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HANSARDSports Participation in SchoolsI agree with my noble friend, and that is why, back in 2017, as a result of the sugar tax, we doubled the PE and sport premium for primary schools to enable them to do just that.…09 Sept 2021HANSARDSports Participation in SchoolsI have outlined to noble Lords the increase in the extra-curricular participation that we have funded, by way of premises being open. On 16-plus, as part of Ofsted’s inspection of…09 Sept 2021HANSARDCultural and Education ExchangesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for bringing to your Lordships’ attention the important matter of cultural and educational exchanges. International…22 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, the Government are clear that many parents provide elective home education and do it extremely well. The outcomes for their children are excellent, including for many…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, the noble Baroness is correct in relation to unregistered schools. We have been aware of this issue and Ofsted has been resourced to do this. Between 1 January 2016 and…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, as I have outlined, every parent, regardless of their religious persuasion, has a duty to ensure that their child receives a suitable education. If a parent removes…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Willetts, and for his thanks. It is a pleasure to engage with noble Lords. This is my first piece of…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, many out-of-school settings offer a very valuable service, particularly to those who electively home educate, because they offer services to groups of children that…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenThe noble Lord is correct that “suitable” takes into account different developmental and other characteristics of the child. Any special educational needs that a child has are…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]Just to say that I would be delighted to meet my noble friend at a convenient point.21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to further discuss our vision for lifelong learning. As part of the lifetime skills guarantee, and as I hope noble Lords are now…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move Government Amendment 91A and speak to Amendments 91B, 91C, 99C and 99D in my name. These are primarily aimed at amending Clause 15, which in turn amends…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords. I am feeling sympathy for my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott as I will deal first with the questions asked by the noble Baroness, Lady…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]To clarify, the point that I was raising was in relation to FE courses. My noble friend Lord Johnson referred to existing courses in HE in terms of the creative industries. What…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, parents have the right to educate their children at home and many do so very well, sometimes in very difficult circumstances. However, there are some cases in which…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, obviously within our public schools system there are different ethoses, including, of course, many Church of England schools. The statutory duty on parents is that they…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, in relation to the register, that is precisely the reason we are committed to a system of registration so that there is an accurate dataset. We have made it clear that…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, as I have said, 91 of these settings have been closed or ceased to operate when they were inspected. We are looking at whether Ofsted needs additional powers when it…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, unfortunately, I can give the noble Lord no further details on the time. He will be aware that when we launched the consultation on the register in April 2019, we also…21 Jul 2021