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HANSARDEducationIt is precisely because of the figures the hon. Lady sets out that we are helping students, with £276 million to try to ensure we help the most disadvantaged students. Her own…25 Oct 2023HANSARDProvider Access LegislationMy hon. Friend is a champion for special needs pupils, and he is absolutely right. We need to ensure that special needs pupils have employment opportunities, along with everybody…23 Oct 2023HANSARDProvider Access LegislationWe are hugely strengthening technical and provider access in schools. We have legislated for pupils to have six encounters with apprentice organisations and technical colleges.…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHigher Technical Qualifications: UptakeI congratulate the hon. Lady on her new position, but I genuinely do not know what planet she has been living on these past few years. We introduced higher technical…23 Oct 2023HANSARDProvider Access LegislationI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s question. My first speech in the House of Commons was about that very subject. The six encounters that I mentioned are the minimum. Obviously, many…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHigher Technical Qualifications: UptakeI thank my hon. Friend—he is my hon. Friend—for his question. We are absolutely committed to making sure that women take up higher technical qualifications, and we are doing…23 Oct 2023HANSARDEducation: 16 to 19-year-oldsI was really sorry to hear about the difficult experiences of my hon. Friend’s constituent; I was disturbed to hear what has gone on. I know that my hon. Friend has raised the…23 Oct 2023HANSARDApprenticeship Starts: 2022-23There were more than 335,000 starts in the 2022-23 academic year and more people undertaking high-level apprenticeships, with starts at level 4 and above increasing by 7%. Those…23 Oct 2023HANSARDEducation: 16 to 19-year-oldsWe are investing an additional £3.8 billion over the course of the Parliament to strengthen post-16 education and training, and we will boost 16-to-19 funding by £1.6 billion…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHigher Technical Qualifications: UptakeMy hon. Friend is a champion of science, technology, engineering, maths and skills, and he will know that education is devolved. The devolved Administrations are responsible for…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingThis year and last year, the Government have provided £94 billion of cost of living support in England. In education, more than a third of children get free school meals.…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI mentioned previously that unfortunately, we have some of Hamas’s useful idiots across our campuses, and we will not stand for it—they represent a fifth column supporting…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingI know the hon. Lady cares deeply about the welfare of her students. We are doing everything we can to help students with the cost of living. I mentioned the £276 million. One of…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have made it clear that we will not tolerate antisemitism on campus. We are working closely with the Union of Jewish Students and the higher education Jewish chaplaincy service,…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSadly, there are a number of Hamas’s useful idiots—a fifth column—across some of our universities. The Secretary of State has said that she will not stand for it; the Home…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingActually, the opposite is true. We have a record number of students going to university. Disadvantaged students are 71% more likely to go to university now than they were in 2010.…23 Oct 2023HANSARDApprenticeship Starts: 2022-23I say to the hon. Gentleman, whom I respect enormously, that 70% of apprentices are at level 2 or 3. I hoped that he would be getting up to celebrate the 10,130 apprenticeship…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingMany universities offer bursaries to students—I highlighted two examples to previous questioners—and we are doing everything possible to ensure that students who do courses get…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHigher Technical Qualifications: UptakeWe are revolutionising our skills offering by introducing 172 higher technical qualifications at more than 140 providers at levels 4 and 5. This includes £115 million for…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingIt is precisely because of the figures the hon. Lady sets out that we are helping students, with £276 million to try to ensure we help the most disadvantaged students. Her own…23 Oct 2023