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HANSARDCreative Projects: Early Years ExperienceArt, music and design are compulsory in all maintained schools from age five to age 14. All schools, including academies, are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum.29 Apr 2019HANSARDCreative Projects: Early Years ExperienceI would certainly talk to Tristram Hunt. Expressive arts and design is one of the seven areas of learning set out in the early years foundation stage statutory framework, and it…29 Apr 2019HANSARDCreative Projects: Early Years ExperienceCreative and practical subjects form a key part of the early years foundation stage statutory framework, which is mandatory for all early years providers, including of course…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Children and Young People: Restrictive InterventionI thank all colleagues who have contributed to the debate, including my hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Trevelyan), who offered a very personal story,…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-TrentIt is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Howarth. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) on securing this debate, and I commend the…03 Apr 2019HANSARDEducationTo my knowledge, two local authorities have done the similar things in England, and I urge other local authorities to look into what they can do to help childcare providers to…21 Mar 2019HANSARDEducationTo my knowledge, two local authorities have done the same thing in England, and I urge other local authorities to look into what they can do to help childcare providers to cope…21 Mar 2019HANSARD Children Act 1989: Local Authority ResponsibilitiesLet me begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Edmonton (Kate Osamor) on securing this important debate today. A number of colleagues intervened on her, and I thank them for…19 Mar 2019HANSARDSupporting Care Leavers in Higher EducationI am pleased to make this statement jointly with the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. Care leavers are some of the most vulnerable young people in…14 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesColleges do absolutely critical work, and they do brilliant work with special needs children. I have seen it for myself at Hammersmith and Derwent colleges, and we continue to…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI agree with my hon. Friend that Wiltshire is doing a tremendous job in SEND provision. The inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission has been exemplary. There is a…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThat is exactly what we are doing. Today’s announcement of 37 special free schools is on top of the 88 special free schools and 54 alternative provision schools that are already…11 Mar 2019HANSARDMental Health and Wellbeing: Support in SchoolsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. The relationships curriculum addresses these online harms directly. We also have the online harms White Paper that is to be issued…11 Mar 2019HANSARDMental Health and Wellbeing: Support in SchoolsSaxon Hill does a tremendous job, and respite is incredibly important. Part of the reason we have increased the funding, with £250 million over the next two years, is that we are…11 Mar 2019HANSARDMental Health and Wellbeing: Support in SchoolsI would happily discuss the issue. I am very proud to share with this House the fact that the funding that we are increasing to £2.3 billion a year by 2023-24 would mean that…11 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend Peartree Way maintained nursery school. Maintained nursery schools do a brilliant job because they cater for the most disadvantaged children in our communities. That is…11 Mar 2019HANSARDMental Health and Wellbeing: Support in SchoolsWe conducted a national survey of mental health provision in schools that showed that most take action to support their pupils’ mental health. Schools need specialist support, so…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI certainly join my hon. Friend in praising Steve for the work that he has done. Today’s announcement provides a portfolio of provision in local areas. Almost every local…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI had hoped that the hon. Lady would commend today’s announcement and confirm that she takes a different view from her Front Bench on abolishing free schools. If we abolished…11 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe special educational needs reforms of 2014 were the biggest in a generation. In December we announced a further £250 million in high-needs funding over the two years, bringing…11 Mar 2019