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HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareMy hon. and learned Friend makes a very good point, and I know he has a lot of experience in this area. He is absolutely right to say that the evidence- led trials that were done…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareI assure the hon. Lady that we will report back within a year on the pathways that we are exploring; that is a priority. I welcome her words about how we all care about doing…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareAbsolutely. It is vital that we support care leavers as they journey into adulthood. We are increasing bursaries for care leavers from £2,000 to £3,000 and increasing the…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareThe hon. Lady makes a very good point. Bristol City Council is obviously doing a good job of using the funding. We have £259 million in funding to build more children’s care homes…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareWe are grateful to people like my hon. Friend’s constituents for all the work they do. Indeed, we want to make it possible for more people to take on this vital role. In our…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareMy hon. Friend always champions the cause of improvements in his local area and to his local council. We will work with poorly performing councils through our regions group. We…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareMy hon. Friend makes an important point. There have been many attempts to do this, but the evidence gathered from Sure Start showed the programme was not always well directed and…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. We need to focus on families and ensure that we give them every opportunity to stay together, so we will have family hubs, the…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; that is one of the real focuses of family hubs. I have seen a number of family hubs that do a great job of offering support to anybody up to…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareJust so that everybody is clear, the actual amount that we spend on children’s social care is £10.8 billion—a lot of funding goes into children’s social care. As I said, Josh…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question and for the role he plays in his family, which I am sure is greatly appreciated by everyone. We have written to councils today…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and it is why our focus is on early intervention through the supporting families programme and family hubs. We will continue to roll them…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and it is what makes this area difficult. Certain aspects of complex cases can be concealed, so it takes the skill and experience of our…02 Feb 2023HANSARDEducationI thank the hon. Lady for her question. In 2019, we launched the Government’s first ever integrated strategy to recruit and retain more teachers in schools, which had a number of…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEducationThe autumn statement announced significant additional investment in core schools funding. The core schools budget will increase by £2 billion in 2023-24 and 2024-25. This funding…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEducationThe autumn statement announced significant additional investment in core schools funding. The core schools budget will increase by £2 billion in 2023-24 and 2024-25. That will be…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEducationI thank the hon. Lady for her question. In 2019, we launched the Government’s first ever integrated strategy to recruit and retain more teachers in schools, which had a number of…25 Jan 2023HANSARDTeacher Recruitment and RetentionI thank the hon. Lady for her question. In 2019, we launched the Government’s first ever integrated strategy to recruit and retain more teachers in schools, which had a number of…16 Jan 2023HANSARDInflationSchools, like families and businesses across the world, are facing global inflationary pressures. The Prime Minister has pledged to halve inflation, and school funding will…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTeacher Recruitment and RetentionOur fantastic teachers do an amazing job day in, day out, and I am proud to say that we have increased the number of teachers by 24,000 since 2010. Recruitment and retention has…16 Jan 2023