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HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyThere will be a consultation to which businesses, representatives of the education sector and others will be able to contribute. We want to ensure that we get this right, but we…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyI recognise the challenge that my hon. Friend has mentioned. It is, of course, a challenge for rural communities in particular, but it often affects areas that are not rural,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend, and I am delighted that North Kent College will be one of our first 10 new technical excellence colleges. That will give young people in…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyWe are talking about a relatively small number of students. Colleges and schools will retain the freedom to decide what study programmes they wish to offer their students, but we…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyI agree very strongly with my hon. Friend. As he says, colleges in Scotland have had a 20% real-terms funding cut in this parliamentary Session, according to a new report from…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyStudents wishing to study for a large qualification should study for T-levels where they are on offer, but to ease the transition to V-levels, the DFE will retain funding for…20 Oct 2025HANSARDFree School Meals: Eligibility CriteriaThe hon. Gentleman was very imaginative with his question there, and I credit him for that. Of course, we have to take decisions about school placement and school places overall,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyOne of the measures outlined in today’s White Paper is an automatic backstop for all 16-year-olds that guarantees them a further education place in reserve, so that young people…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyWe are investing more in further education and also in our schools system, but we recognise that one in seven young people aged between 16 and 24 are not in education, employment,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetMy hon. Friend is right, and I know he has championed this cause for many years to ensure there are strong vocational and technical routes, including into areas such as…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetThat is fantastic to hear, not least given the challenges that we still see with quite high levels across our country of young people who are not in employment, education or…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetI know how passionate my hon. Friend is about securing better life chances and more opportunities for children across her constituency, and I would be more than happy to meet her…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetThrough the spending review, from next year we are investing £800 million in 16-to-19 funding. That funding will run alongside the many commitments in the White Paper that I will…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetYes, that is one area. We are refocusing our target to ensure that there are strong technical and vocational routes for our young people, as well as the opportunity to go to…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetLater today I will make a statement on our post-16 education and skills White Paper, which sets out measures to support this learning ambition. For too long, skills have not been…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyIt is a real shame that the right hon. Lady cannot bring herself to welcome anything that we have announced today. It is par for the course; that is how she likes to do things. In…20 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe launch of Labour’s best start in life campaign last week marked a watershed moment. The Conservatives slashed family services, leaving children and families across our country…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetLet me be absolutely clear: there is no place on our university campuses, in our schools or anywhere in our society for antisemitism, and I send that message loud and clear. That…20 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the hon. Lady would be so kind as to provide me with some information and more details, I will happily ensure that she gets a proper response.20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetIn my statement later today on the White Paper I will be setting out the action that we will be taking to ensure that the regulator, the Office for Students, has the power to…20 Oct 2025