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HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACI am aware that in individual areas, a lot of those conversations have been going on. We have certainly received a lot of correspondence in the department with offers of help, but…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACMy Lords, every school or college with confirmed RAAC will be assigned dedicated support from a caseworker, who will work with them to assess what support is needed and implement…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACOf the 214 schools the noble Earl referred to, 202 are providing full-time face-to-face education and 12 are in hybrid arrangements. In all cases, we work with the school to make…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACI am sorry that the noble Baroness’s granddaughter is having that disruption to her education. I would, however, stress that a number of schools with RAAC were part of Building…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACI cannot give the House an exact figure today because we are working through every school’s exact needs with them, but I would obviously be delighted to report back to the House…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACI cannot give the noble Lord an exact timeline because, as the House will have seen from the data we published on 19 October, we are identifying a number of additional schools…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACSchools face different challenges every year, and I am not aware that there are plans to recalibrate the league tables as a result of this—I would be very surprised if that…23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchools: Catering Facilities and RAACIt is not so much that I cannot give an answer now or in writing, but rather that the arrangements schools have put in place change frequently, as the noble Baroness will…23 Oct 2023HANSARDAccess to Musical Education in SchoolMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, for securing this debate and congratulate him on restructuring BBC Radio 4’s schedule to put on…18 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsI can only repeat what I said to the noble Lord, Lord Addington. Each school, as the noble Baroness well knows, has a deep understanding of the needs of their school community and…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsThere are areas of the country which, for historic reasons, have had lower than average per-pupil funding: the north-east, the north-west and Yorkshire and Humber, to give some…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsI think the noble Lord will accept that schools have significant autonomy over their budgets, and therefore it would not be appropriate for me to speculate on where they will make…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsFirst, I do not accept that we are not honouring our commitment; it was £59.6 billion, and we are honouring that. It is important to have that on the record. The noble Lord will…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsThe noble Baroness needs to forgive me, but I am not familiar with the instances to which she refers. I am not aware of anywhere that there has been an error made by officials and…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsWe understand that this has a clear impact on schools and on local authorities in particular. That is why we are working through this closely with local authorities. But to be…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsI do not accept that the Government delayed action either in relation to RAAC or in this case. In relation to RAAC, when we had new information that came to us as a department, we…17 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my right honourable friend the Minister for Schools to an Urgent Question in…17 Oct 2023HANSARDEducation: Advanced British StandardMaybe it would make sense to talk to the school in question to understand its decision to offer Polish.17 Oct 2023HANSARDEducation: Advanced British StandardClearly, we will not do the latter. It is incredibly important that we design this in such a way that we have the right offer for children with special educational needs and…17 Oct 2023HANSARDEducation: Advanced British StandardI am slightly surprised by the noble Baroness’s last remark. This programme clearly cannot work without the buy-in, understanding and support of school leaderships, so it would be…17 Oct 2023