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HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesI absolutely agree with my noble friend that young people should be well-equipped to understand not just the options for their subject but that subject at that particular…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesI am less familiar with the details of the health service but, in relation to teaching and children’s social care, that is why there is so much focus in our work on retention,…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesThe noble Baroness talks about £32 million; our skills reforms are backed by an investment of £3.8 billion over the course of this Parliament to strengthen higher and further…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesThe Government are committed to the development of apprenticeships at all levels, including, for example, degree apprenticeships for nurses in the NHS. In relation to the earlier…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesThe Government are not considering that at the moment, and I remind the House that teacher numbers are at an all-time high, at over 468,000.27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesThe noble Baroness has anticipated well that I do not agree that those skills are not valued in our education system. Obviously, those skills are evolving and developing more into…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesI thank the noble Lord for his supplementary question. I recognise some of the points that he makes about the regional differences in graduate opportunities. However, on our wider…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesMy Lords, one-third of vacancies in the UK are due to skills shortages. The Government want to develop a world-leading, employer-focused, high-quality skills system that is fit…27 Nov 2023HANSARDEducational TechnologyMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for her work in establishing standards for online safety and privacy, and for securing this debate.…23 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformTo be fair, we need to be careful not to generalise too much. We have had some egregious examples, of which the most notable recently was the Hesley Group, with terrible abuses…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformI absolutely accept that far too many children who are in children’s homes—around two-thirds last year—were placed outside their local authority area. Obviously, I enormously…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformI do not agree with that. While I agree that children in care homes potentially have more severe mental health issues, I think that, typically, children who go into a care home…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformThe Government are making a great deal of effort in this area. We are investing over £27 million, in this spending review period, in a foster care recruitment and retention…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformMy Lords, we want all looked-after children to live in stable, loving homes where they are safe and cared for. We are taking forward the commitments already made to improve the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformI do not accept the noble Lord’s assertion that the Government’s plans are unambitious, but I do recognise some of the concerns he raises about profiteering, which, as he knows,…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformThe noble Baroness will be aware that in some cases there is a duty of care up to age 25 for children who have certain special educational needs and disabilities. I share my noble…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformI have already talked about the change to the financial oversight that we want to bring in the children’s social care market. The noble Baroness will also be aware that we are…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformI thank my noble friend and have great respect for him sharing his own experience from Sheffield. The reality of our situation today is that just over 80% of children’s home…20 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: ReformWe are going to publish the long-awaited kinship care strategy by the end of this year, which will set out our national direction. Over the next two years, we will establish a new…20 Nov 2023HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsI acknowledge the noble Lord’s point about the variability in identification of certain commonly occurring special educational needs. There is a variability as the noble Lord…15 Nov 2023