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Maintenance Loans — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the timetable for the introduction of maintenance loans for students undertaking (a) technical qualifications and (b) distance learning.; What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the timetable for the introduction of maintenance loans for students undertaking (a) technical qualifications and (b) distance learning.
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): I am amazed by the hon. Gentleman’s question. I thought he would rise to celebrate the £500 million extra we are spending on further education, the £2.5 billion we will be spending on apprenticeships by 2020, or the £40 million on pilots for lifelong learning. By 2020, there will be more funding for adult education than at any time in England’s history. We have a record of which we can be proud; it is time the hon. Gentleman supported us.
Mental Wellbeing — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Anne Margaret Main (Conservative, Centre-right): Parents who have children with autism have told me that they have great difficulty accessing curricular and extracurricular activities. What more can be done to link up CAMHS and schools to ensure that there is a crossover of information so that these conditions can be managed better?
Mental Wellbeing — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): I am well aware of the effects of foetal alcohol syndrome. I saw them for myself as I was growing up in some of the foster children whom we looked after. I know it is a cause that the hon. Gentleman has been strongly advocating. Changes to teacher training and to teachers’ standards has meant that much greater emphasis is placed on ensuring that teachers are skilled in special educational needs, of which foetal alcohol syndrome is part, but of course it is what happens on the ground that is important, and we will continue to do what we can to ensure that that practice improves.
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The £4.4 billion priority school building programme is rebuilding and refurbishing those schools in the very worst condition. There are two phases covering 537 schools. Phase 2, which runs to 2021, sought bids from schools by the deadline of 21 July 2014, and is designed to improve the fabric of specific buildings in 277 schools.
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Robert James MacGillivray Neill (Conservative, Centre-right): The Marjorie McClure school in Chislehurst is a special school that deals with young people with some of the most profound and complex disabilities. It is a magnificent school, but every year it has to turn applicants away because it simply does not have the size to cope with the numbers, and neither do the other two special schools in the borough. The school was delighted to be successful in its application, which was announced in 2015, but the first visit from anyone from the Education Funding Agency to the school was only in February of this year. Will the Minister see what can be done to expedite this particularly special and unique set of circumstances?
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the way in which he has fought for improvements to the Marjorie McClure school, which was visited by my hon. Friend the Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families. It was successful in its bid, and it is already in the feasibility phase. The Education Funding Agency has started to identify the options available to address the condition of the building, so that we can say that we do know where and we do know when.
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): There is £420 million available under the healthy schools capital programme. That is all part of £23 billion that we are spending between now and 2020-21 to maintain, rebuild and replace buildings in the worst condition. None of that would be possible if we did not have the strong economy that we have today and that we did not have when the hon. Gentleman’s party was in power.
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Robert Edward Jenrick (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Government for the new fund that has been made available for capital projects on special schools, £2.5 million of which is coming to Nottinghamshire to help rebuild the Newark Orchard school in my constituency. Will the Government go to greater efforts to publicise that fund so that colleagues and constituents across the country who are worried about special schools in poor condition know that it is there for them?
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. This is a £250 million package that was recently announced, and it is part of a capital spending commitment by this Government to ensure that we have the right fabric of schools in our system. Again, that was possible only by our having a strong economy.
Priority School Building Programme 2 — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is right. In March 2015, we published a comprehensive review into how asbestos is managed in schools. In February, the Department for Education published revised guidance on how to manage asbestos in schools, and it is our aim, over time, to eliminate asbestos in schools as schools are replaced or refurbished. In the meantime, schools need to ensure that asbestos-containing materials are undamaged and not in locations where they are vulnerable to damage.
Apprenticeship Programmes — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Labor
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): We have a wealth of advice and guidance for employers and small businesses through the "Employing an apprentice" and "Recruit an apprentice" pages of gov.uk. There is information for employers on all aspects of apprenticeship recruitment. This requires training organisations to post vacancies to be viewed by and applied for by candidates using the find an apprenticeship service.
Apprenticeship Programmes — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Amanda Anne Milling (Conservative, Centre-right): Although they are keen to take on apprentices, I have small businesses in Cannock Chase that are finding it difficult to identify candidates. What are the Government doing to make it easier for small businesses to connect with local colleges and potential apprentices?
Apprenticeship Programmes — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Labor
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for her question and for her championship of apprenticeships in her constituency. We are doing a lot: we are spending millions to incentivise small businesses and providers to take on apprentices; we have a huge communication programme —43,000 small businesses have recently been contacted by the Skills Funding Agency’s "Get In. Go Far" programme—and we have a network of 500 apprenticeship ambassadors. We are doing all we can. It is worth noting that roughly 200,000 small businesses have apprentices.
Apprenticeship Programmes — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): It is worth noting that 75.7% of those that applied to get on the register have been successful. One hundred and seventy further education colleges got on to the register, as did 178 providers of apprenticeship training in Birmingham. No existing apprentices in the colleges will be affected.
Apprenticeship Programmes — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Government Operations
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to meet MPs from Birmingham and any other area. The crucial aim behind the decision is to improve quality. Getting on the register is a competitive procurement process—everyone had to fulfil the same criteria. It is important to note that, from tomorrow, those that did not get on the register can reapply, so they may yet succeed.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): Under our national funding proposals, more money will follow students, particularly to schools that are educating pupils who are disadvantaged and from lower-income families. On the roll of one of the schools my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) has highlighted, 25% of the young people are on free school meals, whereas the proportion in the other school is less than 1%. That accounts for the majority of the difference.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
John Philip Glen (Conservative, Centre-right): May I draw my right hon. Friend’s attention to the grammar schools in my constituency, which face a cut of 3% in their funding under the proposed formula, despite a school up the road getting an increase of 11%? Will she examine how, within the absolutely necessary Treasury constraints, such inexplicable outcomes can be avoided? We must be sure that selective schools understand that the Government are fully on their side.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend points out, I do not get to write my own cheques and I have to live within my departmental budget. We are looking carefully at how to get the fair funding approach right. I agree that we have to make sure that similar children facing similar challenges and with similar needs are consistently funded, wherever in the UK they live, and of course we want to support successful schools.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Neil Quentin Gordon Parish (Conservative, Centre-right): Colyton Grammar School in my constituency has a great headteacher, wonderful staff and pupils with huge levels of attainment. The school would very much like to expand. How can the Secretary of State help it to expand more than it can at the moment?
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): To build on my previous point, the consultation, "Schools that work for everyone", also covered our proposals to allow expanding existing selective schools to be able to offer more choice to parents and our proposals to increase the number of school places at good and outstanding schools. We will make available dedicated funding of up to £50 million a year to support those schools to expand.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady tries to get me to pre-empt my White Paper, which will come out in the coming weeks. I am pleased that Labour Front Benchers are finally engaging in the fact that there is a real chance to ensure that we have an approach to selection that works in the 21st century and for our education system as it is today.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
James Michael Ellwood Berry (Conservative, Centre-right): In the Budget, £320 million was announced for new schools, some of which may be grammar schools. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that new schools are desperately needed and that, although some may be grammar schools, that does not affect the revenue funding that this House has discussed in many questions today?
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): Indeed, and my hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have to plan ahead. We know that we need to create more good school places for the children coming through our education system. Some school places will be in response to choices at a local level for selective schools, but others will be non-selective school places and places for meeting the needs of local communities.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): We need to ensure that schools have more freedoms to be able to run themselves in a way that means they can deliver strong educational outcomes. I notice that the hon. Lady clearly does not want to talk about the fact that standards in Scotland are going backwards in science, maths and reading.
Selective Secondary Education — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I would have hoped that the hon. Lady welcomed the fact that we announced £500 million extra for school capital, and that is not just for ensuring that we have more places for children who need them. Part of that is £200 million to improve the existing school estate. She asks about the numbers. She seems to have misunderstood that the numbers relate to the amount that is being spent during this Parliament. Of course, there will be further investment in the next Parliament, which I would hope that she welcomed.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): As I told the House last month, increasing educational opportunity for disadvantaged pupils underpins our commitment to make sure we have a country that works for everyone. Through the pupil premium, worth £2.5 billion this year, we are narrowing the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. In 2016-17, £4.2 million of this funding was allocated to schools in Boston and Skegness.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Matthew Robert Warman (Conservative, Centre-right): I recently hosted Boston and Skegness’s first constituency schools conference, bringing together governors and teachers, and I thank the Secretary of State for her personal involvement in helping with that. However, what I heard at that conference was that, while teachers and governors welcome the extra £4.6 million that is proposed to come to Lincolnshire, they believe we could hear after the consultation closes that the money will be better distributed, so that secondary schools, in particular, will see Lincolnshire’s unique needs addressed. Can the Minister confirm that the consultation will address that?
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure that the Secretary of State has heard my hon. Friend’s plea, and I am sure that he heard what she said in relation to that matter. However, another change the Government have brought in that will help disadvantaged children, and which should not be forgotten, is around progression measures and making sure the progress of every child counts towards a school’s measured performance. I am sure that will help all pupils in my hon. Friend’s area, as well as across the country.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: My constituency sends the least children to university. Bristol University’s Bristol scholars scheme, which is aimed at widening access, has taken a third of its pupils from private schools. Does the Minister agree that that makes an entire mockery of the scheme?
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): We of course welcome initiatives, such as the one the hon. Lady has described, to widen participation in higher education. In 2017-18, universities intend to spend more than £833 million on measures to improve access and student success through their access agreements for students from disadvantaged backgrounds—up significantly from £404 million in 2009.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: My constituency sends the least children to university. Bristol University’s Bristol scholars scheme, which is aimed at widening access, has taken a third of its pupils from private schools. Does the Minister agree that that makes an entire mockery of the scheme?; Some of our most deprived communities are found in rural and coastal areas. What account is the Department taking of the particular challenges schools face in rural and coastal areas such as those in Cornwall?
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend will know that part of the consultation is looking at that aspect of our school geography, and the sparsity factor seeks to address it. However, we also have the new opportunity areas, which are looking at parts of the country, including coastal towns, where schools face particular challenges, and we can try to home in on those and spread good practice.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: My constituency sends the least children to university. Bristol University’s Bristol scholars scheme, which is aimed at widening access, has taken a third of its pupils from private schools. Does the Minister agree that that makes an entire mockery of the scheme?; Some of our most deprived communities are found in rural and coastal areas. What account is the Department taking of the particular challenges schools face in rural and coastal areas such as those in Cornwall?
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): With an eight-week-old baby, I am not sleeping particularly well at the moment. However, business rates are funded, and a consultation is taking place to try to ensure that the funding we have available for schools, which is at record levels, is distributed as fairly as possible.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: My constituency sends the least children to university. Bristol University’s Bristol scholars scheme, which is aimed at widening access, has taken a third of its pupils from private schools. Does the Minister agree that that makes an entire mockery of the scheme?; Some of our most deprived communities are found in rural and coastal areas. What account is the Department taking of the particular challenges schools face in rural and coastal areas such as those in Cornwall?; What measures will the Minister take to ensure that selective and top-performing secondary schools such as Thomas Telford School in my constituency are accessible to children irrespective of their backgrounds?
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): As part of the consultation, we propose a number of conditions that would make new selective schools more accessible to children from low-income backgrounds. We are analysing all the responses we have had to the consultation, which I am sure include responses from my hon. Friend’s constituency, and we plan to publish a formal response in the spring.
Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: My constituency sends the least children to university. Bristol University’s Bristol scholars scheme, which is aimed at widening access, has taken a third of its pupils from private schools. Does the Minister agree that that makes an entire mockery of the scheme?; Some of our most deprived communities are found in rural and coastal areas. What account is the Department taking of the particular challenges schools face in rural and coastal areas such as those in Cornwall?; What measures will the Minister take to ensure that selective and top-performing secondary schools such as Thomas Telford School in my constituency are accessible to children irrespective of their backgrounds?
Anthony Edward Timpson (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to give that undertaking. We have a new UTC in Crewe that is performing extremely well for pupils wanting to get into engineering. I am sure that pupils in the right hon. Lady’s constituency want to have similar opportunities available to them. Of course we remain open to any further conversations as this progresses.
School Funding Formula — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the new national funding formula on the capacity of schools to provide high-quality education for all.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): My national funding formula proposals will mean that we will have a clear, relatively simple and transparent funding system that matches funding to children’s needs and to the schools they attend to ensure that all pupils reach their full potential regardless of where they live. We recognise that schools are facing cost pressures, which is why we will continue to provide support to help them use their funding in cost-effective ways without affecting educational outcomes.
School Funding Formula — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the new national funding formula on the capacity of schools to provide high-quality education for all.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The EPI has said that the national funding formula is broadly welcome. David Laws, its executive chairman, said that "the department is right to pursue a formula which targets a significant proportion of funding to disadvantaged pupils" The hon. Lady will know that inner London remains the highest-funded part of the country; it is 30% better funded on a per-pupil basis than the national average.
School Funding Formula — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the new national funding formula on the capacity of schools to provide high-quality education for all.
Michael Louis David Fabricant (Conservative, Centre-right): It might be International Happiness Day, but I can tell my right hon. Friend that parents in Staffordshire are pretty unhappy, actually, because they are in a county that is in the bottom 15 of funding throughout the UK. Fairer funding must not just be open; it needs to be fair, too, and Staffordshire schools are losing out. That is unacceptable.
School Funding Formula — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the new national funding formula on the capacity of schools to provide high-quality education for all.
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure that my hon. Friend will be making representations through the consultation process. The consultation closes on Wednesday, and we will listen to and read very carefully all the contributions. Funding in his constituency rises by about 1.2%, equal to about £600,000, and 65% of his schools will see an increase.
School Funding Formula — House of Commons, 2017-03-20
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment she has made of the potential effect of the new national funding formula on the capacity of schools to provide high-quality education for all.; Heads in my constituency have told me that they are already having to cut teachers, teaching assistants, key courses and even school hours, and from Friday’s EPI report we find that there are unlikely to be any schools in England that will avoid per-pupil funding cuts. Does the Minister recognise that the Government are breaking yet another manifesto promise?
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): No; 54% of schools in this country will gain funding under the national funding formula. The hon. Lady will be aware that her local authority, Hounslow, will see overall funding for schools rise from £170.7 million to £171.2 million as a result of the national funding formula.