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HANSARDTeacher ShortagesFirst, I do not accept that it is a crisis. Secondly, if the noble Lord looks at the long-term numbers on this, in subjects such as mathematics, which is raised frequently in the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesI am very happy to take the noble Lord’s point back to the department. I am aware that teacher mobility is much greater in London than in some other parts of the country. I…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesI think the serious point here is that there is a serious situation in the handful of schools where we have had to intervene on the concrete. Of course, it could not be more…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesThe noble Baroness makes a good point. We are extremely supportive of partnerships between independent schools and state-funded schools. That cuts across a wide range of areas, of…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesWe always keep these issues under review, but our assessment at the moment is that the greatest pressures are in some regional areas—hence our levelling-up premiums—and in certain…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesMy noble friend makes an important point. We are extremely concerned about the specific issue of children missing from education and, more broadly, about the impact that Covid has…06 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesI know that the noble Lord has worked very hard in this area. We still have 81.1% of music lessons being delivered by quality—qualified; I am sure they are all quality—music…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I now turn to Amendment 3, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Twycross, Lady Thornton and Lady Wilcox of Newport, and the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. This amendment…05 Sept 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, ahead of speaking to the amendments tabled, I thank all noble Lords across the Chamber for their contributions and the support they have expressed, both for this Bill…05 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their remarks. I feel that I must start by countering the assertions from the noble Earl that safety has come second to budgets and that…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsMy Lords, with the leave of the House I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education. The Statement is as…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsMy noble friend makes a good point. More broadly, making sure that we have a deep technical understanding about how these building materials develop over time is critical. With…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI thank my noble friend for her question. The short answer is yes. We have had a dedicated team in the department following up and calling, in some cases several times, all the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsIn relation to the noble Baroness’s question about free school meals, children who are eligible for free school meals will continue to receive free school meals in the setting…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsWe have made significant investments in our schools—£15 billion since 2015, and £19 billion in this spending review period. I mentioned that we have added 1 million school places…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI remind the noble Lord that the Government made a full survey of the school estate. We carried out the first one I think between 2017 and 2019 and we are in the middle of the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI completely agree with my noble friend. We are most concerned to minimise online teaching and remote learning. Our children have been out of the classroom enough with Covid, and…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsThe guidance that we have produced started in 2018, just to be clear. Once we were aware of the primary school that I referred to in the Statement that had collapsed, we…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsIn relation to the injection of capital, I know the noble Baroness will have heard the Chancellor say that we will be making the money available in both the short and longer term…04 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsIt certainly informs the second although, as the noble Lord knows, larger academy trusts and local authorities have discretion to judge within their own school estate how they…04 Sept 2023