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HANSARDSchool Funding: County DurhamMr Speaker, allow me to take this moment to pay tribute to all school staff, leaders, children and their families, who have shown great fortitude in dealing with the disruption…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSchools should be reasonable in what they do and that is what our guidance sets out.11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt sounds like there are important details to get to grips with, so I am happy to meet the hon. Gentleman.11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join my hon. Friend in thanking and paying tribute to all the staff, children and families at Bramhall High Street. She is a great advocate for them. Schools and colleges will…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are, as the hon. Lady will know, committed to ensure that reasonable costs for temporary accommodation and so on are covered in the immediate term and beyond, to make sure that…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we are conducting a review of RSHE guidance. These are important and sensitive topics and it is important to get them right. He will not have long to…11 Dec 2023HANSARDSchool Support Staff Vacancies: TrendsSupport staff play a vital role in our schools. We have given schools the freedom to recruit the staff they require to meet their own needs; although we do not collect central…11 Dec 2023HANSARDViolence in ClassroomsFor completeness, we ought to note that the PISA study noted that the great majority of pupils in England reported feeling safe in school—very similar to the OECD average—and were…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTeacher WorkloadI can confirm that there are 27,000 more teachers and 60,000 more teaching assistants in our schools compared with 2010. We have the most talented generation of teachers ever, and…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTeacher WorkloadI value all those activities that my hon. Friend sets out that schools undertake for their children. Like her, I represent a rural constituency—indeed, we have next-door…11 Dec 2023HANSARDSchool Support Staff Vacancies: TrendsWe must meet the needs of all children; and at some level, every teacher is a teacher of special educational needs and disabilities. I recognise that there can be particular…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a lot of people working on this and rightly so, including making sure that all the surveys get done. We have also committed to being transparent, which is why we publish…11 Dec 2023HANSARDViolence in ClassroomsOf course, no one should face violence in school. In England, we have taken decisive action to improve pupils’ behaviour through strengthening the behaviour in schools guidance…11 Dec 2023HANSARDFree School Meals: Impact on Children and ParentsI acknowledge my hon. Friend’s point. The national funding formula recognises that some schools are necessarily small and do not have the same opportunities to realise economies…11 Dec 2023HANSARDFree School Meals: Impact on Children and ParentsFree school meals support disadvantaged families to the value of £480 a year, ensuring that eligible pupils receive a healthy, nutritious meal. The Government have expanded free…11 Dec 2023HANSARD RAAC: St Leonard’s, DurhamI will follow up separately with the right hon. Gentleman about St Benet’s specifically, and we can discuss it further. On overall funding, he will know that there is an…21 Nov 2023HANSARD RAAC: St Leonard’s, DurhamIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Vickers, I think for the first time as I respond to a debate in Westminster Hall—21 Nov 2023HANSARD RAAC: St Leonard’s, DurhamThe second. I thank the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) and congratulate her on securing a debate on this important subject. The Government are committed to…21 Nov 2023HANSARD PrisonsOf course, the rules are as per the broader immigration rules and people’s citizenship rights. What we need to make sure is that, at the earliest opportunity, we are making that…24 Oct 2023HANSARD PrisonsI am grateful for all the contributions to this SI debate, including from the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury), the former Home Secretary my right hon.…24 Oct 2023