Live Education Questions House of Commons

ministerial team. The first question is from the Middleton MP on support

for children with mental he`lth problems.

Order! Questions to the Secretary of State for Education. Question number

one Mr Speaker. Secretary of State. He very much Mr Speaker, can I take

the opportunity to welcome but the shadow Minister for childcare, the

new shadow minister and the shadow minister for mental health. I will

answer those question with puestion eight. This government is committed

to helping all young people fulfil their potential, health is `

personal priority for me and we are committed to helping schools provide

necessary support. We need to provide access to special sdrvices

when needed and guidance on counselling behaviour about mental

health. We are investing ?1.4 billion toward mental health

services for children which will do so might deliver a step change in

the way this is delivered. The number of children going with mental

health issues is more than doubled since 2010. Schools are havhng to

manage the growing crisis, decreased access to support is making a

somewhat harder. I appreciate the Secretary of State's words but what

guarantee can she give pupils, parents, and teachers about acting

on this issue? I think it is important and I recognise the

welcome back that there is hnterest on all sides of the House. That is

the first step to tackling the stigma, getting people to t`lk about

it. But we are need to go ftrther and that is why my friend the Prime

Minister announced ?1.4 million -- one 4p for people's health services

and has announced recently that we as a department contribute ?1.5

million to a joint test abott having single point of contact in schools

and count services. Teachers are not mental health workers but they can't

support these problems and lust know what to do to work with those in

health services. It is clear this government is committed to dnsuring

young people have good access to mental health support, does the

Secretary of State agree with me that the department of educ`tion's

mental health services bringing in a single point of contact in 255

schools will mean there are more he -- a more joined up approach between

services that will positively impact the mental health of our yotng

people across the UK and sotthwest of the UK? And I thank my honourable

friend very much, and say the first round of training has been

successfully delivered to 245 schools and the second round is

under way. Schools and commhssion groups take part in the valtation of

the programme to help us understand whether having the lead rolds has

improved the schools and services and any wider change in partisan

rating schools. Access to the services for all children and young

people is absolutely crucial. With pressures increasing on school

budget, what can the Secret`ry of State give that all children and

young people who need access to good quality mental health and

counselling services are able to get them? I have already mentioned the

joint trained pilots. As a department we have also provided for

9p to support 17 voluntary objects since this is the first timd mental

health services were a part of that. The survey which was carried out

last summer included findings that 54% of teachers reported fedling you

had to help pupils with mental health issues, access, and support,

and 62% provided counselling services for people needing extra

support. I will be the first to admit that we have further to go on

this. In the last Parliament, the House committee had compellhng

evidence that we need to focus on the prevention and early

intervention. Much of that hs being funded from public health btdgets,

can the Secretary of State said out what discussions you will h`ve an

reassure the House that as those budgets come under pressure that the

very valuable service is behng taken place will not be affected was white

I read with interest the report published by the committee hn the

last Parliament and I and the Parliamentary Secretary of state

have regular conversations with our colleagues in the Department of

health and across government, government on this. The loc`l

transformation policies indhcate that some areas already plans are

reduce discrimination. Therd remains some discrimination, even in some

parts of the NHS. We have to change that. Irk I am feeling rathdr

abandon on the benches todax. I am wondering if the rest... GRTMBLING.

I wonder if my colleagues are off celebrating an early night, so

apologies to the House that they are taking part in the events tonight

and they have a very enjoyable time. Mr Speaker, the link between mental

health problems and poverty is well documented. Young people from the

poorest 20% of households are three times more likely to suffer from

poor mental health and the lost affluent 20%. What plans dods the

Secretary of State have to study the impact of removing educational

maintenance allowance on thd mental health of the most disadvantaged

young people in society? I have to say to the honourable Lady H agree

with the first part of her puestion, I could not finish or agree with the

second part because I could not quite see where she was heading with

this. The overall issue is that young people's mental health from

all backgrounds needs to be addressed. Both in the sensd of

tackling early intervention and prevention but also making sure

we've produced strong resilhent people and that is why we t`lking

about character on education. Something I want to priorithse and

schools. I am delighted and I'm sure others are about the announcements

from the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister on this issud. Not

just because many families hn my constituency have found gre`t

difficulty accessing mental health services, particularly for

adolescents. Can she reenter the House that her involvement hn the

department will involve the right mean that throughout the edtcation

system, people are much mord alert to these signs of mental he`lth

problems and will be able to have quicker access to medical mdntal

health services? Can I agred with my honourable friend. That is precisely

why we as a department have made this a issue because as I

understand, teachers are not mental health workers but they will be

working with young people d`y in and day out and be able to spot the

issues. They need to know that when the issues get referred, by the

medical services, that's whx we work so closely with the NHS as well I

also want to make sure that teachers are fully equipped to tackld mental

health and stigmas which is why we funded the Association to produce

guides and lesson plans to support age appropriate mental health issues

which could be used during the academic year. Can I think the

speaker for giving me the ability to speak in this on very important

issues on missile. Have adults with mental health problems art diagnosed

in childhood. It is vital that we intervene early to prevent this

Listen very carefully to wh`t the Secretary of State said, it is on

her government's want so thdy will understand by ?77 million on child

and adolescent mental health budget. We have had concerns raised by no

less than four select shares of this government's direct record `nd we

have seen a Germanic increase on the number of children turning tp with

mental health problems becatse the threshold to access services are

only increasing. When will the Secretary of State stopped the warm

words and give us proper action to support the child adolescent mental

health services this countrx desperately needs was white I

welcome the honourable Lady's appointment and she will know that

as I've said, my personal interest in this very important mattdr, which

is why in the first Secretary of State to task one of the ministers

in my department with responsibility for mental health and education It

is a shame that she has not had the chance to amend her question or

perhaps her statement beford she stood up. If she had, she would have

reflected on the fact that H Artie talked about the joint training

pilots, the one point to 5 billion that we have Artie announced, I

talked about the Association, the training or schools, the provision

of counselling. I look forw`rd to working with her on this very

important issue. Question two. With permission Mr Speaker I will answer

this question with question five. We are making rapid and substantial

progress towards our commitlent of 30 hours of free child care for

working families. The Chancdllor committed to a... Report st`ge and

third reading of the childc`re bill will take place this afternoon will

stop early implementation is on track for this autumn for 2017. In

rural areas, there are often smaller and as a result of higher cost for

people, will the Minister assured me that these will not be adversely

affected and will revisit mx constituency to see these

first-hand? Can I reassure ly honourable friend that our cost of

childcare review and consultation with the sector took into account

the cost of childcare for every type of provider right across thd

country. We have announced `n increase in the average nathonal

funding rates from ?4 66 to 68 from 27 -- 2017 and 2018. We want to make

sure this reaches the front line. In response to my honourable friend's

request, I will be delighted to visit his constituency, which is my

possibility. I will be holdhng the fifth annual jobs ever to shift

their at a college. Will my honourable friend agree with me and

welcome the extension of thhs government's commitment to 30 hours

free child care to help pardnts get back to work? Firstly can I

congratulate the honourable member on the job fair. He is absolutely

right about the purpose of the 0 hour commitment. It is to hdlp make

the cost of living and give children the best out of life. May I suggest

that he invite local childc`re providers to his job fair so that

parents can talk to them as well as potential employers and encourage

police to do the same. Dizzhness or agree with that a parent's childcare

does not need and when a chhld reaches for and that after school

and school holiday childcard is absolutely essential, particularly

for working parents. Is shale that the city Council is ending `ll

funding for its school aged child care services as part of a 600 and

65 thousand pounds -- 600 ?45,0 0 cut? The member asked a verx

important question. I cannot comment on the specific case that you

mention but I do know that tax-free childcare which we have leghslated

for and comes in during 2017 will allow parents to purchase childcare

for out of school aged children from up to 12 and disabled children of

18. Could the ministers say what support schools will be getting to

accommodate the extra intakd? The honourable member again askdd an

excellent question. There are a lot of excellent school nurserids

available, she will be well aware that we announced as part of the

last spending review ?50 million towards capital and will be working

with schools that need to expand to be able to expand to deliver the

cost of childcare. The government's plans or introducing the frde

childcare for parents has rhghtly received cross party support. I

would suggest as your honourable friend has already said, sedking and

poets -- parent seeking employment. What will you do with parents

currently seeking employment to enable access to childcare? The lady

appears to have found not one friend, but two friends. We are

deeply grateful to her and those honourable members. It is

encouraging to see that the S and P has followed the conservative

party's lead and is now pledging 30 hours of childcare for parents. The

Scottish elections... She whll be aware that we have the childcare

aliment of tax credits in England so that parents who do not qualify for

the second 15 hours can get support for up to 75% of their childcare

costs through that policy. On the 14th of April last year, thd Prime

Minister posted and I cannot do a David Cameron impression but he said

that with a conservative government, you will get 30 hours of frde child

care a week. To much rejoichng throughout the land as I recall

However, can the Minister confirmed that one in three families that he

told would get the 30 hours free child care and they believed it

because the Prime Minister told them they would, will receive zero

additional hours at all. I think the honourable Lady and welcome her to

her post, I look forward to hearing future contributions from hdr. I now

understand this to be a front for hard right views in the Labour

Party. She asked the question, she would know that in terms of the

first 15 hours, it is a universal offer, 99% of four-year-olds take

that. 94% of three-year-olds get that. We have been very cle`r that

the second 15 hours is a working... Surely she does not believe that

Islington parents at 100,000 a year should be entitled to free child

care. I know she wants to rdpresent her new constituency of the Labour

Party. Thank you Mr Speaker. With your permission I will answdr this

question together with numbdr ten. I have had several meetings whth

college leaders and often thmes with honourable members representing them

and will continue to do so `s the review process unfolds. The Minister

will be aware that colleges in the valley which could lead to... The

banks are the big winners in this and I'm told that we are becoming

liable for penalties for brdaking loan contracts, that could run into

millions of pounds. How much are the banks going to benefit from these

mergers? Mr Speaker, this is absolutely the first I have heard

and certainly not my intenthon to lay a single pound of taxpaxer's

money towards banks. The whole point of the review process is to actually

strengthen the institution so that they can do an excellent service at

providing high-quality and professional education to pdople.

How does the Minister reconcile the government's commitment to the

skills settlement in greater Manchester while slashing a quarter

of the FT college budget and slapping a tax on businesses? It is

fairly amazing to hear a melber of the opposition party attackhng the

apprenticeship levy which is something they thought was something

so extraordinarily left-wing that they would not propose it in their

own manifesto. I would have thought that the modern Labour Partx would

have considered it to be a thoroughly mainstream suggestion. As

for his other comments, he will have observed that his party lies in

opposition to attack the 25 to 0% slashing of further education

budgets, which did not happdn when the Chancellor stood up and confirm

that we were going to maint`in adult skills funding and the 16 to 19 ..

Thank you very much Mr Speaker, returning to the actual subject at

hand, does the Minister agrde with me that it is really import`nt to

focus on technical and profdssional training and that the best way to do

that is to provide apprenticeships which have quality as a hallmark and

really attract people because they know that that will lead to a job

and know the value of being an apprentice? I agree entirelx with

the chairman and what is particularly welcome to see that the

number of apprenticeships starts in the latest quarter gone up `nd not

just for apprenticeships generally but for the degree of the projects

that give the young people that reassurance and that they c`n be

taken to whatever level thex aspire to. The national Society... Are

looking to locate the 77 three aero plane which we converted to a design

studio four house our new experimental design course. Does my

honourable friend agree that innovative thinking such as this

could inject new energy into post 16 training? I was not aware of that

example but I think it is f`ntastic. It is exactly what the most

innovative colleges are doing and we go through the process to enable

more causes to be as innovative as that scheme is. I have the privilege

of representing the best people in the country but they are behng

failed by this government. Ly constituents have work todax -- will

today to learn that they ard less likely than those of any other city

to meet the qualifications that they need. The report found that 79, 00

people have no formal qualifications. They are at the

bottom of the table. With the Minister me with us to disctss how

post 16 education and trainhng providers can be best used to help

my city? I would firstly be delighted to meet with the

honourable Lady. I would just gently point out to her that those

constituents who have failed went to school under a labour government.

With your permission I would like to answer questions for, 13, and 1

together. We are committed to ensuring children in every part of

the country, regardless of their background or circumstance benefits

from an excellent education. High-quality teachers are shck to my

central to that. We've annotnced the establishment of the nation`l

teaching service which will place some of our best teachers, hncluding

heads of department, into schools that need to mow support.

Particularly in areas the country that find it hardest to rectrred

good teachers. Thank you for your answer. In my constituency,... With

the Minister join me in congratulating the apprenticeship

and confirm that the governlent will continue to support teachers

becoming great head teachers? I am delighted to congratulate hhs

constituency and the Ministdr for taking that post and I wish him best

in that position. Head teachers are vital if we want to achieve our

ambition of excellence everxwhere. We are currently funding a range of

prestigious development leadership positions and qualifications for

head teachers and senior te`chers for the hugely effective and

successful teaching leaders and future leaders organisation. With my

local authority declaring that they will close a number of schools,

including primaries in Brecon high schools, I reckon my honour`ble

friend should agree with me that the best way for people to access great

and to teachers is to keep dxcellent schools open and not allow Labour

run Welsh assemblies to close the door on our children's educ`tion. My

honourable friend is right. High-quality teaching is a single

important influence on acaddmic standards in England. We have that

are qualified teachers than ever before with a proportionate of

graduates entering and rising from 63% to 74% since 2010. I am sure

parents in my honourable frhend s constituency will have their own

view about whether the County Council decision to close schools is

an ineffective or effective way of improving the education of their

children. My constituency h`s schools that are now the 100 top

performing schools between stages one and two. With the Minister join

me in congratulating the whole of the school and especially the

headmistress and teaching staff I am very happy to join my honourable

friend in congratulating thd head teacher of that school. I rdcently

wrote to her congratulating her and her staff for the stage to results.

100% of pupils are making at least expected progress in reading and in

writing and in mats. Can I bring the Minister back down to earth? The

back of the matter is that he trumpets the successes of the

educational policy of this government. Why is it that dvery

time the chief Inspector spdaks he says that this is a governmdnt that

is failing to deliver the bdst possible way for education for our

children up and down the cotntry? I do not recognise the statemdnts from

that man, but the honourabld gentleman should know better having

been a former chairman of the select committee. We are determined that

there will be excellence in every part of the country and whether our

patches of the country, whether it is rural or coastal areas where

schools are not performing, we are taking action and taking action

swiftly and certainly more swiftly than the government that he

supported before 2010. The Linister will know that there are schools in

my constituency and elsewhere wanting to rapidly improve but

struggling with the challenges of recruitment. When one Acadely

principal told me last week that he has spent over ?60,000 just on the

advertising costs, is it not time that our department set up ` single

pulled vacancy site perhaps so that we can get that money inste`d of

going to the front line? It is not necessary to spend that kind of

money recruiting teachers, there are many free websites for teaching

recruitment. I have been to many schools that had very imaginative

ways of recruiting going into local employers, going to univershties

themselves to recruit gradu`tes for their school direct scheme. They do

find very high quality gradtates coming into teaching. The problem,

the challenge that we come hnto with this economy is someday we would not

have if he was Chancellor of the future labour government. The demand

for teachers is growing, it is the government despite our warnhngs

still bearing its head in the sand about teacher recruitment and crisis

on his watch. If it is not, what is it doing about it? We are cdrtainly

not bearing our head in the sand. We have the highest number of teachers

teaching, 455,000 which is 03,0 0 more teachers to date than hn 2 10.

We are also taking action to deal with the challenge of having this

strong economy, we have introduced things for ?35,000 -- 30 ?3000 for

future rabbit, graduates. Wd have expanded teachers, incentivds for

returning, returners came that into teaching last year, a record number.

We are improving behaviour hn our schools, to improve retention and we

are dealing with a teacher were programmed, one of the reasons why

teachers say they leave the programme.

To help her for success in working life. That is why I lost a great

enterprise Company, which is connecting employees of firls and

schools through a network to offer business volunteers. I know my

friends I met with the chairman of the company. The role is to harness

exceptional skeins by the corner gold standard would encourage the

delivery of expiring comforters advice. I am grateful for the

Secretary of State and it is great over the weekend she will t`ke

action to ensure access to our schools for further education.

Cannot put it there, the central challenge in the corner space is

like a incentive for school to play with and so many high inciddnces

around exams. Will she change government guidance to make it a

requirement to work towards an award which begs the quality of the

standards? -- fits the qualhty. The quality of career that Christ is

paramount, that is why we h`ve published more guidance. It was

goals are preparing people for their career. We're considering how to

create the right incentives, and were going to consult a range of

organisations and will publhsh a new career strategy in the spring.

According to Olmstead, only 8% of young people had even had of

National Grid telephone hotline what plan that the Minister has to

raise his profile and a fair argument people for the world of

work? -- prepare our young people. The company which is going to be

working with schools to havd a network of both enterprise `dvisors

and coordinators to ensure that young people have a branch of

different activities. Not about funding and hotline, it is ` mixture

of work experience, a mixture of speakers and schools, a mixture of

understand why young people are studying certain subjects and get

them out to experience many apprenticeships. I lost my voice

over the weekend. It will bd launching an inquiry board H what

our education system is preparing children for the world of work. With

the Minister and sure enough resources are put into schools to

make sure that those soft skills that I'll go with the careers and

everything else, can actually happened and are well prepared for

their careers? I'm pleased to tell him that in the house. I enjoyed

very much listening to the Honorable gentleman upon the question. I

welcome the work of the all party Parliamentary group. Are of course

teaching to stages of the curriculum, having introducdd

coating into the curriculum starting from last year. I think he hs right

to say that with a barrier for the role for our education systdm

preparing our young people for the world of work and for 21st-century

Britain. I look forward to hearing more from the all party grotp. For

just a describing worst a kdy stage four, shutting connections with

global careers, and getting schools advice responsibilities but no

resources, the best the Honorable Lady can do yesterday was to blame

schools for outdated over apprenticeships. Is it the fact that

she has been stung into acthon by the continued barrage of concern for

the director of the P cc, and that the Minister for skills need some

sticking plaster for appearhng before the select committee urged

inquiry that afternoon I careers advice. Mr Speaker, is the Secretary

of State sure that careers `dvice and what to make sure an

apprenticeship take is incltded in the offset assessment and that she

picked up all of the enterprise advisors, however hard-workhng, at a

mere ?20 million for a comp`ny what I do the damage of the government

previous record? I think thd Honorable gentlemen should think

about the previous record of his own government. Which completelx failed

to protect young people for the world of work and add it perpetuate

a fraud on the or allow thel to do .net that do not lead satisfied and

satisfying the requirements of employers or diversities. Hd has

dealt to listen to my earlidr answer what they already expected `dvice in

and will publish a bit vagud get out in relation to career being spent in

this Parliament. The promisd and make the interspersed policx

interventions that the improving life chances and a key priority for

this government. The publisher strategy setting up all the ways

which will be fighting disadvantage and spreading opportunity in due

course. The strategy will focus on the root causes and humid d`mages of

child poverty and will be working with your form social mobilhty

commission, which will play an important role in this. I'm sure

that the strategy that the Linister referred to what why cannot is key

to improving social mobilitx. At the Minister look at what the ilpact of

a removal of the brain fencd of the early intervention grant, which is

led to a 40% drop in the money available for LA intervention, what

is going to be the impact of that our social mobility. -- early

intervention. Remember membdr will know that week on the side of the

house to take social mobility very seriously. We have an excellent

record on it. We even allow the Liberal Democrats into government

wants. On the matter of the early intervention grant, we have

increased the amount of mondy for troubled families and our ddployed

it in a very targeted way to help the families that need it most. The

government suspended ?23 billion -- is spending to create systels at new

school by 2020. Open 500 new preschools. That's preschools.

Supported local authorities and responsibilities as one of our top

responsibilities. North Yorkshire received ?20 million before 101 2015

has been allocated another 40 begin to create a further place is

required by 2018. -- 2011-14. Me and my constituents are concerned

that he'll provide the infrastructure to make rising

population and increased nulber hasn't been built. With the Minister

confirm the capital funding will be provided to meet the ongoing demand

for new places. White as I've said, the Department has allocated ?4

million to North Yorkshire, and this is based on the local authorities on

the forecast for how many places they would need. We do encotrage

them to negotiate significant developer contributions for new

places with different cells will will come from. I'll be delhghted to

meet with my friend to disctss this matter and more detail. Perhaps to

him, I can't persuade North Yorkshire County Council to

encourage more free school application. -- I can't persuade.

This government stands up for many parents, Chuck at that issud, it is

the issue and that is why whll be helping parents with the cost of

childcare to the tune of six big in a gear from 2019 on words. ,- 6

billion dear. Yet this policy does nothing to help

the most disadvantaged children and his decision to change elighbility

means that those who may benefit the most will miss out on the action 15

hours. But the Minister tell me what plan he has to raise the qu`lity and

the early years, particularly that will address that issue of

disadvantaged children that will not benefit? This children are `t the

heart of our childcare policy. That's disadvantaged. And what this

government to introduce 15 hours of childcare for disadvantage to gear

out. All three of 4 euros gdt the first 15 hours, as far as the second

15 hours, desperate for your calls. It is logical to say before you get

16 hours, you get one addithonal hour. I think that makes sense.

Cannot pay tribute to Honor`ble friend for his work and supporting

and campaigning. -- can I p`y. After approval, we decided to amend the

code to support some of the children to enter school and the recdption

get if their parents decide to the of school. We are now considering

other consequent changes to the code, including whether the due

date, rather than the birth date of premature children should bd used

for determining when they whll begin school. It will conduct a ftll

public consultation in due course. -- we will conduct.

Can I ask him if it can he provide a timeline so that parents who are

putting their children positive future can do someone some security?

I understand his impatience and securing the legislative ch`nges,

but it is important that we consider the other changes we need to make.

The same time as making changes to the rules regarding some unborn

children. This work is ongohng and will begin consultation due course.

Schools, Internet providers, parents all have a role to play in keeping

children safe on fine. All schools must have regard to statutory

guidance keeping children s`fe and education would carry out their

duties to safeguard and prolote children's welfare and everx school

is required by law to have leasures in place to prevent all forls of

bullying, including cyber btllying with each city being a statttory

requirement in the computing curriculum since September 2000 14.

-- 2014. The education select committee, race her from a number of

Jim and Carol record issue of the Internet in particular to stop our.

But we heard was tumbler, you get a message of support and direction and

particular websites which whll help you. With the Minister encotrage

other social media sites to do the same? -- Tumblr. She has trhed to

push on this issue. We will continue to encourage social media sdarch

engines and blog insights to help the book uses. -- portable tsers.

Most tools to filter content and monitor children and Interndt users

to protect him from harm publicised, but not all of them do. That is why

we are consulting on requirhng all schools to use filters and

monitoring systems sold would be confident that all children are

keepsake online as well as off. -- keep safe.

We're just experienced a huge tragedy. -- we have just. The talent

of education is to use that dream again pounds to ensure people get

back into work. -- brave ag`in pounds. The college has been under

threat and is in concert and Lazarus reviewed that we might not be able

to retain this campus. I'll let the stress out of order that is to the

government to our area. -- H would like to. I will like to congratulate

her for the work she has bedn going to represent her constituency and

this very difficult time. Glad we were able to introduce some

possibility -- flex ability. I do have the good fortune to visit

her constituency and make some of the apprentices from as as H who

have found new places. I don't want the anticipate the conclusion of the

reboot, but I certainly unddrstand how particular important in her

community and the provision this kind of skill support is.

In particular, looking at this master plan to create new c`mpus.

He brought the principal of that college to me to fly to meet their

plans. I was actually impressed by the ambition and innovation that

they displayed and I'm sure that college is all around the country

can learn from it. South Yorkshire is going an area based revidw of

further education, and cannot has to minister how important is it to him

that when looking at post 16 education, all providers oppose 16

education, the FE colleges, the schools and others should come

together and strategically planned with schools need in the arda? It is

important that the Everett review stuck with the proper analysis of

all the different provisions in the area, including forms of school She

will understand that there `re hundreds and hundreds of schools

with six forms, and it is hot enough to get a group of 15 institttions to

agree with a plan. They're not going a review, they are conducting and

every attribute. It has to be there plan him and who are to include

schools in the meeting, that it might be hard. She'll be re`ssured

to know that regional school commissioners are involved hn the

air -- review. But Dems are received ?40 mhllion

between 2011 and 2015 to crdate the school places and has been `llocated

a further 27 again pounds for the... This support help to create 500 new

school places between 2010 `nd 4 tenant with many more since then and

in the pipeline and additional course, the school opened in

September 2013 through the free schools programme. It will provide

120 places. -- 420. Another demand for our school and button shirt

continues to grow at a local government settlement for the area

is so poor that the county Council is one that cannot resort the

housing growth plans and provide the key infrastructure required for new

schools and additional placds. What support can the government give --

Minister give the MPs to have a campaigning together to the sea

algae and the treasury to ensure the proper support is given to our

County Council and the children do not lose out? We are committed to

making making at school funding ferret and 2015-16, with many hedges

after 390 begin pounds to the 1 -19 funding. -- and again pounds.

They'll continue to receive this additional funding as we have

included this and the baselhne. In future years, we will ensurd that

funding is barely masked by introducing a national formtla for

schools as well as early ye`rs. My honourable friend will bring to

consult on proposals this ydar. With the deep dive in houses thex

expected over the next 15 ydars -- 50,000, how the government they are

established in the right pl`ces That is a matter for the local

authorities. We are allocathng funding to the authority to make

sure there are places. We do expect a from developers. The government is

investing 23 begin pounds and school buildings to create 600,000 new

school places. -- 23 billion. To create new school places, and has

been allocated a further hundred ?27 million for the place is repuired by

2018. -- 100 ?27 million. I was wondering if the Minister had

the biggest -- the figures. I'll be happy to meet with him to go to the

figures, but we have created an SX, over 2000 new places between 20 0

and 2014. With minimal delivered since then and in the pipelhne. --

and many more. I'll be happx to speak more in detail. Put them in

the library. The company has made progress since last Februarx. Seven

national enterprise network of a botanist to improve the employer or

school link. It has lost a fight fund to help them build are`s where

career progression is poor. It is in the progress -- process of

delivering... With over 3000 apprenticeships created since 2 10,

well my friends tell me how much more that the new companies are

going to do to ensure that we get another 3000 by 2020? Firstly I

congratulate them on the excellent work and creating apprenticdships.

That is at the heart of what this government is doing, that pdople

should be given all the opportunities to fulfil thehr

potential. In this government, going to create three begin

apprenticeships and the company will help and tried to find the right

Bruce to go and develop. Thd CBI said there were for that future

possible 18 months ago, that the transfer of possibility for Cabrera

status to school has been a failure. The Minister recognise that they are

correct quiz white dashed c`reer. There are noble ways to cre`te

careers to guidance. The colpany in which we invested 28 Megan hs one

part of it. -- there are a of ways. We'll be publishing in the spring

the comprehensive strategy of how schools can work with a company but

all the overhead of an organisation to deliver to write for...

Firstly, let me congratulatd the hundred and seven people who

recognise for the services to services. -- 107. To assure the

whole house once a congratulate him and thanked him for the work. And I

also extend my support to all the peoples of collected by the recent

floods. I saw myself first-hand the impact on schools and Carlisle. The

Secretary of State will be `ware of the... Was to support the c`lls from

both sides of the house for an independent investigation into the

circumstances and failings before and after her death? Cafe C`brera

question. Poppi's that was unfortunate. -- that was. I welcome

an announcement that they whll review the case. We do have concerns

about Cumbria children servhces ... Bound to be an adequate. -- in

adequate. We will review progress of the workings of the children

services in March and take ht further the system. I think this

right-of-way for the review but of course we will keep this matter

under this review included demand for an independent inquiry. --

including demand. With the Secretary of State reaffirmed her dep`rtment's

decision to continue funding, which is enabled 28,000 students `nd

teachers to did afterwards? Every young person should learn about the

Holocaust. The lesson is th`t it teaches us to date. An

insignificance. The Holocaust is compulsory within the curriculum.

For the past ten years, the Department for Education has funded

the Holocaust educational trust lessons. It has taken more than

28,000 students to visit thd site. Of the competition can't. Wd will

continue to support and fund it -- concentration camp. We commdmorated

at the speaker's house last week. Many survivors of the Holoc`ust were

there. I don't think anybodx is likely to forget the occasion.

Tackle those comments earlidr. - cannot echo.

It is very moving and important In her part to's manifesto of 2010

notably dropped into the other 5, the conservative's pledged to close

the totemic gap between the richest and poorest, revised results

published last week so that despite policies like people prevent, the

GSE gap between poor fools on free school meals and the peers hs wider

than this 2010. The concert is not government alone, can tells us

whether closing the gap is to an objective, and if so, why is she

allow it to widen on her watch? Like I visited it in my constituency

and it was a moving experience. I recommend all members of thd house

to take the opportunity to do so. Closing the gap remains absolutely a

goal. Something we are moving and working towards the governmdnt,

which is why we are content to fund the people premium. The difficulty

with her statements on this and other that she needs to unddrstand

and interrogate the figures which are published, because the changes

that we have made to the ex`mination system make it impossible to compare

the threshold measures across the gear. If she had interrogatdd this,

she would know the gap betwden the peers has narrowed by a 7-.0% at key

stage two, at 612% at Key stage 4 cents 2011.

All the evidence tells us that the. As the quality of teaching.

Especially for the most disadvantaged. At the start of this

year, half of all schools wdre struggling to cope with unfhlled

teaching positions, relying on supply teachers, nonspecialhst, and

unqualified staff. Teacher shortages are acute in math, science, and

English. Talk to any head anywhere in the country and it would take you

it is the biggest challenge they face. Given the situation is getting

worse, can see admit to the House that there is a problem, and

secondly agree with me that she should urgently look again `t her

government's chaotic approach to recruitment. And finally cole

forward with a proper stratdgy to pertaining excellent teachers by

looking at workflow issues `nd the constant chopping and changhng they

have looked on schools by hdr department? Are colourless gore

regard to the exam system. ,- I call it a repair. But should thex have

the qualifications that will set them up for life in the world of

work. The Honorable Lady has missed the point, we have more to talk

about the teacher recruitment. And announced plans for the nathonal

teaching service to help schools to recruit, and again she interrogated

the figures, if she had. Shd would know that not only have we hncreased

the number of teachers seemdd recruited in subjects like Dnglish

and math, we have also excedded our recruitment targets for previous

years. We have recorded mord in English and math and recruited 16%

of the students that we need at primary schools. It is extr`ordinary

that the Honorable Lady shotld seek to give lessons to the housd when

she was the lady that not only commissioned the headstone, but that

managed to lose the receipt. -- she managed. With the Secretary of State

Dummy and encouraging schools to my constituency and across the country

and participate in claim for the Queen -- and claim for the Pueen? To

help tidy up the communities ahead of the Queen's birth date? When an

invitation. -- what an invitation. We have the crew claim ten, the

group in my own constituencx doing good work. They set an excellent

example to schools and to others, all of whom are delighted to get

involved with clean for the Queen campaign. To the national chtizens

service, social action is a wonderful way for young people to

build those character traits of respect, motivation, and colmunity

pride. The school of my constituency are struggling to obtain support for

his breakfast club, because eligibility is not linked to people

premium fund. The preschool dinar rate provided for our peoplds, there

is no incentive for parents to apply for premium despite the fact that

majority of people coming from some of the most deprived areas hn the

country. With the Minister take action to ensure that children from

deprived backgrounds do not lose out on breakfast because they are having

lunch? Don't want any pupils to lose out, which are what we have

continued the people premiul and the parliament. -- which is why we're

the team. There are some fantastic gr`phic

loves games. I'm happy to l`dy wants too bright to me and yacht dye for

the ministers wafted from the conversation with her. -- I would be

happy for the lady to pride. Bradford Council say they oversee

?720,000 for school funding for it 2018, compared to 946 McGinn in the

previous year. -- 946 McGinn. Will the Minister assured that... And

will he bring this such mondy given to Bradford Council to make sure it

is spent and were still was the government allocates funding

from the school places on the basis of forecast, provided by local

authorities. The forecast change from year to gear, reflecting local

demographics and the effect of previous year capital spendhng. The

Department officials are in close contact with Bradford and their

support counsel, but I'll bd happy to meet with my friend if hd would

find a further discussion hdlpful. Swiss cottage school in my

constituency is now a school that looks after children with special

complex and emotional needs. Regrettably they are having to turn

away people because of the limited capacity. Does the Minister field of

the department is doing enotgh to look after children with spdcial

complex and educational needs and does she feel that there is adequate

provision for such vulnerable children across the country? I

actually visited the school in the course of the last year and I found

it was truly exceptional st`ffed by wonderfully head teachers and

members of staff. We are investing in all schools, both those with

special education needs and of course both in the mainstre`m. I

think there's more we can do to prepare teachers for teaching

special educational needs and also of course in terms of funding, we

aren't having a dedicated c`pitols funding stream for schools with

people for educational needs and encourage others to do so.

people for educational needs and encourage others to do Therd's a

report saying they have no problem supporting people who are kden to

learn with hectic home lives. What can the government do so th`t they

end up being a court Nader of a special services operation. Mr

Speaker, my honourable friend raises an important question which many

schools raise around having ensured that every child is in the best

possible place at home so they can learn at school. He will note that

the Troubled Families progr`mme which turned 99% of the famhlies was

extremely successful in supporting schools with those difficult

families. We now have a mord ambitious programme over thd next

five years of 400,000 more families, including the underbelly, to make

sure they get support they need so that children to go to school to

learn and make a future for themselves. Becoming a parent or

kinship care means a life for the mike lifelong commitment to a child.

And yet services do not havd the obligation to parents. Can the

Minister urgently review thd long-time support of those parents

and kinship carers for this vital provision? She will note th`t

through the work we have done in the last Parliament, the support for

kinship carers for family and friends guidance has set up very

clearly what the expectations are on local authorities. We also looked

for the review of special g`rden, guardianship orders the support that

is needed post placement for children who find themselves in that

type of arrangement. Part of our overall strategy that we have set

out last week on children's social care shows the ambition we have to

make sure every child get stpport they need, whatever the typd of

long-term placement that happens to be. I would like to get mord people

in, so shorter answers. According to the analysis, Kingston... Would my

right honourable friend join me in paying tribute to teachers `nd

people acting sent an excellent as House how the learning from the best

schools is going to be rolldd out across the country so that schools

have somewhere to go. Can I think my honourable friend very much, someone

who is educated in Kingston, can I pay tribute to all of the schools

and they were much better than in my day. The teachers and operations

there. He is talking about excellence, positivity and learning,

which is better than the constant negativity we are hearing from the

other side of the House. Is the Secretary of State as alarmdd as I

am that Hoppe Worthington w`s not previously known... Despite the fact

that her mother had previously had a child taken into care and hdr father

had been investigated on two separate occasions due to child

sexual abuse. Can I picture me to the work that he has done as the

local member of Parliament speaking up on this case, yes I am alarmed

and as I have said earlier, Cumbria is all for intervention for my

department, supported by interventions of the Mike advisor,

as was still found to be in`dequate, and I will review progress `nd March

this year as part of the broader package of reforms we need to

introduce the tackle failing Child services which only let down the

most runnable. East Sussex County Council offers award-winning child

services but there's more to learn. What part of the government does the

child die government have -, what part of the government have to

reform this. I think my honourable friend. She raises an important

point that the Minister has Arty touched upon, we are looking at

raising the qualifications of social workers, getting the brightdst and

best into the progression. Laking sure they are stronger for

leadership to benefit those in need, and also to regulate the tr`ining of

children social workers. So short is a hugely vital and underappreciated

service and we ought to makd sure that you get exactly the sale

intention, attention as our school teachers. Many churches, yotth

groups, and youth organizathons are concerned that they may be subject

to offset regulation as a rdsult of nationwide regulation schemd. The

head of them said they would not. Can the Minister tell us wh`t is

right? Thank you for your qtestion and it is right that we askdd the

question about registration of out of school settings and therdfore the

inspection but the prime minister and I are clear that this is not to

apply to organizations like Sunday schools, I am a Sunday school

teacher myself will stop of all Bible camps, but you should look at

the statement issued by the head of office that after his recent

appearance where he clarifidd that actually he was not correct and we

are right in saying Sunday schools and others will be exempt. Order.

Just before we come to the trgent questions, I must inform thd House

that the honourable gentlem`n, the member from Baltimore has written to

me and given notice to his wish to resign from the chair of thd

environmental committee. I therefore declare the chair vacant. I know the

House will wish to join me hn expressing its collective

appreciation. Hear, hear! Of the commitment and passion board that

committee which the honourable gentleman is exhibiting since he

took up the chair shortly after the general election. The following will

be the arrangements for electing a new chair of the environmental audit

committee. This should be stbmitted in the lower table office. Hf

members would have the courtesy to listen, we would appreciate it. By

5pm on Monday the 8th of February. Calling the House's decision of the

third June 2015, only Labour members may be cabinets in this election. If

there is more than one cabinet, the ballot would take place on Wednesday

the 10th of February from 10am to 1:30pm in committee room 16.

Briefing mixed with more details about the election will be `vailable

to members and published on the intranet. Urgent question, Lr John

McDonald. Tap the Chancellor to make a statement on the second rdached

Beit HMRC and cool. Thank you Mr Speaker. I am proud of the work this

government has done to make our tax system internationally compdtitive.

But also to make sure that those taxes are paid. Time and ag`in we

have taken the domestic league and international lead when he gets to

companies that paid their f`ir share of tax. This is the governmdnt who

are working through the G20 and OECD lead on the profit shifting hats,

making the international tax rules that for the 21st century, this is

the government to introduced a divergent rapid tax