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Orders. Order. As a guest of the lawn tennis Association it hs my | :00:08. | :00:15. | |
pleasure and privilege to bd resident in Kent to observe the | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
Davis cup final over the wedkend. I thought sure the whole Housd will | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
wish to join me in expressing congratulations to the victorious | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
British steam. Captained by Leon Smith, it featured legendarhly Andy | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
Murray, Jamie Murray, James Ward, Carl Edmund, Dan Evans and Dominic | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
Inglot. It was a superb teal at third to secure the cup and be the | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
world champions of tennis for the first time for Britain sent 193 . | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
How fitting it was that the victory was sealed by a performance of both | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
outstanding and majestic. Bx Andy Murray. We congratulate each and | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
every one of them. Questions to be Secretary of State for Educ`tion. | :01:10. | :01:18. | |
Question one Mr Speaker. Th`nk you very much Mr Speaker. Can I first | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
echoed the sentiments just lade on behalf of of this side of the House | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
and I am sure for the whole house on the Davis cup victory of thd great | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
writ of steam. Abel Grey Tudsday the Scots leading the way in ensuring | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
that we had our first great victory and I think around about 70 years. | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
Mr Speaker the children famhlies act 2014 introduced significant reforms | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
to better support children xoung people with autism in education and | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
that is rightly focused on needs and aspirations enabling all peoples | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
including those with authors and to achieve better outcomes in dducation | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
and adult life. The Departmdnt for education as also funding the autism | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
education trust to deliver training to staff, reduce exclusions and | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
ambitious about autism to stpport transition to college. The | :02:06. | :02:14. | |
parameters cool in my consthtuency includes a fantastic resource based | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
at 25 children without the six pack. Many of them are making | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
excellent rug rats but one of the concerns raised is that Austin's | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
published data for the school which includes children from the resource | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
base along with other peopld does not adequately or flag this. Does | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
the Minister agree that all state data should clearly take into | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
account the specific needs `nd challenges of children with special | :02:38. | :02:39. | |
educational needs such as attism and will be agreed to meet with me to | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
discuss the width of a case of this primary school was? I am very happy | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
to meet with them to look at what they're doing and be challenges they | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
face in the honourable gentleman's constituency. Barely we want to make | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
sure that every child irrespective of their needs is getting the best | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
possible education and that is why we are bringing and progression | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
mentors throughout the school system so that every child's progrdss does | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
count towards that goal's overall performance and we're moving towards | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
introducing the first ever educational needs inspection Primark | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
to help deal with many of the issues but I'm happy to discuss with him | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
further. One of the key challenges for those with autism and Asperger's | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
is making the transition between leaving school and attending | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
university, a big step for xoung adults. Will the Minister join me in | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
welcoming and initiative whhch post and annual autism Summit school | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
giving young people of autism spectrum disorder at the ch`nce to | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
experience all aspects of university and student life and does hd agree | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
this is something that should be rolled out around rest of the UK? I | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
am delighted to hear about the great work going on in my honourable | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
friend's constituency. I know Bath University at a good and proud | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
record get in supporting all children and it is important that | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
those who have autism get the same opportunity to move onto higher | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
education There are an independent institution that would we h`ve done | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
try to bring forward the tile that an assessment takes place to ensure | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
that any child with the potdntial to go onto higher education with the | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
special education needs background gets support in place at thd minute | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
they arrive at university so they can thrive and move on to bdtter | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
things. Can I tell them and us or I recently spent some time had to rant | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
school in my constituency, ` secondary school for pupils with | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
autism and they do a fantastic job. But one of the big problem hs for | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
those children who could le`ve and go into employment or trainhng | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
beyond a secondary school, there is still very little available to them | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
and I wonder what the Minister undertake to meet with me and Abby | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
had a teacher of this cool to discuss this problem? I think my | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
diary is filling up already on the first question. But there is more | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
that we can do and the whold thrust of the special education nedds or is | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
to move towards an ambitious birth to 25 system so that those who do | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
have the potential to move on from secondary school into college and | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
apprenticeships and univershty and the world of work to get evdry | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
chance of doing so. The newly supported internships have seen in | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
some parts of the country the number of young people moving into | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
employment from around 15% hn some areas up to 70%. We know thdre is | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
more that we can do through different routes but we need to make | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
them available to the boy on people and I'm happy to do that with or how | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
we do that. It is good to hdar about the government support for children | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
with autism. I wonder whethdr the Minister will join me in welcoming | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
proposals for additional resource in rugby from McIntyre Academy of | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
setting up a new vessel preschool Pacific labour children with | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
learning difficulties. I am very pleased to hear about the initiative | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
in rugby and it is one of m`ny across the country who are tsing the | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
new free schools programme to bring about a whole range of basilisk | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
schools for those with spechal educational needs including five in | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
the next charge of risk will but sadly for children and young people | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
will bother them. It is a great step forward and to the way by ghetto he | :06:25. | :06:32. | |
mentioned the importance of staff training and have been the sole | :06:33. | :06:34. | |
answer. I wonder if he menthoned the importance of staff training and | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
have them so answer. I wonddr if you would comment further in thd | :06:38. | :06:39. | |
important sub building awardness and understanding amidst teaching Bath | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
for children with autism and many others who have poor mental health | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
and other additional means who really do get the opportunity to | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
develop and thrive in mainstream. I have just come from a conference | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
where a new report on the educational attainment of children | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
in care which the vast majority have come from a special I education need | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
with advocating exactly that. More training for the all care workforce | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
and education staff. That is why the education trust has trained through | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
funding for the department over 80,000 staff in schools but there is | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
more that we need to do to lake sure that there is consistency rhght | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
across the country so that `ll those children irrespective of background | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
get the chance to thrive. Thank you Mr Speaker. To improve the | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
permission of STN deep supporting young people in getting those | :07:38. | :07:39. | |
without the them it is vital that the best quality data is collected | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
and the results are shared to establish as active copy as the | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
Minister knows our successftl in bringing forward a private lembers | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
bill into 2008 so that they don special education need with | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
collected and published. However this legislation has since been | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
revealed by the children and family act and many charities have told me | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
they found it increasingly difficult to now obtain this informathon so | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
can I therefore seek an asstrance from the Minister that he whll | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
ensure that this data continues to be published annually and is readily | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
available by all bodies in the sector including myself so that | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
issues can be highlighted and improvements made? I will look | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
carefully at what the honourable ladies that and I know we are due to | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
be meeting tomorrow, another gap Leigh diarrhoea appointment I had | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
weren't we will do at this `nd a range of issues that be but I am | :08:35. | :08:37. | |
conscious of the fact that we make sure both through the publication | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
which every local a party h`t and the increasingly rich data we have | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
available and children with special education needs that we use that our | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
decision making and how we support children in the future and so I will | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
use tomorrow to extrapolate that are there with the honourable l`dies to | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
see what progress we can make. Lesson number two Mr Speaker. I will | :08:57. | :09:05. | |
answer this question with qtestions three, 78 ten and 17. The government | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
has firmly committed to implementing our manifesto pledge to makd school | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
funding there are. My right honourable friend B Chancellor of | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
the extra girth announced otr intention to introduce a national | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
for school, I need and earlx years in 2017. This'll mean that for the | :09:22. | :09:23. | |
first time ever funding is transparently and barely match to | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
people and cooled needs and we will set out our detailed plans hn the | :09:29. | :09:35. | |
new year is up. I am grateftl to the Secretary of State for that response | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
and it is a welcome with response can I urge the Secretary of State to | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
introduce people national ftnding formula for all schools as soon as | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
possible because the longer we leave it the worse the problem is going to | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
get and therefore the more difficult it will get to put right so that | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
children in Gloucestershire do not continue to lose out in the way that | :09:57. | :09:59. | |
they have been doing for far too long. Can I think right honourable | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
friend and he is right we nded to move as quickly as possible to | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
answer that low funded areas are funded fairly and has barelx. We | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
have taken the first that b`nk including Gloucestershire whll | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
budget bites will be announced and as I say we will now go further | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
introducing a national fundhng formula while ensuring the pace of | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
change providing the purity to schools and local authoritids. Have | :10:23. | :10:31. | |
suffered for delete it from under underfunding for many years. Time is | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
of the essence and in testing this iniquity and while the Secrdtary of | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
State has says he will start work after Richmond Avenue grateful if | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
she did go into a bit more detail of those first steps he will bd taking. | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
And I thank my honourable friend. He made a valuable contribution to the | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
recent petition of the crimd minister Aligarh action on their | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
funding. I intend to consult in the new year but I can assure hhm that | :10:57. | :10:59. | |
there'll be much work going on already led by the parliamentary | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
undersecretary of state to really unpack the funding formula so that | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
all goals are funded fairly and all people Bath access to a good | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
education. Under the present formula is cooled in my constituencx have | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
covered greatly. People find it .. For the sake of... Will see as sure | :11:21. | :11:29. | |
that the new funding formul` she was going to work on and as you says she | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
started so quickly will at last remedy this anomaly that has been | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
going on for far too long. PBG books into words just one of the | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
differentials between areas and that is exactly why we need to t`ckle | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
this issue of the unfairness in the funding for yellow. Is a matter of | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
social justice that drives our determination to solve this current | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
on their funding system. By the government is committed to | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
introducing a funding formula to ensure funding is temporarily | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
matched in need. My right honourable friend join me in congratul`ting the | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
Academy who have all recently deceived good ratings from off that | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
and authentic to benefit from this new funding formula. I take great | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
president and congratulating all the pupils at the schools on thdir hard | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
work and other excellent of separating. I know, it's hard work | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
goes into getting that. As H said we will consult in the new year and set | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
out the schools benefiting `nd detailed plans for national funding | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
formula up. I am buried by the Chancellor did announce we will | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
fulfil our manifesto commitlent of creating a fairer funding sxstem of | :12:44. | :12:46. | |
the spending of the last wedk. Can my right honourable friend say when | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
we will have a funding formtla which is ever all schools across the | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
country because there are whnners and losers now, there have `lways | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
been, and it will be no different in the future. My honourable friend is | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
absolutely right about the fact that there is patent unfairness hn the | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
system now. ?16 million extra is allocated to schools in Derbyshire | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
in 2015-16 and we will work with her and other stakeholders to m`ke sure | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
that the funding is based upon the characteristics of pupils r`ther | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
than unfair historic calcul`tions up . As my right honourable frhend will | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
be well aware less assure is the second from the bottom of the | :13:28. | :13:29. | |
funding for the current funding formula despite having some of the | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
most deprived areas in the county in my constituency, children and my | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
constituency are funded by `lmost ?500 a year per pupil less than the | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
city of Leicester and a staggering ?1000 or year per pupil less than | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
Birmingham which is only 22 miles away. Can my right honourable friend | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
yesterday out that the new funding formula will correct this for our | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
county of Leicestershire? I am very well aware of the position of | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
Leicestershire from both parents, school governors and of course from | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
local counsellors and. In 2015- 6 we made an additional ?20 millhon | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
available to Leicestershire and they will continue to receive th`t an ink | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
in 1670 but he is right to say that we will be introducing a national | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
funding formula to and a grossly unfair variations which he | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
highlighted in the question up the devil will be in the detail. Can see | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
Richard Gasquet in areas of high poverty like my constituencx in | :14:33. | :14:35. | |
Liverpool this will not restlt in significant cuts and running on | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
schools. He is absolutely rhght to say that the principal is rhght we | :14:43. | :14:50. | |
will be looking in detail at the needs of the disadvantaged pupils. I | :14:51. | :14:53. | |
should point out that we have also introduced since the forming daily | :14:54. | :14:56. | |
Mac funding formula the puphl premium at a cost of over 2.5 | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
billion a year but we will dnsure full consultation that all lembers | :15:02. | :15:03. | |
and others will have an opportunity to have their say. Working-class | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
boys are three times less lhkely to go on to university than thdir | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
counterparts from wealthier families. Shouldn't this review be | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
about closing that gap and addressing the social mobilhty | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
crisis that exist and that of some cooled 1-size-fits-all national | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
centre at which is what the people behind their urging her to | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
introduce? As I said there'll be a full consultation but I think he got | :15:35. | :15:38. | |
the wrong end of the stickidr because the funding of the Leigh | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
formula to be consulted on will take into account the needs that he has | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
outlined of disadvantaged ptpils that be cannot be right if xou want | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
to talk about the working boys it at there are schools with no which are | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
receiving hundreds of pounds last man schooled in 1's that is one | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
example. We have to end this equity the government is taking difficult | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
decisions that we will do that. I agree with his concerns. | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
Cambridgeshire cooled like the thick gold 2017 is a way away. Wh`t | :16:12. | :16:19. | |
happens between now and then? You will not be surprised to he`r that I | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
have also been lobbied by ilmature and get along with many othdrs | :16:24. | :16:26. | |
across the country. I'm mentioned the ?399 and not for the 20th 1 16 | :16:27. | :16:34. | |
years. That is continuing to 16 17 and will continue into the big thing | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
going for it for the rest of this prominent. I think we have to have a | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
balance between making sure their excellent progress on something | :16:43. | :16:45. | |
demanded by MPs across the House but also getting it right so th`t they | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
do not end up with a situathon that we have somehow got to untangle | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
things again in a decades thme up copy what assurances can thd | :16:56. | :16:59. | |
Minister give parents of a grammar school recently received a letter | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
from the cool consulting on potential financial contribttions | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
from parents. This date I w`nt and as the bride a view of the parents | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
there -- this date alarms. Old are not asked for voluntary | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
contributions but they must make sure to parent that they ard | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
voluntary and an obligation for them to pay. I understand it consultation | :17:24. | :17:26. | |
hasn't published on the website and it does say that children appeared | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
to. The Leigh do not conjurd bugle might be jaded differently `nd there | :17:32. | :17:33. | |
is no obligation for parents to conjugate and I'm happy to clarify | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
that methods. We support moves towards fairer funding. Can the | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
Secretary of State reassure her teachers worried about how the | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
change funding formula will impact on their schools, a transithon from | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
the old to the new formula will be achieved in a way that no school | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
will lose out in cash terms if there pupil numbers remain the sale? Can I | :17:57. | :18:04. | |
thank the honourable gentlelan. I know he has been an member of the ad | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
40 group of local authoritids in the past. Will have a full constltation. | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
We realise will not solve the problem by making schooled wives | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
more difficult and of coursd we have last week my right honourable friend | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
the Chancellor confirmed th`t schools funding is protected in real | :18:24. | :18:26. | |
terms per pupil until the end of this Parliament. Question ntmber | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
four Mr Speaker. Can I wish the honourable lady and all members a | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
happy Saint Andrews Bay. Edtcations you will know it's fully devolved in | :18:42. | :18:43. | |
Scotland the Scottish government will benefit for the up on ` | :18:44. | :18:49. | |
consequent old to the... Th`t was announced last week. That includes | :18:50. | :18:52. | |
real terms but action for course cooled funding, investing ?0 billion | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
for per year by 1920 and frde child care and... All young peopld getting | :18:59. | :19:07. | |
the skills they need. Many things and happy Saint Andrews Bay to all | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
the honourable members. Medhum education is available to children | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
and 14 out of 32 Scottish local authorities copy the benefits of | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
this filing for education are well documented copy does the Minister | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
agree that cutting BBC all this spending as the Guild and the | :19:25. | :19:27. | |
spending review could impact a children learning and will the | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
Minister join me and pulling for the decision to be reversed? I'l happy | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
to look forward into the decision would have not been raised with me | :19:38. | :19:40. | |
before but I think we all agree though that last December today | :19:41. | :19:43. | |
because we care about education and the standards in our school. But the | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
most important thing in our school. But the most important thing until | :19:48. | :19:49. | |
the learning is the quality of the is the quality of the teachhng | :19:50. | :19:51. | |
aspect they. Education as it evolved matter for the hottest government | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
and avail make decisions about how they are spending online whhch is | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
copy my right honourable frhend is that an additional ?1 billion will | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
be spent in Scotland. Notwithstanding devolution which is | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
all very good, can the Secrdtary of State be a little bit inventive and | :20:10. | :20:12. | |
finding some way of ring fencing the money so that children can be taught | :20:13. | :20:21. | |
where better off to? -- taught we are better off together. I `dmire my | :20:22. | :20:27. | |
honourable friend's to have held the Scottish government write the | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
curriculum. I can see that there are ministers ready to take thel up on | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
that offer. I was talking about an extra ?1 billion a year and free | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
child care but he is right to say we are spending more and education in | :20:41. | :20:46. | |
this Parliament. Can I join with my colleague in wishing the Hotse staff | :20:47. | :20:56. | |
and all members here a happx Saint Andrews Bay copy -- happy S`int | :20:57. | :21:10. | |
Andrews day. I am glad the Linister recognise the abortions of this but | :21:11. | :21:13. | |
it is more than just a TV channel in Scotland. It played a usual rule in | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
supporting parents of children in dialect education and I just want | :21:19. | :21:25. | |
the secretary of state to ottline what she can do to support these | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
parents as a result of this savage UK government cut. I'm not going to | :21:30. | :21:37. | |
compete with the honourable lady who, still be very pleased to hear. | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
But education funding is involved to Scotland and while the revidw might | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
provide a valuable service H am sure there is much more the Scottish | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
Government is able to do to support parents and teachers and schools | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
with the funding they do receive. I notice that an education in Scotland | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
the attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged have | :22:03. | :22:11. | |
not narrowed at all. Followhng a sustained and effective campaign by | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
my honourable friend and others in last week's Autumn Statement the | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
government announced it will give colleges the opportunity to | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
establish themselves as 16-09 academies as part of the arda | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
reviews of post-16 education and training. 861 College which becomes | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
an academy will be eligible to recover their non-business VAT | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
cost. I think right honourable friend for all of its efforts in | :22:37. | :22:39. | |
lobbying the Chancellor to `nswer that best sensible decision has been | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
taken place. However in my honourable friend update thd House | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
on the timescale for 16-19 to transfer to this new regime and both | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
inwardly those involved in lidterm reviews or area reviews at the | :22:55. | :22:58. | |
moment or have not chosen to go this route am a will they be eligible to | :22:59. | :23:06. | |
get this new opportunity? Proposals for individual six form colleges to | :23:07. | :23:09. | |
become academies will be considered alongside other recommendathons from | :23:10. | :23:13. | |
the relevant area reviews which are taking place between now and March | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
2017. When the College of application is a approved it will be | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
eligible for a the 18th reimbursement as benefit has been | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
established with 16-19 Acaddmy stated. Want all reviews have been | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
completed we will then revidw which six form colleges have not xet taken | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
as obstinate and what coursd they want to take. What justific`tion is | :23:33. | :23:39. | |
there for six form colleges being treated differently for tax purposes | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
than other schools? I assumd the honourable judgement will bd able to | :23:46. | :23:48. | |
tell me not least because it was a Labour government that put tp with | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
it for years. Does the Minister agree with me that one of the great | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
advantages this change will make will be enabling fixed form colleges | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
to become academies and therefore parts of usual multi-Academx just | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
which will really stimulate them to even greater things? I entirely | :24:05. | :24:11. | |
agree with the chairman of the education select committee. This is | :24:12. | :24:14. | |
one of the great opportunithes that this proposal offers, colleges to | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
become part of economy groups to become the six form or the @cademy | :24:20. | :24:25. | |
groups and to thrive in that plays. Mr Speaker, the ministers rdcognised | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
that though they finally allowed six form colleges to welcome th`t relate | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
it will not alter the cuts so far with me not three quarters of six | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
form colleges had to slash language and FTM provision and of cotrse they | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
still face a real-time fundhng cut for 2020. Isn't it critical that | :24:45. | :24:47. | |
their excellence and innovation should not now be curbed by DFD | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
micromanagement of them as `cademies that night that the Minister agree? | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
Last week Mr Speaker, or thd week before the honourable gentldman was | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
waving his route to were gohng to be somewhere between 25 and 40$ cut in | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
the per-pupil funding to 16,19 education. I did not hear the | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
welcome from him for the Chancellor's confirmation that it | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
will remain flat cash drought this Parliament. It is of course | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
important that six form colleges are able to prosper which is whx we | :25:21. | :25:21. | |
brought forward this propos`l. Mr Speaker, the purpose of the | :25:22. | :25:35. | |
education allowance was to raise educational participation at. Art | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
reforms cause it -- 16 to 19-year-olds, and creating three | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
billing apprentice ships, h`ve delivered higher participathon and | :25:46. | :25:52. | |
attainment than you may ever did. In the Scotland, the education`l | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
maintenance allowance provides a lifeline of support for taldnted | :25:58. | :26:00. | |
young people from low-incomd backgrounds. To give them the access | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
they need for decent opporttnities. In England, the educational | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
allowance has been another casualty of this government's obsesshon. Why | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
is the Minister not follow the lead of the Scottish Government, that has | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
not only pertain to the support but will expand this support to | :26:23. | :26:26. | |
additional 12,000 students hn Scotland? I thank her, and | :26:27. | :26:33. | |
congratulate her on her recdnt engagement to a conservativd | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
counsellor. I did not think that these things were possible, but yet | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
another reminder that there are ways in which we are better together Mr | :26:43. | :26:50. | |
Speaker, I would draw her attention to the point made by the Scottish | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
education Minister on narrowing the gap. Children from the 20% there | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
deprived areas in the Scotl`nd are seven times less likely to `ttain | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
higher grades than the most affluent peers. There are no lessons that we | :27:06. | :27:08. | |
can talk -- take from Scotl`nd on narrowing the gap. In the Scotland, | :27:09. | :27:18. | |
when we put together our figures for higher education, and compare these | :27:19. | :27:21. | |
two figures put together for higher education in England, Scotl`nd is a | :27:22. | :27:32. | |
leading. As a teacher, I am only too aware of how important educ`tion -- | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
educational maintenance allowance is for keeping talented young people, | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
not in apprenticeships, but in education. He what steps has the | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
Minister taken it to ensure that youngsters from disadvantagdd | :27:49. | :27:51. | |
backgrounds can continue to access further and higher education? | :27:52. | :27:59. | |
Education is a devolved matter in the Scotland. Talking about huge | :28:00. | :28:01. | |
cuts, there were a devolved matter in the Scotland. Talking about huge | :28:02. | :28:13. | |
cuts, there As I said, we whll take no lessons from the SNP. Th`nk you | :28:14. | :28:24. | |
Mr Speaker, and regular attdndance is of vital for academic success. | :28:25. | :28:30. | |
Absence rates are down from 6% to 4.4% and two 2013 through 2014, | :28:31. | :28:38. | |
amounting to four fewer school days lost. We have addressed the previous | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
misconception that pupils who are entitled to time off for holidays | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
during certain times... Fewdr pupils not regularly miss school and in | :28:52. | :28:57. | |
2010. I congratulate, in public as they congratulated in private, the | :28:58. | :29:00. | |
Minister of State for his rdcent marriage. Does my honourabld friend | :29:01. | :29:09. | |
agree that improving attend`nce can sometimes come about from innovative | :29:10. | :29:14. | |
and interesting measures, and that the all-girls breakfast club in | :29:15. | :29:18. | |
Southampton is a brilliant dxample of how building a strong and | :29:19. | :29:22. | |
cohesive school community c`n also improve attendance? I am gr`teful | :29:23. | :29:30. | |
for their congratulations. H echo the words from my friend, wd are | :29:31. | :29:34. | |
better together. I am delighted to pay tribute to the work of the | :29:35. | :29:38. | |
breakfast club in the South`mpton. Is an excellent example of the | :29:39. | :29:42. | |
innovative approaches that lany schools are taking to improve | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
attendance. The prominent ftnd the charity records to provide free | :29:47. | :29:51. | |
sustainable breakfast clubs in 84 schools in disadvantaged ardas. | :29:52. | :29:55. | |
We're also giving parents the right to request clubs, and other | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
wraparound care that will expand their availability in the ftture. | :30:01. | :30:04. | |
Has the Minister considered the impact of the government's welfare | :30:05. | :30:10. | |
policy on school attendance on a disabled people over 16. I've been | :30:11. | :30:15. | |
dealing with a constituent who has been summoned under threat of | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
sanction during the middle of the exams. Will the government take | :30:20. | :30:25. | |
action to ensure that those in full-time education will work around | :30:26. | :30:32. | |
this will calendar? I will look at the case in the detail, and I will | :30:33. | :30:47. | |
write to her. Question numbdr 1 . Question number 11. Childcare is the | :30:48. | :30:51. | |
key issue for many parents, not only under five, but for all children. | :30:52. | :30:56. | |
That is why my friend the Sdcretary of State announced that pardnts will | :30:57. | :30:59. | |
be granted a new right to rdquest wraparound and holiday child care at | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
the school. Providers will `lso be given the right to request support | :31:05. | :31:14. | |
in this aspect. Flexibility is a key part in the provision of chhldcare, | :31:15. | :31:18. | |
jawed ball for school-age and for preschool children. Kennedy minister | :31:19. | :31:26. | |
assure my ministers -- will they allow for greater flex abilhty over | :31:27. | :31:29. | |
things like drop-off and pick-up times? The Ottoman statements set | :31:30. | :31:37. | |
out record levels of the funding available to deliver our plddge for | :31:38. | :31:42. | |
30 hours of free childcare. As working fathers, we know th`t it is | :31:43. | :31:46. | |
not just about the money, it is about flexible childcare av`ilable | :31:47. | :31:49. | |
when need it, and we will bd consulting and use the new xear | :31:50. | :31:55. | |
about new ways to deliver this. Has anyone told the Westminster city | :31:56. | :32:00. | |
Council on the government intention to... They have announced an end to | :32:01. | :32:05. | |
all funding to provide their afterschool care for primarx school | :32:06. | :32:11. | |
children. They offered this to schools, and the last, I asked the | :32:12. | :32:17. | |
only one school to kind of this service because of budgets. Is not | :32:18. | :32:22. | |
the case that it is absolutdly essential that working parents have | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
the opportunity of these afterschool childcare? That is actually in | :32:28. | :32:33. | |
retreat, not in advance? I thank her for that question, and that is | :32:34. | :32:36. | |
precisely the purpose behind the announcement that my friend made, | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
where schools can deliver c`re themselves, they can work whth | :32:43. | :32:47. | |
private providers to use thd site to deliver that wraparound card. What | :32:48. | :32:51. | |
this chamber will do will sdt a new expectation of four schools to | :32:52. | :32:59. | |
follow through on that. Questions about childcare, wraparound | :33:00. | :33:04. | |
flexible, it's opportune at the moment. Before the election in May, | :33:05. | :33:09. | |
the Minister told us that play five hours of free child care wotld cost | :33:10. | :33:14. | |
billions. The government 30 hours will cost 1.6 billion. Last week, | :33:15. | :33:20. | |
the Chancellor told us that he was setting aside just over 600,000 for | :33:21. | :33:25. | |
this, which leaves a shortf`ll of almost ?1 billion a year annually. | :33:26. | :33:29. | |
With this come from quality, or will come from reassurance, or whll it | :33:30. | :33:36. | |
come? It is impossible for the IDB are to go publish the policx would | :33:37. | :33:41. | |
cost before they knew what the eligibility criteria for thd new | :33:42. | :33:44. | |
entitlement was. The Chancellor announced the criteria in the Autumn | :33:45. | :33:48. | |
Statement, and made it clear that there is a record amount of | :33:49. | :33:54. | |
investment going into childcare One 19 and 2020. That is somethhng that | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
we should all be proud of. With your consent, Mr 12 -- question 02. The | :34:00. | :34:08. | |
honourable gentleman will bd pleased, I am sure, to know that the | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
Secretary of State meets regularly with colleagues to discuss ` range | :34:14. | :34:17. | |
of issues. City regions can certainly play a role, as wd see | :34:18. | :34:22. | |
integrated -- greater Manchdster. We have combined authorities in a | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
Sheffield and Manchester, ldaving the education provision. Is a bit of | :34:28. | :34:39. | |
a wall. It isn't -- is it not a good idea with second-rate acadelies to | :34:40. | :34:46. | |
formally link them in with city regions so that the economic | :34:47. | :34:50. | |
development education potential can be ruled together, and would he take | :34:51. | :34:55. | |
that forward to other ministers and get that proverb or that's properly | :34:56. | :35:02. | |
on the agenda? He has a rectrring habit of calling everything anything | :35:03. | :35:09. | |
-- anyone else says a wall. He then be | :35:10. | :35:16. | |
we have the regional school commissioners doing excellent work, | :35:17. | :35:21. | |
pulling each area to account and making sure that the regions offer | :35:22. | :35:26. | |
increasing the performance of schools and education Red Cross | :35:27. | :35:29. | |
their area. I am sure that that is something that he would welcome | :35:30. | :35:40. | |
With the Minister agree that bringing together public services, | :35:41. | :35:45. | |
including those for skills `nd education for younger peopld to | :35:46. | :35:56. | |
reflect... It brings togethdr plus 16 education and employers, which is | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
one of the parts of the system that we need to connect more closely to | :36:02. | :36:04. | |
one another so that the opportunities that we know `re out | :36:05. | :36:07. | |
there for the people who have ambition about what their world of | :36:08. | :36:11. | |
work will be will have a grdater understanding of what they can | :36:12. | :36:14. | |
achieve, and they will have a much closer relationship with businesses | :36:15. | :36:19. | |
that want to employ them a. Was he as delighted as I was when the | :36:20. | :36:25. | |
Minister supported policy bx advocating a Commissioner for London | :36:26. | :36:29. | |
on Friday? When is the government going to accept political rdality, | :36:30. | :36:31. | |
start devolving power, introducing the medic -- the critically... Race | :36:32. | :36:42. | |
standards at a local level? I am always delighted to hear from the | :36:43. | :36:45. | |
member from Oxbridge, who speaks all of wisdom on a whole range of | :36:46. | :36:52. | |
subjects. On this particular issue, the most important aspect is that we | :36:53. | :36:56. | |
devolve power to where it is most needed, which is most needed, which | :36:57. | :37:00. | |
isn't to teachers teachers, so that they can run their schools hn the | :37:01. | :37:05. | |
freeway that he, I know, dedp down really want them to do. Number 3. | :37:06. | :37:15. | |
There are now more, better pualified teachers in England than evdr | :37:16. | :37:20. | |
before. We are attracting top graduates and career changes with a | :37:21. | :37:29. | |
generous incentive, including taxes, earning salary while training, over | :37:30. | :37:34. | |
2000 this year were recruitdd than in 2014 to 2015. We exceeded our | :37:35. | :37:38. | |
target for new primary teachers and finished ahead of last year in the | :37:39. | :37:41. | |
key secondary subjects such as math and science. Could he explahn how | :37:42. | :37:49. | |
can schools who have historhcally struggled to attract great teachers | :37:50. | :37:56. | |
be able to find the best and the brightest teachers for the `reas in | :37:57. | :38:01. | |
their schools? Here is a good point, which is why we have establhshed the | :38:02. | :38:06. | |
new national teaching and sdrvice, which will place 1500 outst`nding | :38:07. | :38:11. | |
teachers and middle leaders in underperforming schools by 2020 In | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
areas as he alluded to, are`s who find it hardest to attract `nd | :38:18. | :38:23. | |
recruit and retain varies tdachers. Newcastle reported a shortf`ll in a | :38:24. | :38:27. | |
train teachers for chemistrx and physics. Wobbled steps will the | :38:28. | :38:31. | |
Minister take to make sure that young people are taught by pualified | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
teachers in such subjects? We have introduced generous of recolpense. | :38:37. | :38:51. | |
?3000 a. In physics, we havd agreed to 700 plus graduates of. In | :38:52. | :38:58. | |
mathematics, 204 -- 2704, compared to load in that last year. There is | :38:59. | :39:02. | |
more the to-do, but we are going in the right direction. Top te`chers in | :39:03. | :39:10. | |
my constituency tell me that the biggest obstacle in recruitlent and | :39:11. | :39:13. | |
retention is the cost of hotse prices. Good my friend confhrmed | :39:14. | :39:17. | |
that in the review of the ftnding formula, the price of property in | :39:18. | :39:21. | |
the local areas that teachers have to rent and buy in will be factored | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
into the funding formula? Mx friend has said, we are determined to | :39:27. | :39:29. | |
tackle the historic unfairndss of the funding formula. The Secretary | :39:30. | :39:36. | |
of State and the Secretary of State will be consulting on this hn the | :39:37. | :39:42. | |
new year. Figures show a 50$ recruitment shortfall in design and | :39:43. | :39:48. | |
technology. Is this the casd for special retention? We continue to | :39:49. | :39:54. | |
offer recompense for recruits to come into technology. We have also | :39:55. | :40:00. | |
revised the curriculum. There have been involved in numbers of students | :40:01. | :40:07. | |
taking the a level over a ntmber of years, and to tackle that wd have | :40:08. | :40:10. | |
improved the qualifications in this subject, which is sure to follow | :40:11. | :40:15. | |
through, I believe, into more people becoming graduates in the these | :40:16. | :40:16. | |
subjects and become teachers stop we are hedging teachers, and that is | :40:17. | :40:29. | |
caused by the adverse workload that teachers are under. What spdcific | :40:30. | :40:33. | |
steps will his government t`ke to lessen teacher in England? The doom | :40:34. | :40:40. | |
mongering notions that he is siding is wrong, 87% of those qualhfied in | :40:41. | :40:45. | |
2013 are still teaching a ydar later, 72% who qualified in 200 are | :40:46. | :40:51. | |
still taking five years latdr. The honourable gentleman should stop | :40:52. | :40:53. | |
talking down what is a very popular profession in this country. Indeed, | :40:54. | :41:00. | |
we are tackling the excess of workload that teachers inherited | :41:01. | :41:03. | |
from the previous Labour government. My friend the Sdcretary | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
of State had a workload challenge, we have three working groups | :41:09. | :41:10. | |
specifically tasked with tackling those issues that aren't iddntified | :41:11. | :41:26. | |
in that workload challenge. The funding sources for the European | :41:27. | :41:30. | |
social fund, and the plus programme that is not many schools take | :41:31. | :41:34. | |
advantage of this programme which supports partnership between schools | :41:35. | :41:38. | |
across the EU, including through the funding of foreign language | :41:39. | :41:41. | |
assistance. The department `lso works to ensure that there hs a | :41:42. | :41:48. | |
effective use of the funds that assures that apprenticeships. I | :41:49. | :41:57. | |
thanked him for his answer. Has he considered the consequences that a | :41:58. | :42:00. | |
vote to leave the EU would have on the funding channels for programmes | :42:01. | :42:05. | |
such as these, and the outcome that would have destroyed the rich | :42:06. | :42:08. | |
cultural and linguistic programmes that the EU offers, including the | :42:09. | :42:15. | |
school trips to visit the Etropean Parliament. The Minister is focused | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
on a successful negotiation, and he is sure that the future of the state | :42:22. | :42:27. | |
will lie in the reform of the European union that the Minhster has | :42:28. | :42:32. | |
set out in his recent letter to his present of the European union. Thank | :42:33. | :42:40. | |
you Mr Speaker, what are thd Minister not agree, that as the | :42:41. | :42:45. | |
United Kingdom sends ?350 mhllion each and every week to Brussels | :42:46. | :42:51. | |
just a small amount of that is spent on teachers and schools will be a | :42:52. | :42:55. | |
great advantage. Isn't that the case that one of the reasons for coming | :42:56. | :43:00. | |
out of the AU? These are thd issues that the Prime Minister is | :43:01. | :43:03. | |
debating, and you'll debate them in due course. Further to that point, | :43:04. | :43:12. | |
does my friends not agree that if schools use proper -- propaganda | :43:13. | :43:19. | |
provided by the European unhon, teachers must make certain that both | :43:20. | :43:24. | |
sides of the argument over our membership in the European tnion are | :43:25. | :43:33. | |
fairly and properly put forward In the name of improving education | :43:34. | :43:39. | |
outcomes, the education ask going to 1944 make it clear that any lessons | :43:40. | :43:43. | |
in political issues have to be balanced. Mr Speaker, last week my | :43:44. | :43:55. | |
department published a call for evidence to help broaden our | :43:56. | :43:58. | |
understanding of education settings, and the scope of oversight `nnounced | :43:59. | :44:03. | |
by the prime minister last lonth. We are committed to safeguarding | :44:04. | :44:06. | |
children and protecting thel from harm and extremism, including out of | :44:07. | :44:13. | |
school settings which provides opportunities. I would ask going to | :44:14. | :44:16. | |
make accommodation for the 01th of January. But plans are therd to | :44:17. | :44:30. | |
inspect Academy chains... It is nice to hear the honourable gentleman. He | :44:31. | :44:36. | |
we have not heard much from him on education since he took up his | :44:37. | :44:39. | |
position at. He will be aware that these matters were explored fully in | :44:40. | :44:43. | |
the previous education select committee. Want to also expdct - | :44:44. | :44:48. | |
inspect individual schools `nd their support. Those chains are p`rt of | :44:49. | :44:57. | |
those inspections. We have heard from him twice today, and it is | :44:58. | :45:00. | |
worth pointing out that he hs a philosopher, that we know, ht is on | :45:01. | :45:07. | |
his record. Way the governmdnt doing to encourage more young to study | :45:08. | :45:14. | |
math and other subjects in school? Our ambition is that by 2020 the | :45:15. | :45:18. | |
vast majority of young people will study math until the age of 18. We | :45:19. | :45:22. | |
have strengthened math to provide a more secure basis for studyhng the | :45:23. | :45:26. | |
subject on a daily level. Wd have increased content in sciencd, | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
introduced the new core math qualifications. Now all students | :45:33. | :45:35. | |
have the opportunity to study the subject after the age of 16, and we | :45:36. | :45:40. | |
have lost to the your life campaign to promote -- promote mathelatics | :45:41. | :45:47. | |
and science to young people. Thank you for allowing me to arrive a few | :45:48. | :45:52. | |
moments late today, as therd was a high-profile meeting taking place | :45:53. | :45:56. | |
elsewhere on the estate. I was attending, and you can read all | :45:57. | :46:02. | |
about on the papers later. Does the Secretary of State accept that there | :46:03. | :46:04. | |
is a growing teacher shortage in our schools? I will hope -- was to be | :46:05. | :46:13. | |
able to tell us whether she will be a member of the shadow Council after | :46:14. | :46:17. | |
this debate? We have been clear that there is a challenge in terls of | :46:18. | :46:21. | |
teacher recruitment. While vacancy rates are low, we are aware that | :46:22. | :46:24. | |
there are issues in the subjects and in certain parts of the country | :46:25. | :46:28. | |
That is why we announced thd creation of the national te`ching | :46:29. | :46:34. | |
service earlier on this month. Thank you for that reply, it is good to | :46:35. | :46:38. | |
see that the Secretary of State is now accepting that there is a | :46:39. | :46:42. | |
growing problem of teacher shortage. It stands in contrast to | :46:43. | :46:46. | |
some of the announcement given earlier by her minister of state. | :46:47. | :46:49. | |
There was an important report out last week that showed half of all | :46:50. | :46:54. | |
schools had unfilled vacanches at the start of this academic xear To | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
plug the gaps, one in four schools are increasingly using supply | :47:01. | :47:03. | |
teachers. One and six are using nonspecialist teachers to fhll the | :47:04. | :47:07. | |
vacancies, and more than ond in ten are resorting to used unqualified | :47:08. | :47:11. | |
staff to teach lessons. Doesn't be secretary of the state think that | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
these steps are good for rahsing the standards, or does she think that | :47:17. | :47:19. | |
this is not happening? Why H think is needed is that for all of us to | :47:20. | :47:23. | |
recognise the enormous contribution that teachers make, and to those who | :47:24. | :47:28. | |
try to talk down to teaching at every opportunity, talking `bout the | :47:29. | :47:32. | |
problems, do our schools and education problem -- institttion no | :47:33. | :47:39. | |
good whatsoever. One of the issues where Krugman is hardest is in | :47:40. | :47:43. | |
modern foreign languages. In the 13 years of her party being in power, | :47:44. | :47:50. | |
this subject plummeted. It hs harder now to find the students to teach | :47:51. | :47:57. | |
those languages. Ten my fridnd outline what steps have been taken | :47:58. | :48:02. | |
to encourage more schools ottside of London to work with charitids such | :48:03. | :48:09. | |
as free the children? Mr Spdaker I recall meeting my friend a few years | :48:10. | :48:16. | |
ago to speak about free the children. It is good to see that she | :48:17. | :48:19. | |
remains a strong advocate of extracurricular activities that | :48:20. | :48:25. | |
support children becoming active citizens. That is why we have | :48:26. | :48:31. | |
invested over ?5 million to build children character and resilience. | :48:32. | :48:35. | |
We are working across the country, not just in London, to compdtitive | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
sport, and, and volunteer and social aspect projects stop | :48:41. | :48:43. | |
. And the uniform policy behng implemented amah and at short notice | :48:44. | :48:54. | |
people -- parents are being told that day but must buy new uniforms. | :48:55. | :48:59. | |
The children who don't have been forced to attend a learning unit in | :49:00. | :49:05. | |
an excluded room. Walk can the Minister due to better protdct | :49:06. | :49:09. | |
parents who cannot afford stch upfront costs without their children | :49:10. | :49:13. | |
being punished? I'm happy to look into the individual case, btt I | :49:14. | :49:17. | |
think that the honourable gdntleman and others yet again are putting up | :49:18. | :49:22. | |
more barriers in the way of this scope improving the. Since 2005 at | :49:23. | :49:26. | |
this school has been below the national average. This has been | :49:27. | :49:32. | |
going on for ten years. This school is now an Academy, is sponsored by a | :49:33. | :49:37. | |
trust that has done extremely well for another school Norwich primary | :49:38. | :49:42. | |
Academy in his own constitudncies of the I'm happy to look at thd | :49:43. | :49:46. | |
individual case, but he would do better to work with the loc`l MP to | :49:47. | :49:50. | |
raise the educational attainment for all children stop | :49:51. | :50:00. | |
this extends to children with special educational needs, hncluding | :50:01. | :50:07. | |
those in a fantastic school in my constituency. The one-year honour | :50:08. | :50:11. | |
from the reforms, with the Linister of JD House on what progress has | :50:12. | :50:16. | |
been made? I am a pleased to hear about the work going on in his | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
constituency, that he is championing. These reforms that we | :50:22. | :50:26. | |
have brought represent the biggest change, and the biggest opportunity | :50:27. | :50:31. | |
special education and support in a. Good progress is being made. This is | :50:32. | :50:37. | |
a 3 year transition, but today all consoles have published... We have | :50:38. | :50:45. | |
also integrated educational health and care plans available now for | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
more complex needs which nedd to be addressed. As I mentioned a few | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
moments ago, we are working towards the introduction of the first ever | :50:55. | :50:59. | |
inspection from work with the quality commission to ensurd that | :51:00. | :51:01. | |
parents and young people know whether they are able to access the | :51:02. | :51:04. | |
range and quality of servicds that they need. Doctor Lisa Cameron. | :51:05. | :51:11. | |
Thank you Mr Speaker. There is a real concern that following the | :51:12. | :51:20. | |
Paris attacks, he pulled his permission could intensify. What | :51:21. | :51:25. | |
programmes hasn't she planndd to prevent religious intolerance? She | :51:26. | :51:31. | |
asks an important question, and sadly it is becoming ever more | :51:32. | :51:34. | |
something that we have to think about. Religious intolerancd is | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
unacceptable, and all schools are provide -- required to promote the | :51:40. | :51:43. | |
rule of law, democracy, indhvidual law, and tolerance with those of | :51:44. | :51:47. | |
different faiths and beliefs. Schools should be places whdre we | :51:48. | :51:49. | |
support community commute as cohesion. The national citizens | :51:50. | :52:00. | |
service. Is curriculums shotld take about the importance of respecting | :52:01. | :52:05. | |
others. The other schools do this in very diverse areas, but we lust | :52:06. | :52:11. | |
continue this focus on area. With my friend, when considering thd review | :52:12. | :52:16. | |
on school funding, ensure that the problem that has arisen in recent | :52:17. | :52:20. | |
years with the underfunding of the two grammar schools and othdr | :52:21. | :52:25. | |
grammar schools and ethics, it is addressed. It seems unfair that they | :52:26. | :52:29. | |
should be suffering in the way that they have through this currdnt | :52:30. | :52:37. | |
funding formula. As he is aware we have protected the core school | :52:38. | :52:42. | |
budget real term, and the looking into make finding her. I can assure | :52:43. | :52:50. | |
that the grammar school, anti-school for girls, will receive funding that | :52:51. | :52:58. | |
route flex the peoples needs fairly. Friday I met with the Glasgow | :52:59. | :53:06. | |
foreign affairs that its funding is under pressure and demand is | :53:07. | :53:10. | |
increasing. Can the Secretary of State tell us whether funds from the | :53:11. | :53:15. | |
refugee resettlement progralme will be made, and what steps she is the | :53:16. | :53:23. | |
-- taking to support this? The speaking of English is hugely | :53:24. | :53:25. | |
important in terms of integration, and that is something that we want | :53:26. | :53:29. | |
to see with anyone who comes here and you need to. We can support them | :53:30. | :53:34. | |
so they can become members of our society. I'm happy to take this | :53:35. | :53:38. | |
matter away and talk to my friends... There are rules for what | :53:39. | :53:44. | |
money can be spent on, but H am happy to write to him. Thank you Mr | :53:45. | :53:53. | |
Speaker. Constituencies likd mine and stooping and have a need for | :53:54. | :53:57. | |
school places and new schools, by a lack suitable sites for new | :53:58. | :54:02. | |
schools. Will the Minister visit with me to see what more thd | :54:03. | :54:06. | |
government can do to help local authorities find a suitable sites | :54:07. | :54:10. | |
for schools in places like line and to give them? As the Secret`ry of | :54:11. | :54:18. | |
State said at last weeks London educational conference, we recognise | :54:19. | :54:24. | |
the importance of these aside. We will work with local authorhties to | :54:25. | :54:29. | |
designate property teams in the funding agencies by identifxing | :54:30. | :54:32. | |
potential sites. When it coles to school buildings and repairs, we on | :54:33. | :54:37. | |
this site are creating placds and fixing the school roof whild the sun | :54:38. | :54:46. | |
is shining. Following last week s devastating risk -- report `bout | :54:47. | :54:52. | |
450,000 children are being sexually abuse over the last two years. I | :54:53. | :54:57. | |
wonder if the Secretary of State disagrees with me and disagrees with | :54:58. | :55:01. | |
the children community -- Commissioner... Should be | :55:02. | :55:02. | |
compulsory? I do not disagree with the | :55:03. | :55:10. | |
honourable Lee that education should be compulsory but I think it should | :55:11. | :55:14. | |
be age appropriate and just because something is statute does not mean | :55:15. | :55:17. | |
that it is always talked whhle. What I would rather see is that these | :55:18. | :55:21. | |
issues there is a good currhculum, taught well, taught by compdtent | :55:22. | :55:25. | |
teachers or people coming in from outside were going to inspire those | :55:26. | :55:30. | |
young people. Will be Secretary of State join me in saluting the work | :55:31. | :55:34. | |
of the ambassadors and to w`nt to tell the House what further steps | :55:35. | :55:37. | |
are being taken to make surd that more and more children do... I will | :55:38. | :55:44. | |
join my honourable friend and saluting work of the stem | :55:45. | :55:48. | |
ambassadors. Since 2010 we have seen a level stem increase to radically. | :55:49. | :55:55. | |
Matt is now the single most popular a level choice with 92,000 hnjuries | :55:56. | :56:01. | |
last year. But we do want to go for further. Of your life campahgn is | :56:02. | :56:06. | |
targeting your 11 pupils as they make their a choices with the aim of | :56:07. | :56:11. | |
increasing physics by 50% in three years. Can I ask the schools | :56:12. | :56:19. | |
minister if you meet and have a discussion with me about funding for | :56:20. | :56:23. | |
the new at his word school hn Coventry? I'm happy to have such a | :56:24. | :56:32. | |
meeting. Prince William school in and deal has recently converted into | :56:33. | :56:35. | |
an academy but for many years and suffered from a chronic lack of | :56:36. | :56:39. | |
investment. I'm grateful to ministers for the interest they have | :56:40. | :56:43. | |
shown today but what reassurance can against that schools such as this | :56:44. | :56:45. | |
will be top of the government's investment priority? We plan to | :56:46. | :56:55. | |
spend billion pounds between 2016-2021 in February. We announced | :56:56. | :57:00. | |
allocations of four point 2 billion between 2015 and 2018 to improve the | :57:01. | :57:03. | |
condition of existing schools including funding for the condition | :57:04. | :57:07. | |
improvement find to whisper prince William school is eligible to. Our | :57:08. | :57:17. | |
core is to keep building safe and in good working. Into the Scottish | :57:18. | :57:23. | |
Government launched a new chosen families and young people fhnd focus | :57:24. | :57:28. | |
on improving educational eqtality and allowing young people to improve | :57:29. | :57:33. | |
their potential copy are thd government very to save you look at | :57:34. | :57:39. | |
this fine example from Scotland That always -- I am always happy to | :57:40. | :57:45. | |
look at what happened in Scotland. The honourable gentleman might want | :57:46. | :57:48. | |
to look at what we have been in England in terms of narrowing the | :57:49. | :57:52. | |
gap between advantaged and disadvantaged and they might find | :57:53. | :57:55. | |
they could learn something from us. Could you tell us how many schools | :57:56. | :58:01. | |
require pupils to where somdthing is part of their uniform was white but | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
we do not collect that data but these are issues for the he`dteacher | :58:07. | :58:09. | |
and governing body of the school. But they do have to act reasonably | :58:10. | :58:13. | |
and public body they have bx law act reasonably. The government's own | :58:14. | :58:21. | |
findings show that the 26 wdek timescale applied in care | :58:22. | :58:24. | |
proceedings is leading to rdst and unsuitable placement for chhldren | :58:25. | :58:30. | |
under... Baal the Minister not except what the social work | :58:31. | :58:32. | |
profession has known all along that 26 weeks is not sufficient to plan | :58:33. | :58:36. | |
properly for a vulnerable child s life? The honourable way thd will | :58:37. | :58:42. | |
know from memory because shd was on the old committee that when we | :58:43. | :58:47. | |
brought in the 26 weeks timdscale for care cases, the average was over | :58:48. | :58:54. | |
55 weeks, which I think unddr anyone's view would be a holy over | :58:55. | :59:02. | |
the level that it should be for a decision to be made about a child's | :59:03. | :59:06. | |
long-term feature. We have lanaged to bring that close to 26 wdeks but | :59:07. | :59:11. | |
what we need to make sure it that in relation to special guardianship | :59:12. | :59:14. | |
orders that the assessment of potential terrorist for those | :59:15. | :59:16. | |
children is as robust as it would be for any other decision about that | :59:17. | :59:20. | |
child's long-time permanent and if there is a concern that into many | :59:21. | :59:25. | |
cases that is not happening. Many had teachers in my constitudncy | :59:26. | :59:30. | |
reported increased prevalence of mental health goblins among young | :59:31. | :59:33. | |
people in schools. Would be Secretary of State agree with me | :59:34. | :59:37. | |
that we need to see better integration between schools and | :59:38. | :59:41. | |
child and adolescent mental health services so that we can deal with | :59:42. | :59:48. | |
this growing problem. I know my honourable friend is a passhonate | :59:49. | :59:51. | |
campaigner on mental health issues. He will be aware that we have funded | :59:52. | :59:55. | |
a 1.5 million joint pilots with the department for help on this single | :59:56. | :00:00. | |
point of contact between schools and services so that parents do not have | :00:01. | :00:04. | |
to go through the aggravation of trying to work out how to access | :00:05. | :00:08. | |
these vital services to support their young children. Version | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
question. -- urgent question. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
if you make a statement on decision on the route and patient choices for | :00:21. | :00:30. | |
high-speed to. Mr Speaker, the government is getting on with | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
building H as to. Legislation to build the first two Birmingham is | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
resting while. Last week thd Chancellor confirmed the finding, | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
today we are also responding to reports published last year by Sir | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
David Higgins Chairman of HS2. He recommended building the line were | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
quickly to bring the benefits to the north sooner. I have therefore | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
announced today my decision on the section from the west Midlands to | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
crew. Now offered to as section to a. We intend to celebrate this so it | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
opens six years | :01:06. | :01:07. |