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HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, yes, the funding that has been announced for the National Careers Service—that is the adult careers service. The Careers & Enterprise Company is available in schools and…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, I assure the noble Lord that there is no snobbery in the Department for Education; we want to promote parity of esteem for vocational and technical qualifications across…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for welcoming the Statement. I believe that when I was at the Dispatch Box for the first time, I mentioned that this had for too long…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationI too pay tribute to the work of my noble friend. It was my pleasure to host a round table of UTCs which have been particularly successful. The noble Lord, Lord Storey, mentioned…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, in relation to reskilling, there are, as I have outlined, the digital boot camps that we have offered so that people can gain training as they do that work. If they lack…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, these are not just statements of intention; today, I have outlined that the numerous initiatives that have been started by the Department for Education and the…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, the 220,000 devices delivered last term were all delivered at speed. At points, we were delivering thousands of laptops within 24 hours. The expectation is that this…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, the Government have already invested over £100 million to support remote education, including 250,000 additional devices for children who cannot attend school or if…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, the noble Lord will be aware that next year’s exams were the subject of a consultation by Ofqual; we will have an announcement on that shortly. On support for remote…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, I could not agree more with the noble Lord that face-to-face tuition is, of course, the best for students. I am pleased to say that, as of 24 September, 88% of children…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, I am grateful for the mention of the EPI, because it will do the data analysis. Renaissance Learning has won the contract, which is, as I am sure the noble Baroness is…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, the right reverend Prelate is correct that access to a computer at home is essential for children’s learning. On laptop and device provision, 470,000 devices are now…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, the direction is to provide remote education, and the announcement was a further 250,000 laptops, so 470,000 laptops have been delivered. It was to give certainty and…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeThe Government are distributing these laptops to the most disadvantaged students. This batch will be delivered to disadvantaged children in years 3 to 11, to any child shielding…05 Oct 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationMy Lords, as I have outlined, as there is no legislative change, there is not a case for renewing wholesale the guidance. The Statement makes clear the law around single-sex…25 Sept 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationMy Lords, it is clear from the response to the consultation that there will be no need for legislative action on this matter, so any guidance that is followed is as stands.25 Sept 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationMy Lords, the Government plan to open three further clinics, including one in Liverpool and a further one in London. I will have to write to the noble Baroness on specific…25 Sept 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationMy Lords, on single-sex spaces, the overwhelming majority of occasions on which they are used—we can all bear testament to that—is on self-identification, and the Government do…25 Sept 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationMy Lords, indeed, the situation remains unchanged in relation to competitive sport. It is a matter for each of the governing bodies of the respective sports to make their own…25 Sept 2020HANSARDGender Recognition Act ConsultationMy Lords, self-identification is a legal process that we believe needs formality. It is not something that anyone considers without giving due attention to that, so we do not…25 Sept 2020