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Care Crisis Review — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations for his Department in the Family Rights Group report, “Care Crisis Review: Options for Change”, published in June 2018; and what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on that report.
Lucy Allan (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister agree with the basic premise of the care crisis review that, if more money were spent on early intervention and family support, fewer children would go into care, and does he agree that that would be a good thing?
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): The rates that we provide to childcare providers were based on the review of childcare costs, which was described as "thorough and wide-ranging" by the National Audit Office. We have recently commissioned new research to further understand providers’ care costs.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Thirty hours is a success story. The summer numbers are 340,000 children aged three and four benefiting from 30 hours a week free childcare. For those parents taking advantage of that, that is a £5,000 saving a year. We are conducting a review to look at the economics of the model, as we have done in the past, when we raised the hourly rate from £4.65 to £5. It is a huge success story, and clearly the hon. Gentleman is running scared.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right. We have listened carefully, including to many views in this Chamber, and we have delivered. As of September, foster carers who qualify for the 30 hours a week free childcare for three and four-year-olds can take advantage of it.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): There are 402 maintained nursery schools. The hon. Lady has championed their cause and I have seen at first hand the great work they do. She is right that the funding goes up to 2020. Clearly, we have to see what happens, but they are a very important part of the mix of provision.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): I do agree that access to childcare is very important. I will look at the specific details the hon. Gentleman mentions, but suffice it to say that we are investing £50 million more to help schools to open a nursery setting.
Cold Water Shock: Mandatory Teaching — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): In the new national curriculum, which we introduced in 2014, maintained primary schools are required to teach swimming and water safety. Pupils are required to be taught how to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, covering a range of strokes. It also requires pupils to be taught to perform self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Cold Water Shock: Mandatory Teaching — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for the work that she has been doing over several years to ensure that children are better informed about the dangers of water and how to be safe in and around it. I thank her for her campaigns and that of the father of Ross Irwin, to whom I also pay tribute. Thanks to the Royal Life Saving Society and Sunderland City Council, there are now improved water safety measures in place at the Fatfield riverside on the River Wear. We take these issues very seriously, which is why we improved the curriculum and why this Government asked an independent group of experts from across the swimming sector to submit an independent report, setting out how we can improve swimming and the swimming curriculum in our schools.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We have made good progress. We have announced the providers who will deliver the first three T-levels from 2020. We published the outline content for them, developed by panels of employers, and have begun the process to select an awarding organisation to develop them.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Marcus John Hudson Fysh (Conservative, Centre-right): Why, with its huge success in piloting industry work placements and its leadership of best practice in the area, has Yeovil College been left out of the T-level pilots, and how can the Secretary of State help to make up for its and my disappointment?
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We have thus far selected a relatively small number of colleges to teach the first three T-levels from 2020. This is an ongoing programme and more T-levels and colleges will come on stream in the years to come. We expect to launch the process to select providers for 2021 early in 2019.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Eventually, as per the Sainsbury report, we will be looking right across industry and the requirements for technical and vocational education and training. We are looking at the combination of T-levels and apprenticeships to deliver learning across those routes. These are just the first three for 2020 and there will be a further 12 to come very soon.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Industrial placements are at the heart of the T-levels programme. We are investing £5 million in the National Apprenticeship Service to make sure that it can be a one-stop shop. We have published "How to" guidance for employers, and we continue to work closely with bodies such as the Federation of Small Businesses and small employers themselves to establish the support that they need to offer these placements.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Labor
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for laying out his acceptance criteria for my response. The simple point is that we are working hard from now, not starting in 2020, to build up the availability of industrial placements, because they are such an important part of the programme.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Labor
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We think the quality requirements for apprenticeships are absolutely central, and that includes the 20% off-the-job training requirement, as well as the minimum 12-month length. We should also bear it in mind that over the last few years there has been further strengthening of the overall employment market, so today the proportion of young people who are unemployed and not in full-time education is down to 5%, as opposed to 8-point-something per cent. at the change of Government. The apprenticeship programme remains absolutely vital to building up the skills level of the nation.
T-levels — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Dear oh dear! Gordon! I do not quite know where to go with that question, because I do not recognise its premise. I spend a great deal of time talking to employers, providers and others throughout the sector about this programme, and if the hon. Gentleman consults the Sainsbury report, he will see the overall blueprint. It is absolutely clear where T-levels fit in with the overall skills landscape, including levels 4 and 5, which also need improving. T-levels are fundamental to building up the country’s skills base, and I would expect to see him supporting them.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We continue to support schools in meeting their wide range of safeguarding duties, and as part of the integrated communities strategy, I have announced measures intended to safeguard children across the spectrum of educational settings, including out-of-school settings and home education.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): The Bridge School, a specialist school in Ipswich, in my constituency, offers education to pupils of all ages with profound and severe learning difficulties. Following growing concerns about specific safeguarding issues, an Ofsted report was undertaken and found the school to be inadequate on every count, which is almost unprecedented. There is now a real sense of instability at the school. Given the vulnerable nature of the children, will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss what can be done?
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course I understand that, and of course I would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. Where a maintained school is judged inadequate, my Department has a legal duty to issue an academy order, and the regional schools commissioner is considering all further options available to support the school through this transition.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): The Department’s highly unusual application to the court for a closure order for the Darul Uloom School in Chislehurst has not only received wide publicity but raised concern among residents and, no doubt, parents. Will the Secretary of State update us on the position and meet me to discuss the way forward for this school, which has a long-standing poor record in academic matters?
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Again, I understand those concerns, and of course I will be happy to meet my hon. Friend. We did apply to the magistrates court for an emergency order to close the school in his constituency. At a hearing last Friday, the school agreed some significant assurances, including—crucially—that the two individuals associated with the case would have no further involvement. The school will remain closed until a new trustee is appointed, who will be approved by the Department for Education.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Social Welfare
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): I will always keep an open mind about what more we can do to help care leavers—that is at the heart of the care leavers covenant—and of course I will continue to look at what the Scottish Government do, as well as others.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): At the weekend I was contacted by a constituent who chairs one of the maintained nursery schools in north-east Lincolnshire. She expressed views similar to those expressed by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East (Emma Reynolds) about funding. Will my right hon. Friend confirm his continuing support for maintained nurseries, and will he ensure that funds are in place to provide the certainty that they require?
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): The Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), talked about the maintained nursery sector earlier. I can confirm that we greatly value the role played by maintained nurseries, and will continue to work with them to ensure that they play that role as effectively as possible in our diverse early-years sector.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): I should of course be happy to look into the case that the hon. Gentleman has raised. We have allocated a total of £23 billion of capital for school buildings, but it is difficult for me to comment on that specific case from the Dispatch Box without knowing the details.
Education Settings — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): At the heart of our priorities since May 2010 has been raising standards for all children while also narrowing the gap, and I welcome the narrowing gap that we have seen in both primary and secondary schools. Is there more to do? Yes, there is, and that is at the heart of our opportunity areas programme, which—as the hon. Gentleman will know—identifies the pockets of under-achievement that may exist even in otherwise more affluent regions, and seeks to establish what area-specific conditions are required.
Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What steps he has taken to implement the recommendations set out in “Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy: An independent review” by Sir Nick Weller, published in November 2016.
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): As recommended by Sir Nick Weller, we have implemented a range of measures in the north to improve teaching and leadership capacity, recruit and retain teachers, and close the disadvantage gap. In 2017, nearly 400,000 more children were in good or outstanding schools in the north than in 2010.
Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What steps he has taken to implement the recommendations set out in “Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy: An independent review” by Sir Nick Weller, published in November 2016.
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We continue to spend on a range of programmes in the north, and some of the results are reflected in the figures I have just given. Bradford is of course one of the opportunity areas to which I referred, and £1.5 million has been provided to fund school improvements there. We are seeking to support the work of Bradford for Teaching, and Academy Ambassadors is working to further strengthen multi-academy trusts across the north. Altogether, more than £767 million of additional pupil premium funding was allocated to schools in the north, which over-indexed on pupil premium funding in comparison with the rest of the country.
Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What steps he has taken to implement the recommendations set out in “Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy: An independent review” by Sir Nick Weller, published in November 2016.
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to confirm that we remain committed to all areas of the country. In English education there is nothing as simple as a north-south divide. There are areas of educational under-achievement in the north, the south and the middle. We need to seek them out wherever they are, and provide the support and accountability that are needed to ensure that those children too can thrive.
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Through the national funding formula, we are giving every local authority more money for every pupil in every school in 2018-19 and 2019-20. However, we have always made it clear that local authorities remain responsible for determining schools’ final budget allocations in these transition years, in consultation with their schools.
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Under the national funding formula we prioritise children from disadvantaged backgrounds; that is a key element of the way we allocate funding in a fairer way. In the hon. Lady’s constituency, the average per pupil funding for primary schools under the national funding formula when it is fully implemented will be £6,140, compared with the national average of £4,193 per primary school pupil. For secondary, the hon. Lady’s schools will be funded at £7,965 per pupil compared with the national average of £5,380.
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister knows that I have written to him and met him to discuss some of the budgets of schools in my constituency, which seem to be going down, at variance to the impression the Government would give; and those schools where the budget is going up seem to have their costs increasing at a faster rate than the increase in funding they are getting. Will the Minister look again at the schools budget in the Shipley constituency? Will he perhaps write to me with his understanding of what each school is getting this year and in the next financial year compared with the last financial year, and will he commit to making sure they get adequate funding? And if he is looking for a pot of money, perhaps the overseas aid budget would be a good place to start.
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course I will write to my hon. Friend as he asks, but I have to say that we are spending record amounts of money on schools, some £42.4 billion this year. There has never been a sum as high spent on schools in our history, and it will rise again next year to £43.5 billion, and we announced an increase in school funding last July to the tune of £1.3 billion. That was the result of successful negotiations with the Treasury.
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.; All Birkenhead schools, like schools throughout the country, suffer real cuts in their budgets. Will the Minister meet me to seek ways by which we automatically enrol all poor children for free school dinners, and, as importantly, the Government’s initiative, the school premium?
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman makes some interesting points and I will take advice on his suggestions, but I must say that we have guaranteed the pupil premium to the end of this Parliament: it is over £1,300 for every pupil eligible for free school meals attending a primary school, and nearly £1,000 for every disadvantaged child attending a secondary school.
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.; All Birkenhead schools, like schools throughout the country, suffer real cuts in their budgets. Will the Minister meet me to seek ways by which we automatically enrol all poor children for free school dinners, and, as importantly, the Government’s initiative, the school premium?
Nigel Paul Huddleston (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister agree that there is nothing morally superior about maintaining a blatantly unfair existing system, and is it not fair and reasonable therefore to target increases in school funding on schools, such as those in Worcestershire, that have been relatively underfunded for decades?
School Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Questions: What estimate he has made of the number of schools that will have a cash terms reduction in their budget in 2018-19 compared with 2017-18.; All Birkenhead schools, like schools throughout the country, suffer real cuts in their budgets. Will the Minister meet me to seek ways by which we automatically enrol all poor children for free school dinners, and, as importantly, the Government’s initiative, the school premium?
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The national fairer funding system is giving every local authority in the country more money for every pupil in every school in 2018-19 and 2019-20, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies says that school funding will be maintained in real terms per pupil in those two years. But we have always been clear that for these two years we will allow some discretion to local authorities as to how they allocate that funding to each of their local schools, and that is why the points the hon. Lady made arise: because we have given discretion to local authorities.
Academy Trusts — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): As the Secretary of State outlined in his speech to the National Association of Head Teachers, we will support and hold to account trusts with poor educational, financial or governance performance. We will continue to act swiftly and robustly to turn around academies that Ofsted has judged inadequate, bringing about leadership change if that is necessary.
Academy Trusts — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, we will. The University Church of England Academy was judged to be inadequate by Ofsted in April last year. There was then a question of whether the multi-academy trust could provide the support that that school needed. Following a recent Ofsted monitoring visit to the academy, the Department took the view that insufficient progress was being made and that the leadership of the trust was not taking sufficient action. That is why my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the hon. Gentleman confirming that the academy was going to be brokered to a higher-performing multi-academy trust, and we will do that as swiftly as possible.
Neurodiverse People — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): I witnessed at first hand the work of the Autism Education Trust at the Rise School in Feltham, in helping to train schoolteachers, receptionists, caretakers and others across the teams in schools. About 175,000 people have been trained to recognise and help children with autism.
STEM Subjects — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Samuel Phillip Gyimah (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are committed to tackling our need for science, technology, engineering and maths skills in order to create a dynamic, innovation-driven economy. That is why we are investing an additional £406 million in skills, including maths and digital. This includes the advanced maths premium, and an £84 million programme to improve the teaching of computing, which should help to increase the take-up of these subjects.
STEM Subjects — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Colin James Clark (Conservative, Centre-right): The Oil & Gas Technology Centre in Aberdeen is a major promoter of STEM subjects. Does the Minister agree that it is essential to prioritise the take-up of STEM subjects if we are to have the engineers and technicians that we need for the future?
STEM Subjects — House of Commons, 2018-06-25
Topic: Education
Samuel Phillip Gyimah (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is why we are encouraging more students into STEM education across the entire school system. We have seen a 17% overall increase in entries to STEM A-levels since 2010. In physics, it is overall at its highest level since 1996. However, there is clearly a lot more to do, which is why we are focused on doing a lot through careers and through the university system.