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HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, the Government have now delivered 875,000 laptops of a £1.3 million order. We are one of the world’s largest purchasers of laptops, in a competitive market—obviously,…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducation: The HolocaustMy Lords, within the history, English and citizenship curriculums there is flexibility for schools to teach the matters outlined. They are inspected against producing a broad and…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, obviously university students were at home at the time of the second national lockdown. Only those who are involved in critical worker courses have been permitted to go…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducation: The HolocaustAs I have outlined, the Holocaust is the only compulsory element of the national curriculum for history. The department does not have a role in inspecting schools to see how many…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducation: The HolocaustMy Lords, it is open to schools within various subjects such as citizenship, English and history to teach the Holocaust. The Government maintain that Ofsted inspects against a…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducation: The HolocaustMy Lords, as I have outlined, the Government fund several initiatives to ensure that that testimony is available to future generations, and I will ensure that providers of…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, a catch-up figure of £650 million has been talked about in relation to school funding. Schools are obviously free to spend that on additional mental health support, and…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, I pay tribute to the work of staff and parents who are home schooling, particularly those who still have to go to work but are not critical workers and therefore do not…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, as I have outlined, the JCVI is considering the case for essential workers to be within the next priority group. The Department for Education is taking part in the…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, it has been a tribute to schools and parents that during this third lockdown—the second lockdown where children have been educated at home—the remote provision of…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEducational Settings: ReopeningMy Lords, the Government introduced a well-being on return to education initiative, which provided expert support to schools through local authorities and others to help with…27 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, the noble Baroness is correct about the importance of modern languages, which is why they are part of the English baccalaureate and why we have given £4.8 million to…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lord’s introduction regarding apprenticeships. The levy has now been in existence for five years. It has enabled significantly more…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, the key aspect of this is that employers are involved in setting the standards in relation to these qualifications. They will be at the heart of producing the local…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, there is a limit to central government, which is why the key strategy here is local skills improvement panels, working closely with colleges and the devolved…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperI am grateful to hear the noble Lord’s own career history. I think the institutes of technology are the first examples we have of the HE sector working with the FE sector in STEM…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, in relation to special educational needs, I will go back and look at that. We are into the second procurement phase of the bootcamps and I will make sure that he is…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, as I have outlined, there is going to be £100 million invested in the enterprise advisers—which I believe are part of the Careers & Enterprise Company—and more into…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, there are requirements on the local authority, and indeed on provider schools, to make sure that their young people are aware of the opportunities for them, so that if…26 Jan 2021HANSARDSkills for Jobs White PaperMy Lords, it is inspiring to hear the noble Baroness. When one thinks about being in those parts of east London, I believe, that she makes reference to, it is interesting to look…26 Jan 2021