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HANSARDRelationships and Sex Education: Statutory GuidanceToday, following the successful passage of the regulations for the introduction of relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, the…25 Jun 2019HANSARDOECD Programme for International Student AssessmentPerformance in the PISA ranking system has remained stable in England and Northern Ireland since 2006.24 Jun 2019HANSARDOECD Programme for International Student AssessmentOf course, we have regular contact with the different devolved Administrations on a range of matters, not only because there are always things that we can learn from each other,…24 Jun 2019HANSARDOECD Programme for International Student AssessmentI am not sure what the dismissive guttural noises from our friends in the SNP were all about. I share my hon. Friend’s regret about the decline in maths and science, and I am…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesI do recognise, of course, that that school and all schools need the right resources. I am also very happy to join the hon. Gentleman in his congratulation and commendation of Ms…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesYes, indeed. We work with local authorities to make sure that we have up-to-date assessments and projections of the need for school places, and we fund to those projections to…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesMy hon. Friend has been a strong and consistent champion for his constituents and their education. Lancashire has been allocated £140 million over 2011 to 2021. In his…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesI join colleagues from across the House in congratulating you on your decade, Mr Speaker. On the subject of nice round numbers, we are on track to create 1 million new places in…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSchool PlacesThey should say yes.24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I have acknowledged on a number of occasions, I know the strains on school budgets and how difficult it can be to manage them. The hon. Lady specifically raised the question of…24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is entirely correct: the Catholic Education Service is a very important provider of education in our country, alongside the Church of England and other…24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am disappointed, Mr Speaker, that you missed the opportunity to refer to the original 1984 breakfast club in relation to the behaviour of the hon. Member for Stockton North…24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsEducation is, of course, a devolved matter, but it is also true that funding per pupil is slightly higher in England than it is in Wales.24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course I will look at the application again, and I should be happy to meet my hon. Friend.24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI totally acknowledge and celebrate the fact that school children are among those showing leadership on this issue. We cover climate change in the national curriculum, and rightly…24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI acknowledge what the hon. Gentleman says about the increased strains on high needs budgets. As the Minister for School Standards, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bognor…24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis month, we approved 22 new free schools in underperforming areas that need the most. That brings us one step closer to delivering 1 million new school places by 2020, which…24 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. According to the most recent OECD “Education at a Glance” report, published in 2015, the UK’s spending as a proportion of national income was the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSATs: Pressure on StudentsIt is not. May I in passing acknowledge that Robert Bolt, the author of “A Man for All Seasons”, was, I think, a constituent in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency? It is not and…24 Jun 2019HANSARDSATs: Pressure on StudentsNo, not in the same way. Standardised assessment is part of a suite of methods that we use, and Ofsted inspection is, of course, another very important part. The fact is that…24 Jun 2019