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HANSARDCovid-19: Ethnic Minority DisparitiesMy Lords, indeed, the department, among other departments, is regularly in touch with the devolved Administrations, because we want to share best practice on this. Obviously, DWP…02 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021Obviously the return is data-driven, not date-driven. The controls that PHE have advised have been supplemented by the wearing of face masks in certain situations in secondary…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, how many times the exam boards decide to intervene will be up to them, in terms of how many random and how many risk-assessed interventions. But I can assure the noble…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021I thank the noble Lord for his persistence in raising this issue. I have the great privilege of meeting at least every fortnight with the Boarding Schools’ Association and the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, yes, the summer school programme is focused on those in secondary schools for the reason that they have less time left in education. As I say, we are encouraging year 7…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021I agree with the noble Lord, as I have outlined, about the harm that we all know of in terms of education loss, and of course the harm for certain vulnerable children who have…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, during the consultation period the department met with a number of stakeholders—in fact, with just over 100 organisations, including SEND organisations. The tests will…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, there will be a one-week notice period for that. The reason for all these gaps is so that action is taken and data is collected and assessed. There are no plans to…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, the recovery scheme summer schools are funded to £200 million and there should be enrichment activities. I am delighted to say that all the wraparound facilities in…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, this method of assessment for grades means that teachers can take into account how much content has actually been taught. We have not mandated a minimum level, but they…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021I am grateful to the noble Lord for highlighting the situation for early years provision, which has remained open during this time, because that kind of education is difficult, if…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, obviously many of the mitigations that certain children with special educational needs need in terms of extension of time in exams are not obviously going to be relevant…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, I am grateful for the support of both noble Lords. We are all waiting with bated breath for next Monday when our children can return to school—I am sure that many…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021That issue and others are precisely what Sir Kevan Collins will be helping us with. We are monitoring interim findings on the amount of learning that has been lost. That will…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, we have all got used to the fact that there are certain people for whom there is an exemption from wearing a mask, and it is clear that the matter of how mask wearing is…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, the wearing of face masks in secondary schools will be reviewed at Easter. This is a three and a half week period during which Public Health England has advised us to do…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, I have no information at all on secret reports or anything of that nature. As I outlined, we are working closely with the higher education sector, so that after the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, we are encouraging secondary schools to aim the summer school programme at incoming year 7s, because that is the transitional year. We have given them £200 million in…01 Mar 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningWe are grateful to have the technology that we have in order to make remote education available. The Government have committed a further £300 million to the tutoring catch-up. We…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningIn addition to the connectivity that I have outlined, I pay tribute to the school staff who have helped many parents to use the equipment that has been provided to access online…23 Feb 2021