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HANSARDEducationThose travelling on home-to-school transport are not required to wear a face covering, but can do so if they wish. The approach we have taken to bringing schools back has had…15 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI want to see all schools open, and that is why we will continue to work with all schools to look at how they can accept more and more pupils, making sure that all children have…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI can absolutely confirm that. Just for clarity, as was outlined in our guidance back in March, if the family has one key worker, they have access to those critical-worker places.09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningAs I have stated previously, we are going to ensure that we look not just at children’s needs over the summer in terms of how they can take steps and work with schools so that…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningPeople will be required to follow the same regulations on both home-to-school transport and general public transport. The approach we have taken to bringing schools back has had…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningIn terms of the distribution of laptops, we prioritised key groups that we felt were most vulnerable and most in need of them. A total of 230,000 laptops will be going out as part…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI absolutely reaffirm that to my right hon. Friend, and the importance of ensuring that pupils are back in full-time schooling at the earliest possible moment. We will continue to…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningWe are working to devise a priority list so that schools are able, where they do have extra capacity, to welcome back more children. That enables them to support children’s…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningWe always have and will continue to have regular meetings with them to share our most up-to-date plans.09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningWhere children are not in a position to return to school, we will set out clearly to all schools the basic minimum curriculum requirements we expect them to deliver for all…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningThe hon. Lady is inaccurate. The laptops that we promised to get out to vulnerable children and those who face exams in year 10 are on schedule. We said that they would all be…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider Openingindicated dissent.09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI share my hon. Friend’s desire to see all children return to school in a phased way as swiftly as possible. He highlights some really important challenges, especially for…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningThe hon. Gentleman raises a vital point. We took this issue into account in our work with Ofqual and the exam boards to make sure that people from black and ethnic minority…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI apologise to the hon. Gentleman; he obviously did not hear my response earlier, in which I explained that we had taken a policy decision to ensure that the first wave of laptops…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We are certainly looking at this, but we are looking at something much wider and more long-term, because we do not believe that purely…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI join the hon. Lady in passing on my deep condolences to the families, schools and communities who have lost loved ones, as she highlighted at the start of her question. We will…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningMy right hon. Friend will be aware that we are already in the process of rolling out IT equipment across the school estate, as well as to the most vulnerable children. Some…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningI would hope that the hon. Lady and I are completely united in our concern to make sure that a generation of children do not miss out. We recognise and understand the truly…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding the wider opening of nurseries, schools and colleges as part of our response to the covid-19…09 Jun 2020