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HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, the Government are committed to high-quality education for all pupils, including in the arts. Schools are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum, which…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, the Government have had to make some difficult fiscal decisions on the arts premium. As noble Lords are aware, we have no money for free schools this year. That, along…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, the Government have made clear in all the guidance that we have issued to schools that they should be delivering that balanced curriculum, which includes the arts and…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, in relation to input, DCMS recently did a taking-part survey and well over 90% of students have taken part in some kind of cultural activity, ranging from carnivals to…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, as the noble Lord just heard me outline, we fund through many of these projects, such as the national youth music orchestras. The forthcoming national music plan, with…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, it is correct, as the noble Lord outlines, to say that schools need those specialist teachers. Recruitment of trainee teachers is up by 23% and we have no information…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, schools offer a number of co-curricular or extracurricular activities. As the Minister responsible for out-of-school settings, I know that much of that activity takes…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, since the introduction of the EBacc, the take-up of GCSEs in the arts has remained broadly stable. As I believe the noble Baroness is aware, we also developed a pilot…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, all I can say to the noble Baroness is that, unfortunately, we have had to make some difficult decisions in relation to current priorities. An arts premium will be…07 Jun 2021HANSARDSecondary Schools: Arts SubjectsMy Lords, my noble friend is correct: there are many successful partnerships and I have the pleasure of regularly meeting the Independent Schools Council and other sector bodies,…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, the Government are committed to ensuring that children and young people catch up after the disruption of the pandemic. As the next step in these efforts, we have…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, the Government wish to thank Sir Kevan for his work. He supports the tutoring and teaching proposals we have outlined. In relation to the methodology, it is not accurate…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, as I said, the tutoring and support for teaching that I outlined were part of Sir Kevan’s plan. More than £1 billion is going into tutoring for young people. That should…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, the noble Lord raises an important and tragic consequence of the pandemic. I visited a school about two weeks ago where 70% of the students were close bereaved. In this…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, my noble friend is correct. We have now had three reports from the government-sponsored research by Renaissance Learning and EPI in relation to disadvantaged children…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, I can only repeat our thanks for the work that Sir Kevan Collins has done. Much of what the noble Lord outlines is a question for Sir Kevan himself. However, as I said,…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, as I have outlined, money for recovery is the subject of the spending review, which we hope will be a multi-year review this time. In addition to the funds I have…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryThe noble Baroness is correct that family hubs have delivered well. The Government are investing £14 million and we have just finished a procurement for the National Centre for…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, as is required, the department ran a commercial procurement for the next years of the national tutoring programme. Randstad won that procurement, so a contract has been…07 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, in respect of the different funds, there have been three announcements for recovery: the initial £650 million catch-up, then the summer schools, then the £302 million…07 Jun 2021