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HANSARDSchool FundingThe Department and the Government are working towards a hard national funding formula to ensure fair funding across the country in every single constituency. I know that my hon.…02 Mar 2020HANSARDSchool FundingI hope that Essex County Council will move towards the national funding formula as rapidly as possible and will see it as clear guidance on what per pupil funding it should be…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady highlights a concern at a worrying time for many parents, as they wait in eager anticipation. While I cannot guarantee her child the place that she wishes for, as…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are very happy to look at any suggestions that the hon. Gentleman can put forward, because as part of our special educational needs review we are trying to see how we can best…02 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend raises an important point. That is why we have committed to putting an extra £1 billion into children and adults’ social care. I would be happy to speak to him…02 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren’s Social CareI will certainly take up the issue of why that correspondence was not responded to immediately. I am sure that the hon. Lady recognises that it was in our manifesto—we have…02 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren’s Social CareWe will certainly undertake to make that commitment. The challenges in Northamptonshire were grave, and it was right that the Government decided to take the action that they did…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week, I announced a new set of behaviour hubs that are being introduced right across the country to make sure that there are the very highest standards of behaviour in every…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat we are seeing in the hon. Lady’s constituency is a 6.1% cash increase in what is going to be going to schools and a 4.8% per pupil increase. That is a positive step forward…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point about how we make sure that we get the highest level of training to every business—not just to large businesses but to the small and…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for all the work that he did when he was at the Department for Education. I know that this topic is something that he feels very passionately about. The…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend has been campaigning on this issue on behalf of her constituents for a long time. An extra £60 million has been provided for the coming financial year. I know…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this issue. I want to see a resolution to this matter as swiftly as possible, and I urge both parties to come to a resolution. The people…02 Mar 2020HANSARDYoung People: Equitable OpportunityAs my hon. Friend will know, schools are enjoying an 8.2% cash increase, and schools in Lichfield are receiving an increase of more than 5%. That is to be welcomed, and it is…02 Mar 2020HANSARDYoung People: Equitable OpportunityMy hon. Friend and I saw the reality of the impact in his constituency when we had the privilege of visiting Thornaby Academy. The academy was recently taken over by Falcon…02 Mar 2020HANSARDYoung People: Equitable OpportunityI am always happy to make representations to Chancellors. I have in the past, and I am certain that I will in the future. I almost thought that the hon. Lady was going to welcome…02 Mar 2020HANSARDYoung People: Equitable OpportunityThe hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly important point. I would like to pay tribute to the Children’s Commissioner for her incredibly important work in highlighting some of these…02 Mar 2020HANSARDSchool FundingWe are investing more in schools and high needs over the next three years, starting with an additional £2.6 billion, including £780 million for high needs in 2020-21 and £1.5…02 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren’s Social CareChildren and young people who need a social worker, and who are in or have left care are some of the most vulnerable in our society. It is a priority for this Government that…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEducationI welcome the hon. Lady to her position and wish her the very best in her new role, although I thought she was a little ungenerous in her comments. Just in the past six months, we…04 Feb 2020