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HANSARDStudent Loan Interest PaymentsMonthly student loan repayments are based on income, not interest rates, meaning that no one will see their monthly repayment increase due to interest rates. From September, we…23 May 2022HANSARDAlternative Student Finance: Muslim StudentsWe remain committed to delivering alternative student finance, and we are currently considering if and how it can be delivered as part of the lifelong loan entitlement.23 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldIt is a great honour for me to open this debate on the Loyal Address. In Her Majesty’s jubilee year, I want to thank her for her dedication and service to our country, the…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI think the hon. Gentleman speaks for the whole of Northern Ireland when he says that the focus has to be on the education, healthcare and public services that the people of…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend on Millie’s Mark, and of course child safety in nurseries is vital and non-negotiable. I am grateful to her for bringing that accreditation…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI certainly am aware of the Odyssey Trust for Education, and indeed it is exactly that passion for transforming young people’s lives that we need on this journey; I know that that…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldThe hon. Lady raises an important point. That is partly why the MacAlister review of children’s social care is so important. I shall say more on that in the coming weeks. Let me…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI will just make a bit more headway, then I will take the hon. Lady’s intervention with pleasure. To improve the lives and outcomes of children with a social worker, we need to…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention and have a couple of things to say in response. First, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will address this, but…16 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI made that pledge to the Education Committee a few weeks ago. We are looking at how we deliver on that. As I was saying, we will introduce further legislation through the higher…16 May 2022HANSARDEducationThat is why we are today announcing £1.4 billion—the first tranche of the £2.6 billion— and plans for up to 40 new special and AP free schools , which will see additional…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationToday, we announced the first tranche of £1.4 billion out of £2.6 billion for up to 40 specialist and AP settings. [Official Report, 29 March 2022, Vol. 711, c. 717.] Letter of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationToday, we announced the first tranche of £1.4 billion out of £2.6 billion for up to 40 special and AP free schools .31 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationThat is why we are today announcing £1.4 billion—the first tranche of the £2.6 billion—for up to 40 new settings, which will see additional provision going into the system so that…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationI remind the hon. Lady that there are now 271,000 teaching assistants in classrooms, a 6,000 increase since last year .30 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationI remind the hon. Lady that there are now 217,000 teaching assistants in classrooms, a 6,000 increase since 2010. [Official Report, 28 March 2022, Vol. 711, c. 582.] Letter of…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationMy hon. Friend raises a really important point. The frontline—the 461,000 teachers and 217,000 teaching assistants—and the support staff and leaders in our education system have…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEducationMy hon. Friend raises a really important point. The frontline—the 461,000 teachers and 271,000 teaching assistants—and the support staff and leaders in our education system have…30 Mar 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewI can certainly give my hon. Friend the assurance that we will reach out to them.29 Mar 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewMy hon. Friend is a great champion of those who have dyspraxia, and he has real in-depth knowledge of the sector, as was discussed yesterday in the statement on the schools White…29 Mar 2022