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HANSARDEducationI 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 2020HANSARDKensington and Chelsea College: Contingencies FundGiven wider exceptional circumstances, the Department for Education will purchase the Kensington Centre (Wornington Road, London) and provide a 125-year lease to the Further…29 Jan 2020HANSARDChildren from Disadvantaged BackgroundsThrough initiatives such as the pupil premium and the extra money we are putting into special educational needs, and the fact that we are levelling up education funding across the…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildminders: Recruitment and RetentionMy hon. Friend highlights the important role that the private sector and many organisations play in providing great settings for early years care. That is why we put an extra £66…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildren from Disadvantaged BackgroundsWe are giving £35 million towards supporting that incredibly important programme, which is having such an impact not just in the constituency of Havant but in so many…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildren from Disadvantaged BackgroundsAgainst a background of rising standards, the attainment gap has closed by 13% at primary schools and by 9% at secondary schools since 2011. Most disadvantaged pupils attend good…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildren from Disadvantaged BackgroundsThe hon. Gentleman highlights an important issue. One group that universities are most unsuccessful at recruiting from is white working-class boys and that is something we need to…20 Jan 2020HANSARDChildren from Disadvantaged BackgroundsMy hon. Friend raises the vital point that we have to have a range of different tools to be able to ensure that children succeed. At the core of that is making sure that as many…20 Jan 2020HANSARDFurther EducationFurther education is a crucial sector that needs more investment to deliver its full potential. That is why the Government have committed to putting an extra £400 million into…20 Jan 2020HANSARDFurther EducationI am sure the hon. Lady is aware that colleges in England are independent and able to set their own staff terms and conditions. We have committed to extra funding for those…20 Jan 2020HANSARDFurther EducationMy hon. Friend raises a valuable point about how vital T-levels are for the success of our colleges and the whole education system. We have committed £500,000 a year to support…20 Jan 2020HANSARDFurther EducationI 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…20 Jan 2020HANSARDT-levelsWe have made excellent progress, and we remain on track for the introduction of T-levels this September. We have selected awarding organisations to deliver the first 10 T-levels,…20 Jan 2020HANSARDT-levelsI know that my hon. Friend is already distinguishing himself as a strong voice for his constituents and that he wants the very best for them. He recognises that what we are…20 Jan 2020HANSARDT-levelsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I would also like to thank those on the Opposition Front Bench who worked closely with us on the development of T-levels. This is one…20 Jan 2020HANSARDSchool FundingWe are investing more in schools over the next three years, with an additional £2.6 billion in 2020-21, £4.8 billion in 2021-22 and £7.1 billion in 2022-23, when compared with…20 Jan 2020HANSARDSchool FundingIt is troubling that the hon. Lady’s constituency has such a large number of schools that are not achieving at a good or outstanding level. We recently launched an educational…20 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe take the abuse of this information incredibly seriously. We have referred the matter to the Information Commissioner and we hope that the Information Commissioner takes the…20 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to address the claim in news reports that data from the Department’s learner record service has been shared with a commercial data broker. I reassure the House that…20 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI completely disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s assessment of the answer given by the Under-Secretary to Question 7. I thought she answered it with gusto and passion. This…20 Jan 2020