: Per Pupil Funding Increase — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment he has made of the benefit to disadvantaged schools of increasing the base unit of per pupil funding to (a) £4,000 in primary schools and (b) £5,000 in secondary schools.
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Schools Minister for the particular attention he has given to raising educational attainment in Northamptonshire and welcome the increase in funding for all schools, in particular the 14 primary schools and 4 secondary schools in Kettering, which have been historically the most underfunded.
Disadvantaged Schools: Per Pupil Funding Increase — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment he has made of the benefit to disadvantaged schools of increasing the base unit of per pupil funding to (a) £4,000 in primary schools and (b) £5,000 in secondary schools.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. It has been a pleasure working with him and other colleagues from Northamptonshire to raise standards of education in the area. I am sure that he and his constituents will be pleased about the funding settlement for schools in Northamptonshire.
Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities — House of Commons, 2019-09-09
Topic: Education
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question, which gives me another opportunity to let everyone know that the Government have announced an additional £14 billion for schools over the next three years, including the £700 million of high-needs funding for special educational needs and disabilities that we have been discussing.