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HANSARDEducation Technology: Oak National AcademyI will look at the numbers to which my noble friend refers. I wonder whether she is referring to lessons delivered by Oak during the pandemic, when they were online and children…07 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation Technology: Oak National AcademyThe procurement of materials for key stages 1 to 4 is largely discrete from the review. Oak will be providing resources only for key stages 1 to 4, and only digital resources.…07 Nov 2022HANSARDFamily: Protective EffectI will certainly take the point that my noble friend has raised back to the department. I am delighted to express my support for the incredibly important, difficult and sensitive…07 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesI am not entirely clear what the noble Lord’s question was. The Government do work very closely with schools to support them to do this. The balance that we need to strike is to…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesThe number of children who are in receipt of free school meals is at the highest level it has ever been—37% of the school population.02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesI think the noble Baroness may be aware that the Institute for Fiscal Studies has commented that in the current year it sees the salary increases as being affordable by schools.02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesI think that the noble Lord was in a parallel universe, because I certainly never used the language that he quoted back at me and I hope that he will accept that that is the case.…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesAs ever, the noble Lord raises an important point. Obviously, we will be able to say more about that in our responses to a number of the reviews into this area towards the end of…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesAs I said in my opening response, the department is absolutely committed to supporting schools. We have worked through our school resource management teams and saved more than £1…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesAgain, the Government work closely with schools, but ultimately it is within schools’ own responsibilities to organise and fund their school meals from their core funding.02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesWe always make strenuous recommendations on that. Perhaps I was sensitive to the noble Lord’s phrase; I think he used the term “fight”. We are trying to work collaboratively to…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesI absolutely agree with the noble Lord that schools are an incredibly important part of their local communities. The Government’s position is that it will be up to individual…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesI will respond to the noble Lord in two ways. He is well aware that as a nation we face incredibly difficult decisions over our public expenditure and the fiscal challenges we…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesMy Lords, we will always support schools so they can stay open five days a week. Alongside the additional £4 billion that we are investing in schools’ core funding in this…02 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools: ResourcesMy noble friend is right on the share of national wealth. On the British baccalaureate, the department is obviously considering the remarks made by the Prime Minister and we will…02 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation: PhilosophyI would be absolutely delighted to meet the teachers that the noble Baroness recommends. She will be aware that the disciplines of critical thinking are throughout our curriculum,…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation: PhilosophyThe right reverend Prelate will be aware of the legislation we were debating in Grand Committee only yesterday afternoon on the importance of free speech in our universities. The…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation: PhilosophyIf the House will forgive me, I am not sure I am entirely familiar with the term “A-levelisation”, but what I do know is that many more students are studying philosophy—almost…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation: PhilosophyI could not agree more with my noble friend.01 Nov 2022HANSARDEducation: PhilosophyHaving once had the pleasure of having tea with the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, I know that she is in another league in her ability to explain these complex things, but having a…01 Nov 2022