:00:00. > :00:07.Transport for London bill, Lords as amended. What day? 14th of March.
:00:08. > :00:11.14th of March, thank you very much. Questions to be Secretary of State
:00:12. > :00:16.for Education. Number one Mr Speaker. Is part of our moral
:00:17. > :00:21.responsibility to ensure that refugees resettled in the United
:00:22. > :00:24.Kingdom receive appropriate support especially the young children. The
:00:25. > :00:27.international organisation for migration complete an assessment of
:00:28. > :00:30.the needs of each FPGA to be resettled in the UK including any
:00:31. > :00:32.educational support required by children all copies of thousands all
:00:33. > :00:39.Punjabi necessary arrangements are in place so that the needs of these
:00:40. > :00:44.young Syrians are met. The Scottish government currently funds eight
:00:45. > :00:49.service which is unique to Scotland with offers specific support went
:00:50. > :00:53.well for education and immigration process to local authorities and
:00:54. > :00:58.unaccompanied children. Will the UK government following the footsteps
:00:59. > :01:01.and increase for refugees in the UK? I think the honourable gentleman for
:01:02. > :01:06.his question I think we can all agree that those who are speaking
:01:07. > :01:09.refuge from wartime areas, competent towns where they have been in
:01:10. > :01:13.situations of immense stress and deception need all the support they
:01:14. > :01:16.can. We have a system of pointing caseworkers to work with each family
:01:17. > :01:20.or an individual who comes here to seek refuge to identify the needs
:01:21. > :01:22.that they have and particularly element in my department is making
:01:23. > :01:27.sure that children with special education needs get the board. Those
:01:28. > :01:34.with mental health needs but also of course additional educational issues
:01:35. > :01:39.such as actually would support. The government s decision on the 28th of
:01:40. > :01:42.January two provide additional levies for unaccompanied minors
:01:43. > :01:45.coming from conflict zones such as theory but also in Europe, what
:01:46. > :01:49.discussions have been had with the data barman to provide additional
:01:50. > :01:56.support when they do reach these shores for the support they need? I
:01:57. > :02:02.think my honourable friend very much indeed and I know that he recently
:02:03. > :02:05.visited the camp and Calais, you'll know there are task force is being
:02:06. > :02:08.set up across government to make sure that all those that claim
:02:09. > :02:13.asylum will come to live in the United Kingdom under the
:02:14. > :02:17.resettlement problem, get support. I just outlined in my previous insert
:02:18. > :02:20.the particular area of my department seeks to take interest in but also
:02:21. > :02:26.to make sure that support is delivered this will die special
:02:27. > :02:29.educational needs, mental health, additional educations were such as
:02:30. > :02:33.length would support. I welcome the steps taken so far, what we have
:02:34. > :02:40.learned from previous arrivals of refugees or example those coming to
:02:41. > :02:44.Leicester many years ago is the involvement of the diaspora
:02:45. > :02:48.community is extremely important to make people feel at home. What steps
:02:49. > :02:54.has been taken to ensure that be here in diaspora are involved in the
:02:55. > :02:57.process. Can I thank the honourable Desmond, we are extremely sensitive
:02:58. > :03:01.as the government working right the way across the United Kingdom,
:03:02. > :03:05.particularly with local parties. To the background of those coming here,
:03:06. > :03:10.to their particular needs. Some will absolutely want to be near those
:03:11. > :03:14.from their communities and the diaspora as he says. For others
:03:15. > :03:17.there may be other reasons why that is something that is not right,
:03:18. > :03:20.given their particular needs but great care is taken, the needs are
:03:21. > :03:24.assessed and then they are guaranteed to have housing,
:03:25. > :03:30.education am already ready and waiting when they arrive here. Given
:03:31. > :03:35.that both the resettlement programme and the of silent dispersal
:03:36. > :03:42.programme so far have been pretty unevenly matched across the country,
:03:43. > :03:47.what extra support can be given to those local authorities who are
:03:48. > :03:50.taking a large number of people under both of those programmes
:03:51. > :03:56.because it is often matched with very challenging situations and
:03:57. > :04:04.schools both in terms of cool places and school standards and so needs
:04:05. > :04:07.that extra support. Element we work across government and have made it
:04:08. > :04:11.clear, pagan powers in the immigration act to make sure that
:04:12. > :04:16.there is help available to local parties who do help to take those
:04:17. > :04:20.particularly unaccompanied fathom seeking to them so they are not just
:04:21. > :04:22.an cant who have taken many of these children initially but they're
:04:23. > :04:29.across country there's financial help available. In the budget but
:04:30. > :04:34.also have committed ?129 million to assist the local authority costs
:04:35. > :04:37.over the years 2-5 of the resettlement team. There is
:04:38. > :04:39.additional help her children with national educational needs,
:04:40. > :04:44.additional funding including people premium for those with English as an
:04:45. > :04:47.additional leg was. I understand of course it is right that we should
:04:48. > :04:51.have a big problem, but I think the question from the honourable
:04:52. > :04:55.gentleman I think there are also those who come to this country to
:04:56. > :05:06.make huge successes and an enormous contribution to this country and we
:05:07. > :05:08.must never forget that also. Mr Speaker with permission I will
:05:09. > :05:13.answer this question with questions four and 16. We are delivering on
:05:14. > :05:18.our commitment to provide working parent of three and 4 euros with 30
:05:19. > :05:22.hours of free child care to ensure providers can deliver high-quality
:05:23. > :05:26.childcare we will be increasing funding for childcare by over 1
:05:27. > :05:29.billion a year by 2019. The childcare bill has cleared its part
:05:30. > :05:33.in three stages and 25 local authorities will be piloting the
:05:34. > :05:40.programme from the summer ahead of full delivery in the summer of 2017.
:05:41. > :05:42.Will my honourable friend to one of me and congratulations for the
:05:43. > :05:46.fantastic work they already do and agree with me that be 33 hours of
:05:47. > :05:52.nursery education will make such a difference to the most deprived
:05:53. > :05:56.parts of my town. My honourable friend is absolutely right. Families
:05:57. > :06:01.in deprived parts of ready 12 save ?5,000 a year as a result of the 30
:06:02. > :06:05.hours and if further support they can get it for the child tax credit
:06:06. > :06:09.system. The 30 hours free child care is to help families with the cost of
:06:10. > :06:14.living, enabled him to work more hours and give children the best
:06:15. > :06:18.start in life. I very much welcome that York is one of the pilot
:06:19. > :06:21.schemes and I congratulate the Minister for all his work on this.
:06:22. > :06:24.But at the minister knows there is some concern amongst nursery
:06:25. > :06:28.providers over the future funding levels driven by despair the between
:06:29. > :06:36.the amount local authorities pay. As such, with the minister consider
:06:37. > :06:39.future reasons into and what does -- avoid top piping and can I ask them
:06:40. > :06:44.to consider visiting nurseries in my constituency to see how the pilot is
:06:45. > :06:48.working as well? I would like to reassure my honourable friend that
:06:49. > :06:52.later this year we will be consulting on an early year s
:06:53. > :06:55.national funding formula. As part of this we will set a Permax petition
:06:56. > :07:00.on local authority cost why things to ensure that the record investment
:07:01. > :07:04.being made in childcare is allocated fairly and reaches providers at the
:07:05. > :07:07.front line. I am particularly impressed by the animation in
:07:08. > :07:11.childcare brought about by local authority in York and that is why we
:07:12. > :07:18.chose them as one of our early implementers and I will be delayed
:07:19. > :07:21.to visit again Bob. Has my honourable friend on an assessment
:07:22. > :07:26.of the number of nursery races and limits and if there is enough
:07:27. > :07:30.revision capacity for these places? My honourable friend asked a very
:07:31. > :07:34.important question. I think the key point here to make it that Dublin,
:07:35. > :07:37.the entitlement to free care is not the same as Dublin the demand for
:07:38. > :07:44.childcare. Many parents already by more than 18 hours and indeed there
:07:45. > :07:46.is spare capacity in the system. The 6 billion funding going into
:07:47. > :07:54.childcare easier should incentivize more providers to enter the market
:07:55. > :07:57.and where there are specific local difficulties, there are ?50 million
:07:58. > :08:03.made available through the spending review to tackle capacity
:08:04. > :08:10.constraints there. I have heard nothing today that assures me that
:08:11. > :08:14.for parents seeking this extra 30 hours that they are going to be able
:08:15. > :08:18.to find them. I do not know if the Minister is aware, but 482 childcare
:08:19. > :08:24.places have been lost in Enfield in early years and 114 providers have
:08:25. > :08:28.disappeared since 2010. Though when parents are looking for these places
:08:29. > :08:33.I will be very surprised if they are on the ground. What is the minister
:08:34. > :08:39.do to ensure that he can make meet the promised that his government
:08:40. > :08:43.have made? I'm afraid I have to disagree with the honourable ladies.
:08:44. > :08:50.And the last Parliament, the childcare sector created 230,000 new
:08:51. > :08:54.places. I am confident that with record investment, the sceptre will
:08:55. > :08:57.rise to the challenge of delivering the 30 hours and I think it is about
:08:58. > :09:01.time we stop talking down the childcare sex there and recognise
:09:02. > :09:06.the continued growth of the industry. Rethink constituency
:09:07. > :09:11.surgeries I've had representations about five it providers and
:09:12. > :09:14.state-mandated nurseries that the funding simply is not going to be
:09:15. > :09:18.there and it's no good blaming beast that there were blaming local of the
:09:19. > :09:21.rates for the fact the government have got a model which is half-baked
:09:22. > :09:24.I'm underfunded and running behind time. What is the minister going to
:09:25. > :09:28.do to make sure the place they made to parents of the general election
:09:29. > :09:36.is made real through the availability of places and crucially
:09:37. > :09:40.the funding to go with it? I made answer your question with a dose of
:09:41. > :09:45.reality. The government is investing more in childcare than any previous
:09:46. > :09:48.permit. At a time when other departments are facing financial
:09:49. > :09:52.constraint, this government has made a strategic childcare priority about
:09:53. > :09:57.childcare that is why we undertook the first ever cost of childcare
:09:58. > :10:03.reviewed to ensure that funding is fair to providers and sustainable
:10:04. > :10:07.for the taxpayer. Mr Speaker, the national order office report
:10:08. > :10:12.published last week raises concerns about how the childcare for some
:10:13. > :10:17.three and four-year-olds could impact the current provision for
:10:18. > :10:23.disadvantaged to-year-olds. Could the minister explained what steps
:10:24. > :10:26.would be taken to ensure in case provision for one group would impact
:10:27. > :10:31.and the good work currently being done with the disadvantaged
:10:32. > :10:34.to-year-olds? The honourable member asked a very good question and the
:10:35. > :10:38.answer is there it be no adverse impact for the two-year-old offer.
:10:39. > :10:42.We were the first government to introduce 15 hours of free child
:10:43. > :10:46.care for disadvantaged to-year-olds, that will carry on. We have
:10:47. > :10:51.increased the hourly rate for the funding for two-year old but we have
:10:52. > :10:55.also inserted that the earliest pupil premium continues of those
:10:56. > :10:58.tool, three and four-year-olds will are particularly disadvantaged do
:10:59. > :11:03.not bark -- fall even further behind. The Minister is right to
:11:04. > :11:07.talk about incentivizing providers to come forward and this is a big
:11:08. > :11:12.opportunity. Can I urge them to dig into account needs of different
:11:13. > :11:15.types of providers such as child monitors as well as nurseries and
:11:16. > :11:22.other types of settings and should all be able to take part in this
:11:23. > :11:26.larger and exciting opportunity? I totally agree with the honourable
:11:27. > :11:30.member. One of the great things about the childcare market in the UK
:11:31. > :11:34.is the diversity of provision that is available to parents and so that
:11:35. > :11:38.we can meet all parents need especially when it comes to work
:11:39. > :11:42.b-day childminder, nurseries, school nurseries and one of the things we
:11:43. > :11:45.are going to be doing is making sure that like the ability for parents is
:11:46. > :11:52.that the heart of how the 30 hours is delivered. Thank you Mr Speaker.
:11:53. > :11:58.Minister it really is all about delivery. He talks about meeting all
:11:59. > :12:04.parents need and what is he going to do when already 59 local authority
:12:05. > :12:09.is say that they do not have the place is to meet current obligations
:12:10. > :12:18.to three-year-old, never mind the additional hours. Once again, a dose
:12:19. > :12:24.of reality. 99% of four-year-olds are accessing the existing 15 hours
:12:25. > :12:29.of childcare. 96% of three-year-olds are accessing it and I am happy to
:12:30. > :12:35.compare our record with that of the previous labour government. After 13
:12:36. > :12:41.years in office, they provided 12 and a half hours of free child care,
:12:42. > :12:44.and happy time this party has provided 30 hours of free child
:12:45. > :12:49.care. They never offered anything for disadvantaged to-year-olds, we
:12:50. > :12:54.have a programme for disadvantaged to-year-olds. We are investing more
:12:55. > :12:57.than any previous government. They may not like it but they must accept
:12:58. > :13:08.it. The conservatives are the party of childcare. Mr Speaker, my party
:13:09. > :13:12.introduced your start. There was no sort start, there were no children
:13:13. > :13:17.centres, there was no you never sold off for on any kind of childcare
:13:18. > :13:24.prior to the Labour government in 1997. Mr Speaker, the test of this
:13:25. > :13:30.will be how many families actually use the additional hours and the
:13:31. > :13:33.test of this will be the families are. What I would like to know Mr
:13:34. > :13:41.Speaker is how he has managed to concoct a system where a household
:13:42. > :13:46.with an income of ?200,000 a year gets the benefit of the additional
:13:47. > :13:52.hours, whereas a single parent on the minimum wage, 20,000 single
:13:53. > :13:56.parent on the minimum wage are not going to be eligible. How have you
:13:57. > :14:04.managed to come up with something so deeply unfair? Let me explain the
:14:05. > :14:09.policy that she should by now be familiar with to her. Our
:14:10. > :14:15.eligibility criteria makes absolute sense. In order to get 30 hours free
:14:16. > :14:19.child care you need to be in work and earning over ?107 a week and it
:14:20. > :14:24.does not matter if you are a lone parent. Not more than ?100,000 a
:14:25. > :14:31.year which means if anybody in the family earned over ?100,000 a year
:14:32. > :14:36.they are not eligible. I know that members opposite do not want to hear
:14:37. > :14:40.it, but labour s childcare voucher scheme meant that parents who were
:14:41. > :14:45.earning over ?1 million to get childcare subsidies but the other
:14:46. > :14:49.boys did not. We're not allowing that to happen in our childcare
:14:50. > :14:57.scheme. Question number three Mr Speaker. Thank you Mr Speaker. This
:14:58. > :15:03.government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world
:15:04. > :15:07.to study stem subjects, our reforms to curriculum and qualifications are
:15:08. > :15:11.designed to raise Edwards to match that internationally. Our network of
:15:12. > :15:13.match-ups and science learning partnerships are supporting schools
:15:14. > :15:19.with the aim of improving the quality of math and science teaching
:15:20. > :15:25.and a 67 million lb is will train up to 17 and a half thousand math and
:15:26. > :15:31.physics teachers by 2020. In my constituency, there are a number of
:15:32. > :15:34.newly well-paid jobs and entering space, renewable energy and other
:15:35. > :15:39.highly skilled high-tech sectors including the Navy. What further
:15:40. > :15:43.method can I take back to employers to ensure that Mets will have the
:15:44. > :15:47.resources, the expertise to inspire and prepare our young people for
:15:48. > :15:52.these jobs in West Cornwall Eley Cornwall and what more can the
:15:53. > :15:56.department to do that we have the needs for the future? As a member of
:15:57. > :15:59.the science and technology committee my honourable friend of a keen
:16:00. > :16:04.advocate of the high-tech sector, particularly his support for the
:16:05. > :16:07.Greeley that I earned patient and Cornwall. He is right therefore to
:16:08. > :16:10.share the government s determination to improve them schooled in this
:16:11. > :16:14.country, that is why the government fund the Cornwall and West Devon
:16:15. > :16:21.math club and science learning partnerships to subtract -- provide
:16:22. > :16:25.support to schools to improve math and science education, but also
:16:26. > :16:28.reforming Mr Speaker technical and professional education and taking
:16:29. > :16:36.steps to improve the quality of careers advice to young people.
:16:37. > :16:40.Thank you Mr Speaker. Families and schools are doing an excellent job
:16:41. > :16:43.raising for businesspeople to visit cool to inspire the next generation
:16:44. > :16:48.of entrepreneurs including finance and technology entrepreneurs. With
:16:49. > :16:51.the secretary of State outline the plan to engage more businesspeople
:16:52. > :16:59.with more schools to encourage more young people to help build our
:17:00. > :17:01.enterprise economy, particularly in science and technology? This is
:17:02. > :17:05.precisely what is happening. They are working very closely with the
:17:06. > :17:09.enterprise companies because we want to insert there is a connection
:17:10. > :17:16.between the employers and schools so we do have a generation of young
:17:17. > :17:21.people inspired by technology and to know what jobs are available in the
:17:22. > :17:24.technology sector, where incidentally on average earnings are
:17:25. > :17:34.19% higher than those not working in the technology sector or. With the
:17:35. > :17:37.minister agreed there was no prime minister more passionate about
:17:38. > :17:44.science, technology and mathematics in its power to liberate individuals
:17:45. > :17:47.potential than Howard Wilson. And what he further agree that Howard
:17:48. > :17:53.Wilson set out the open University and all those part of technics
:17:54. > :17:57.became part of the University in order to help that process of
:17:58. > :18:01.changing our culture whiff cannot we now we liberate the universities to
:18:02. > :18:08.do more in partnership with goals to get best culture change that Howard
:18:09. > :18:11.Wilson started so much work for? The honourable gentleman seem to get a
:18:12. > :18:15.bigger cheer for mentioning Howard Wilson then he would have got a he
:18:16. > :18:19.mentioned the current leader of the Labour Party. But I absolutely agree
:18:20. > :18:23.with him about the importance of inspiring young people, the
:18:24. > :18:27.University technical colleges that have been established to do this and
:18:28. > :18:33.in a labels we estimate huge increase in the number of young
:18:34. > :18:37.people taking for example map A-levels up to 18%, to some 82,000
:18:38. > :18:41.young people taking a little map which is the single most popular
:18:42. > :18:46.A-levels waste will stop physics has increased by 15% and also chemistry
:18:47. > :18:55.injuries increased by 15% by blue we currently have a situation where the
:18:56. > :18:59.income showed up for non-EU workers equalled ?35,000 and this will cause
:19:00. > :19:03.issues for many of them teachers currently working in UK schools and
:19:04. > :19:07.teachers that could be recruited from abroad. To the minister
:19:08. > :19:13.explained to schools that currently have gaping holes in them teaching
:19:14. > :19:19.positions how he is working with the home office to ensure these guilds
:19:20. > :19:26.can continue recruiting from abroad? There is a consultation as the
:19:27. > :19:29.honourable Lady will now between the home office about this and that
:19:30. > :19:36.consultation will report in due course. Thank you Mr Speaker. One of
:19:37. > :19:41.the traditional problems with getting more students to study stem
:19:42. > :19:46.subjects has been to persuade girls to take them. Up to a level and
:19:47. > :19:50.beyond, does the minister have any evidence that the policies to
:19:51. > :19:55.encourage more girls to take up these very important subjects are
:19:56. > :19:59.working? The honourable friend is absolutely right and the government
:20:00. > :20:04.recently sent out an ambition to seek a 20% increase in growth
:20:05. > :20:07.injuries to science and map a level by 2020. We established with
:20:08. > :20:11.industry the you are live campaign which is designed to encourage young
:20:12. > :20:14.people, particularly girls when making the a level choices to choose
:20:15. > :20:19.back and physics. We have seen a huge increase in the girl taking
:20:20. > :20:25.these subjects, physics has gone from 5000 8002010 to 6800 and this
:20:26. > :20:32.year and and map it has risen from 28,000 and 20p to 31,000 this year.
:20:33. > :20:36.That's 2010. Wood in Stoke-on-Trent we have decided to act on the crisis
:20:37. > :20:42.and math teaching so will the minister congratulate inspiring
:20:43. > :20:46.headteacher is alongside the City Councilman the Denise Coates
:20:47. > :20:49.foundation and establishing the 1 million lb excellent partnership
:20:50. > :20:54.open by Sir Michael Wells on last week to attract math graduate to Sir
:20:55. > :21:00.Stooke and support the CBD of current classroom teachers? I am
:21:01. > :21:02.delighted to join the honourable gentleman the member for Stoke
:21:03. > :21:07.Central and passing on my congratulations. It is good to see
:21:08. > :21:10.inspirational and imaginative innovative programmes designed to
:21:11. > :21:18.encourage more young people with a science background to come into
:21:19. > :21:22.teaching. With permission, Mr Speaker I will answer this question
:21:23. > :21:25.with question ten. The careers and enter bread Company has made an
:21:26. > :21:29.excellent progress and it started here will stop and as "To the world
:21:30. > :21:34.of work and the world of work to schools which have all experts
:21:35. > :21:40.agreeing it is a key ingredient of high-quality careers education and
:21:41. > :21:42.guidance. Thank the Minister for that response and I was delighted to
:21:43. > :21:46.meet with the careers and interbred company recently as part of my role
:21:47. > :21:52.as chairman of the ABB G4 women enterprise. Can the minister advised
:21:53. > :21:55.what steps will be taken to ensure that great role models and mentors
:21:56. > :21:59.will be provided to supplement the work and ensure that students from
:22:00. > :22:04.all backgrounds are aware of the wealth of opportunities available to
:22:05. > :22:08.them once they leave education? Mr Speaker, that is an excellent
:22:09. > :22:12.question. Any path, too much emphasis has been put on one-to-one
:22:13. > :22:19.careers advice which often happens too late and is not delivered
:22:20. > :22:24.effectively. That is why the ?70 million has been made available
:22:25. > :22:27.across this Parliament to find career services including a new
:22:28. > :22:29.national mentoring screamed -- scheme to focus on the most
:22:30. > :22:34.disadvantaged but also the honourable friend is absolutely
:22:35. > :22:37.right about mentors, especially for young girls in particular in areas
:22:38. > :22:43.like spins objects and stem professions and that as well. Does
:22:44. > :22:47.the honourable friend agree with me that too often the old career
:22:48. > :22:50.services is regarded as something as a source of mild gentle humour for
:22:51. > :22:55.people remembering their school days perhaps because they were first
:22:56. > :22:58.delayed and the enormous importance of offering work experience from
:22:59. > :23:01.businesses and other employers from all that there's not just to young
:23:02. > :23:06.people as I know many honourable members to hear in their towns? Wood
:23:07. > :23:12.my honourable friend is absolutely right. For a long-time career advice
:23:13. > :23:16.became the punch line a joke and many people have experiences where
:23:17. > :23:20.the advised that they were given just not make sense to them at all.
:23:21. > :23:24.That is why we are focusing in our career strategy on real practical
:23:25. > :23:30.employer interactions so the world of work can go into schools and also
:23:31. > :23:35.children can actually see what is out there and have their passions
:23:36. > :23:45.lighted and excited so that they can work out what is best for them. Mr
:23:46. > :23:48.Speaker, will the honourable members be delighted because he lost the
:23:49. > :23:52.punch line for his joke and should go easy on the self-congratulation
:23:53. > :23:54.since the government has provided that's presided over the
:23:55. > :24:01.disintegration of career services for young people. DFD failed to
:24:02. > :24:06.include work experience in the curriculum. No wonder the CBI told
:24:07. > :24:09.them the career service was broken, so young people will need that help
:24:10. > :24:12.from the careers and interbred company to start repairing five
:24:13. > :24:18.years of damage. But the minister tell lies what resources are going
:24:19. > :24:22.to begin into volunteer enterprise advisors? There is only ?17 million
:24:23. > :24:25.a year going to the company after all, and it just how many of them
:24:26. > :24:32.will there be or the thousands of schools and colleges that need them?
:24:33. > :24:37.The honourable gentleman talk as if there has ever been a golden age of
:24:38. > :24:40.careers advice and service and everyone will tell you there have
:24:41. > :24:48.never been a golden age of careers advice and service. The missing
:24:49. > :24:51.piece in careers advice and guidance was employee interactions and that
:24:52. > :24:56.is what the excellent careers and interbred company is setting up. As
:24:57. > :25:00.part of a strategy it has ruled out enterprise advisors and 30 local
:25:01. > :25:03.enterprise partnerships have signed up to be part of this so that every
:25:04. > :25:15.school will have an enterprise coordinator to link them to the
:25:16. > :25:18.world of work. Mr Speaker, we have 59 University technical College is
:25:19. > :25:21.open or in development, we are well on the weight to meeting our
:25:22. > :25:26.manifesto commitment of opening a UTC within reach of every city.
:25:27. > :25:30.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Will the Minister join with me in welcoming
:25:31. > :25:34.the excellent work that has been carried out by the leading UTC and
:25:35. > :25:37.my Dartford constituency. UTC is play an increasingly vital role with
:25:38. > :25:41.ensuring that we have the engineering and scientific goals
:25:42. > :25:46.needed in the workplace and therefore will the minister to all
:25:47. > :25:50.he can to ensure that the UTC is allowed to flourish?
:25:51. > :25:55.I'd like to thank my horrible thing for all the work he is doing with
:25:56. > :26:00.them. It is a particularly good example because it is art of a
:26:01. > :26:06.successful multi-Academy trust and that is a situation that we want to
:26:07. > :26:10.see replicated across the University technical College movement because
:26:11. > :26:18.UTCs are sharper insight of those trust. -- stronger. The priority
:26:19. > :26:21.schools billing programme was established to rebuild and refurbish
:26:22. > :26:25.those schools and the very worst condition across the country. The
:26:26. > :26:32.4-point work within programme is targeting to... The department has
:26:33. > :26:41.made no decision in relation to a third phase to the programme.
:26:42. > :26:45.February the school building programme downgraded in the last
:26:46. > :26:51.major product authority, it resulted in just one school being out for
:26:52. > :26:58.repairs not addressing the urgent need of ten schools. This is costing
:26:59. > :27:01.one point to three million just to keep the schools open. Will the
:27:02. > :27:05.Minister meet with me to discuss the urgent needs of funding for school
:27:06. > :27:08.buildings in New York and review the education funding authority
:27:09. > :27:11.condition survey as data collection does not provide copperheads of
:27:12. > :27:17.evidence based to match local authority priorities. I will be
:27:18. > :27:22.delighted to meet up with the honourable member to discuss the
:27:23. > :27:28.issues in York with her. Just give her and update there are currently
:27:29. > :27:37.two schools being rebuild it -- rebuild or refurbish. Budget Hall
:27:38. > :27:41.primary school have is conditioned met under phase two. A total of
:27:42. > :27:48.seven schools have applied for both phases and are being considered. I
:27:49. > :27:53.recently visited an academy that serves constituents of myself and
:27:54. > :27:56.the honourable member from tiredness, the buildings are
:27:57. > :28:00.important additions and in many dating from the 1930s, with the
:28:01. > :28:05.Minister agree to meet with myself and the other honourable men
:28:06. > :28:10.Minister to help us get back on track? I did not realize this is
:28:11. > :28:15.going to be this kind of session, but of course I am happy to meet
:28:16. > :28:21.with the Minister and other members of his local authorities to discuss
:28:22. > :28:25.their funding needs and the building programme was for schools and urging
:28:26. > :28:28.conditions. Obviously there is a conditional approval in front which
:28:29. > :28:32.schools in his local area can apply to as well. The gentleman himself is
:28:33. > :28:44.the Minister. Thank you Mr Speaker, what steps are
:28:45. > :28:48.currently being taken to promote the installation of fire systems while
:28:49. > :28:57.the repair work is being done to schools as part of the programme? I
:28:58. > :29:06.think... I'll have to look at it and write back to her. Will the Minister
:29:07. > :29:09.join me in welcoming the news that the trust has been selected to build
:29:10. > :29:14.a brand-new primary school at Ensley and bath helping to fill a growing
:29:15. > :29:20.hole in our primary school numbers in our popular city for young
:29:21. > :29:23.families. Obviously, I joined a member in welcoming the news. It is
:29:24. > :29:29.good to hear positive news about school places, too often there's a
:29:30. > :29:39.lot of scam in places it is a lot of good -- it is good to see that there
:29:40. > :29:41.is positive news. We are determined to deliver educational excellence
:29:42. > :29:45.everywhere, so that every child reaches their full potential
:29:46. > :29:49.regardless of their background. That is why we are protecting the people
:29:50. > :29:52.at the current rates for duration of this priming giving schools billions
:29:53. > :30:03.of pounds in additional funding to improve disadvantage peoples
:30:04. > :30:06.attainment. -- people's. I very much except today's announcement of their
:30:07. > :30:09.funding in schools with many of us can pay for since we were collected.
:30:10. > :30:14.Does he agree with me that the best way to support those disadvantage is
:30:15. > :30:22.by having a national funding for them based on need, irrespective of
:30:23. > :30:26.where the need arises? My honourable friend, in many ways have
:30:27. > :30:30.highlighted the basic principles behind our consultation on the new
:30:31. > :30:34.national funding formula. That is simply around fairness. The old
:30:35. > :30:39.system, for decades has been to complex, too convoluted into unfair.
:30:40. > :30:42.Even disadvantage children being disadvantage by the system. It is
:30:43. > :30:45.long overdue and it cannot be right at anything other than need space
:30:46. > :30:50.systems as we want to implement and work with everyone to make sure we
:30:51. > :30:57.get that to happen. The Minister will be aware that for children in
:30:58. > :31:02.those schools would be higher proportion of them on school meals
:31:03. > :31:07.are less likely than they were five years ago to be taught by qualified
:31:08. > :31:12.teacher in art, dance and musical. In contrast to professional parents,
:31:13. > :31:18.two thirds of whom pay for additional lessons in the subjects,
:31:19. > :31:23.parents on lower wages are much less likely to be able to afford them. I
:31:24. > :31:27.replied to see that working-class kids are excluded from the creative
:31:28. > :31:32.subjects in our education system? I know the honourable Lady has an
:31:33. > :31:38.admirable track record in pursuing the more creative side of school
:31:39. > :31:41.life. I admire her persistence in doing so. There are many schools
:31:42. > :31:47.right across the country with strong cats were recruiting heads within
:31:48. > :31:49.the schools for music, dance, drama and many other Icher curricular
:31:50. > :31:56.activities. We have a basic strong curriculum which all teach children
:31:57. > :31:59.as they need to be taught. We are supporting disadvantaged children
:32:00. > :32:02.through the premium and premium plus an special education needs to make
:32:03. > :32:04.sure they get the support they need and the rounded and grounded
:32:05. > :32:07.education we want for our children. We need to make sure that schools
:32:08. > :32:12.are making that decision and strong cats and know exactly how to achieve
:32:13. > :32:15.that. -- strong cats. Come enjoy this immense background is just one
:32:16. > :32:21.reason for poor educational attainment. And coastal communities
:32:22. > :32:24.such as my constituency is a particular issue. In addition to the
:32:25. > :32:31.national teaching service, can they outline what other support which is
:32:32. > :32:33.given to areas such as my own? Mr Speaker, the national teaching
:32:34. > :32:37.service has been an important innovation in trying to ensure that
:32:38. > :32:41.we have a strong teaching workforce in all parts of the country,
:32:42. > :32:43.including my honourable friend's constituency. Also in those areas
:32:44. > :32:51.where recruitment has been difficult in the past around STEM subjects and
:32:52. > :32:53.others. That is why we put a significant investment into those
:32:54. > :33:00.areas and why we continue to ensure that we pay the people premium to
:33:01. > :33:02.those schools, to the school had another support that they are
:33:03. > :33:07.getting the standard teaching they desire. Can he explain how the new
:33:08. > :33:22.proposal will cater for the needs of pupils who were disadvantage. ... At
:33:23. > :33:30.which to distribute funding, that was his own statement. That is
:33:31. > :33:33.correct. On Friday had the opportunity to meet with
:33:34. > :33:36.representatives from a local charity and character which provides
:33:37. > :33:42.permission from those suffering from mental health services. I was still
:33:43. > :33:48.the many schools use the people premium to provide the services to
:33:49. > :33:51.help with mental health issues and their schools. As the Minister agree
:33:52. > :33:54.with me that the provision of mental health in schools, to solve issues
:33:55. > :34:01.that are very early stages absolutely critical? My honourable
:34:02. > :34:04.friend is right to highlight the importance of establishing it as
:34:05. > :34:08.early as possible, the underlying cause of a child's ability or
:34:09. > :34:14.inability to learn in school. That can be too emotional, or mental
:34:15. > :34:19.health issues. That is like the that pupil premium there are schools
:34:20. > :34:24.being critical about how to access them money in an individual ways of
:34:25. > :34:30.a can... Civic and support children in an individual way so they can get
:34:31. > :34:35.to the height of their ability. Summer schools are known to address
:34:36. > :34:38.educational inequalities amongst some of our most disadvantaged
:34:39. > :34:43.pupils along with helping to tackle holiday hunger. Yet, recent survey
:34:44. > :34:49.showed that 64% of schools are warning they would not be able to
:34:50. > :34:55.offer this due to a government... Code sneaked out. Perhaps not the
:34:56. > :34:58.kind of Christmas present vulnerable people hoping to receive from the
:34:59. > :35:03.Minister. With the attainment gap, why would the Prime Minister... A
:35:04. > :35:06.summer schools have proven very effective since the attainment gap
:35:07. > :35:10.in helping disadvantaged children and help to give them a start. Buyer
:35:11. > :35:15.ministers ignoring this evidence and scrapping funding for summer
:35:16. > :35:22.schools? -- why are. The honourable Lady has raised in error and
:35:23. > :35:25.education which I think is an excellent example, she must also
:35:26. > :35:28.remember the backdrop in which we are taking the education system
:35:29. > :35:34.forward. We have protective funding, more money is going to them than
:35:35. > :35:37.before. We have protected the people premium, 2.5 billion over the next
:35:38. > :35:40.year and we have made sure to live a strong curriculum through that were
:35:41. > :35:42.children in primary schools should be learning the basics and have the
:35:43. > :35:46.building box to ensure that they have a right future. It is for
:35:47. > :35:54.schools to decide how they can achieve that they have the money to
:35:55. > :36:00.do it. Question 12 please. When parents are refused placement in the
:36:01. > :36:04.school of their chores done much with it is important that they have
:36:05. > :36:10.the opportunity to up appeal this decision. There is a system in place
:36:11. > :36:13.or handling the uphills. We are currently reviewing the admission
:36:14. > :36:19.system, including how well the changes to the cyst too schools are
:36:20. > :36:24.necessary. We will conduct a full public consultation on any changes
:36:25. > :36:28.in due course. The secretary of state recently stated her ambition
:36:29. > :36:33.for the government to potentially ban civil society organizations that
:36:34. > :36:38.raise concerns about the admissions process of schools. Be civil society
:36:39. > :36:43.organizations perform a very important public duty and
:36:44. > :36:45.constituency have been in touch with me to say that they find the
:36:46. > :36:50.admissions process too complex and too long to deal with by themselves.
:36:51. > :36:56.Does the Secretary of State agree with me that Manning said. Society
:36:57. > :37:01.organizations will not only exacerbate the difficulties that
:37:02. > :37:05.parents are ready phase, but further enable preachers of the omission
:37:06. > :37:12.goat? The purpose of that announcement was to enable the
:37:13. > :37:17.school to focus on the concerns of parents and not to have the system
:37:18. > :37:23.absorbed by having to handle multiple objections by eight
:37:24. > :37:26.campaigning organizations. This is the recommendation of the schools
:37:27. > :37:30.adjudicator herself as a consequence of experiencing these issues in her
:37:31. > :37:35.term of office. The Minister means, I think I might he's referring to
:37:36. > :37:40.secular organizations have been trying to clog up the process and
:37:41. > :37:45.appeal processes. Will he confirm to the House that the code of practice
:37:46. > :37:49.brought in this year was to prevent that sort of thing from happening?
:37:50. > :37:51.That is one of the purposes for the announcement made by my right
:37:52. > :37:57.honourable friend, to ensure that the school admission process is
:37:58. > :38:04.about ensuring that parents and only parents have a fair system and they
:38:05. > :38:08.can object to school admission arrangements that will be regarded
:38:09. > :38:16.as unfair in their area. It is not to be used as a campaigning tool.
:38:17. > :38:23.Question number 13, Mr Speaker. The government is committed to raising
:38:24. > :38:27.standards and maps, we have introduced an ambitious new National
:38:28. > :38:30.Curriculum which places greater focus on routine and mental
:38:31. > :38:37.arithmetic. Long multiplication, long division and fractions are now
:38:38. > :38:43.... We have removed the use of calculators from test. And have
:38:44. > :38:48.place to introduce a multiplication tables check for all pupils at the
:38:49. > :38:54.end of year six. I think the Minister for his reply. Improving
:38:55. > :38:57.maps in primary schools is crucial for children later in life as they
:38:58. > :39:01.provide the foundation for more advanced learning. It is the
:39:02. > :39:06.government in doing to ensure that more children in primary school with
:39:07. > :39:09.the expected levels of university. We have launched a network of dirty
:39:10. > :39:15.fight match-ups, these are school let centers of excellence which are
:39:16. > :39:18.driving confirmation of teaching based on this practice
:39:19. > :39:22.internationally. They have delivered successful teacher changes with
:39:23. > :39:31.Shanghai and introduced height quality single port technologies
:39:32. > :39:43.into schools. -- Singapore. They have a southeastern -- Southeast
:39:44. > :39:45.Asian way of teaching. I have had the experience of teaching
:39:46. > :39:48.statistics and observe that some of the students cannot do simple
:39:49. > :39:53.arithmetic that they have never done multiplication tables in early
:39:54. > :39:57.primary education. I suspect it's a silly problem today. What is the
:39:58. > :40:03.government doing to ensure that they are requiring that they are learning
:40:04. > :40:07.their multiple patient tables in the early years of primary school. -- I
:40:08. > :40:13.suspect it is still a problem. It is a requirement that all children by
:40:14. > :40:19.the end of year before we'll know there was a patient tables up to
:40:20. > :40:24.number 12. -- multiplication. We will do a check for this nature.
:40:25. > :40:27.This is a wonderful achievement if we can ensure that every child is
:40:28. > :40:29.primary school knowing their multiplication tables by heart it
:40:30. > :40:41.will transform mathematics teaching in this country at secondary school
:40:42. > :40:43.and beyond. Number 15 Sir. We have noted significant contribution in
:40:44. > :40:48.helping to shape our education system over many years. They've
:40:49. > :40:54.schools are among some of our best performing schools. Parents of all
:40:55. > :40:59.faith value them for the quality of their education and strong ethos. We
:41:00. > :41:03.continue to work closely with faith organizations to ensure that the
:41:04. > :41:08.character of the school is maintained and developed. Faith
:41:09. > :41:13.schools are true partner, wife of the government insisting on the cap
:41:14. > :41:17.of 50% of people of a faith attending a new free school. We know
:41:18. > :41:21.that there is a hidden agenda to by the government, they do not want
:41:22. > :41:23.100% Muslim schools. The fact is that the Muslim schools are
:41:24. > :41:29.oversubscribed anyway. While this is doing is preventing the Catholic and
:41:30. > :41:37.new free schools coming on stream. Why has the -- why not abolish the F
:41:38. > :41:41.freedom prevail? The 50% limit on a faith admissions to free schools, it
:41:42. > :41:45.does ensure that the new high-quality school places that they
:41:46. > :41:48.provide are available to local children, not just those of a
:41:49. > :41:53.particular faith. Helps ensure that those peoples received an inclusive,
:41:54. > :41:59.broadly based education. We are always happy to hear representations
:42:00. > :42:04.on how best to achieve these goals. I will survey welcome applications
:42:05. > :42:07.to establish, for example, more conflict free schools. The interest
:42:08. > :42:14.of our Catholic Church in particular is currently reluctant to do so.
:42:15. > :42:17.Number one, Mr Speaker. Hope the honourable members will be glad to
:42:18. > :42:20.hear that today we have published proposals for consultations to start
:42:21. > :42:25.the process introducing a national funding formula for schools in
:42:26. > :42:29.2017-18. These plans will ensure that every school in local areas, no
:42:30. > :42:32.matter where they are in the country is funded fairly. It will ensure
:42:33. > :42:36.that people with say many to attract the same level of funding and give
:42:37. > :42:40.teachers for more certainty for future budgets. Areas of highest
:42:41. > :42:44.will the most funding, people and is an image continue to lose received
:42:45. > :42:56.additional support. -- continue to receive. Lutton goes Academy was
:42:57. > :43:00.given ?100,000 by her department, but never opened. Ira Peter Lee
:43:01. > :43:10.asked the Department for Education to Tommy whether that money has been
:43:11. > :43:13.paid back... The request of Garner didn't answer, when will she tell me
:43:14. > :43:21.how much money was wasted on this preschool project? The honourable
:43:22. > :43:24.gentleman received a letter from the Parliamentary Secretary of State for
:43:25. > :43:29.schools on the 29th of January 2015 telling him about the reason that
:43:30. > :43:31.the project could not go ahead. And the fact that the project have
:43:32. > :43:35.fallen short of the rigorous criteria that we have set. Total
:43:36. > :43:42.revenue cost was published by the end of March of this year, in line
:43:43. > :43:48.with the transparency agenda are... We will publish him a clear that
:43:49. > :43:55.means that the full revenue cost, once the amount has been justified
:43:56. > :43:58.it will be published. When I was sitting over there I asked Prime
:43:59. > :44:02.Minister Tony Blair, what is he going to do about Staffordshire
:44:03. > :44:06.which is always on the bottom 20 for funding compared to other local
:44:07. > :44:10.educational authorities, he agreed with me and said it was very unfair.
:44:11. > :44:15.And then he did nothing. Some may I commend the Secretary of State for
:44:16. > :44:17.getting on with this wonderful consultation. What is the
:44:18. > :44:22.recommendation that she would give to my constituents, teachers and
:44:23. > :44:29.parents, to make sure that we get fairer funding for schools and
:44:30. > :44:31.Staffordshire? Can affect the horrible gentleman very much indeed.
:44:32. > :44:36.I'm delighted that we are making progress on this very important
:44:37. > :44:40.issue. Isn't it typical that takes a majority conservative government
:44:41. > :44:45.summit address on this important issue. I would urge the honourable
:44:46. > :44:50.gentleman to encourage, my honourable friend, I apologize, to
:44:51. > :44:52.encourage his constituents, like the John Taylor high school which I
:44:53. > :44:58.recently had the pleasure of visiting to make sure that they take
:44:59. > :45:03.part in this important consultation. Mr Speaker cannot take this
:45:04. > :45:07.opportunity as the MP for the home of Berdych cycling to pay tribute to
:45:08. > :45:11.the amazing success of the British cycling team and the track World
:45:12. > :45:15.Championships last week. The day before international women's Day the
:45:16. > :45:19.incredible Laura should be singled out for her level overall. Let's
:45:20. > :45:23.hope she is paid as much, if not more than her male colleagues.
:45:24. > :45:26.Something that the Secretary of State does not seem very good at
:45:27. > :45:32.achieving for women in her old apartment. Mr Speaker, there'll be
:45:33. > :45:35.156 new GE CSC and a level specifications and September, with
:45:36. > :45:40.just 17 teaching weeks left in the school year, how many of these are
:45:41. > :45:46.ready? Can I think the honourable lady very much indeed. Isn't it
:45:47. > :45:51.typical that yet again she brought it up the issue of gender pay gap
:45:52. > :45:56.was her party that absolutely nothing to address. This party that
:45:57. > :45:58.is publishing the regulation to make that decimation of the public and
:45:59. > :46:03.private sectors will care of that. I join your and congratulating the
:46:04. > :46:08.cycling team on the germination of treatment and including Laura. I'll
:46:09. > :46:14.call we are working with... To make sure that all specifications are
:46:15. > :46:18.ready, 65 are ready but there's further information to be made
:46:19. > :46:27.public on that. That is right, just 65 or 66 to the 156 are ready. That
:46:28. > :46:30.is less than half. Core subjects such as sciences and modern
:46:31. > :46:35.languages still to be approved. The governments own workload challenge
:46:36. > :46:39.promised teachers a leading time of one year for significant changes to
:46:40. > :46:43.qualifications, as it stands teachers will have just weeks or no
:46:44. > :46:47.time at all to prepare for these huge changes. Isn't the truth that
:46:48. > :46:52.the government with my are managing every part of the curriculum
:46:53. > :46:58.including the use of! It's what is causing the delay in that they are
:46:59. > :47:04.way behind with these new exams, no wonder we have a teacher shortage
:47:05. > :47:08.crisis? Let me say to the honourable lady that the examples have argued
:47:09. > :47:10.published the specifications and assessment materials and draft.
:47:11. > :47:21.They're working their way through to make sure that the exam boards and
:47:22. > :47:25.the specifications are ready to be published. We want to give teachers
:47:26. > :47:31.as much notice as possible. Isn't it typical that on that side of the
:47:32. > :47:35.House they need to learn the lesson that the campaign needs to learn as
:47:36. > :47:38.well. If you talk about the negatives all of the time you're
:47:39. > :47:44.going to find that they fulfill themselves. If you want to and
:47:45. > :47:47.alternative you need to do with some policies. What we are doing on the
:47:48. > :47:53.side of the House is raising the standards of our qualifications. I
:47:54. > :47:58.met with him last week to talk about specifications. They are absolutely
:47:59. > :48:07.making process. She either wants to make -- raise standards, but with
:48:08. > :48:19.the comment she made, she clearly does not want to. Archie Hayward, a
:48:20. > :48:26.15-year-old student is the first British teenager to secure... Will
:48:27. > :48:29.the Minister join me in congratulating him and also confirm
:48:30. > :48:34.that the government will continue to support resent science and
:48:35. > :48:37.technology is like of course, I join my honourable friend in
:48:38. > :48:41.congratulating Archie Hayward on his significant achievement. Which I am
:48:42. > :48:43.sure will provide him with the insight and the inspiration to
:48:44. > :48:49.continue studying science and mathematics stop you want to see
:48:50. > :48:53.more young people studying these subjects which can lead to rewarding
:48:54. > :48:55.and interesting careers. The government is supporting that
:48:56. > :49:00.through a more challenging curriculum and qualifications, the
:49:01. > :49:05.best of teaching and improved career advice and schools. The headteacher
:49:06. > :49:08.in my constituency show me the sample paper for this years stage
:49:09. > :49:23.two sets. The apron included... It included many gems, I am tempted
:49:24. > :49:28.to ask how many members here could answer questions on these topics.
:49:29. > :49:36.But more importantly, I think the question is, the children can answer
:49:37. > :49:39.these questions is my ... That she understood the concerns but to be
:49:40. > :49:43.Baek teaches that they want the highest standards for the children
:49:44. > :49:47.that they are looking after, but far from helping to raise standards,
:49:48. > :49:51.such an approach runs the risk of setting ten and 11-year-old up for
:49:52. > :49:57.failure. It is important to understand that the scale of the
:49:58. > :50:00.reformed, four or five years' time would be in a position where every
:50:01. > :50:05.child reading primary schools knows their multiplication tables by
:50:06. > :50:13.heart, where every child is a fluid reader because of our focus on
:50:14. > :50:16.funding, ... For the first time, primary schools are exquisitely
:50:17. > :50:23.teaching English grammar. He should be welcoming this. Virtual school
:50:24. > :50:28.has are taking place to remote the educational achievements of our
:50:29. > :50:32.children, with the Minister join me in encouraging the progress of her
:50:33. > :50:41.jewels will heads such as my own initiative they help facilitate...
:50:42. > :50:46.Was like I am more than happy to do so. The reason we put that Brolin
:50:47. > :50:51.plays in the last parliament was because they make a significant
:50:52. > :50:57.contribution, promoting educational progress and helping children by
:50:58. > :51:00.working closely with the schools. Since March/ every had
:51:01. > :51:05.responsibility for managing the pupil premium plus, an extra ?1000
:51:06. > :51:11.per extra child in care. To make sure that they can really fulfill
:51:12. > :51:15.the potential. This morning I spoke to the headteacher at one shekels
:51:16. > :51:23.best-performing secondary schools, she is in my constituency. --
:51:24. > :51:25.Sheffield. He has to be concerned by the uncertainty created by the lack
:51:26. > :51:30.of detail in this morning's statement. Like all good Hattie
:51:31. > :51:35.Grant in advance is now recruiting for 2017. But he is unsure what is
:51:36. > :51:39.funding will be in that year. When can I tell him that he will know
:51:40. > :51:44.whether he's a winner loser as a result of this consultation? I think
:51:45. > :51:50.it important we understand the basic principles of why we actually having
:51:51. > :51:53.a consultation, so that the same pupils across the country need to
:51:54. > :51:57.attract the same amount of money. There will be another consultation
:51:58. > :52:03.on the details. It is important that we know about the reason behind the
:52:04. > :52:06.factors and that there are certainty and transparency for all schools
:52:07. > :52:11.going forward. We have said there'll be a phase transition and it will be
:52:12. > :52:16.very mindful of those schools where there is potential for there to be
:52:17. > :52:18.less funding, to make sure that they are not destabilize. It is right and
:52:19. > :52:23.it is this government that has grabbed this metal after many years
:52:24. > :52:29.of previous government absolutely flunking. Will my honourable friend
:52:30. > :52:34.to me in recognizing the vastly improved design technology test with
:52:35. > :52:41.the help inspire the next-generation of technical and engineering
:52:42. > :52:44.professionals? Am grateful to my honourable friend for that question,
:52:45. > :52:50.we have made significant reforms to both the DMT into the a level
:52:51. > :52:59.working closely with the design technology exaggeration to ensure
:53:00. > :53:01.that we have a high-quality DMT qualification result of higher
:53:02. > :53:06.education, apprenticeships and high-quality employment in the
:53:07. > :53:12.sector. I hope will eat itself to more people taking the
:53:13. > :53:18.qualification. -- organization. Masher I attended an event at the
:53:19. > :53:21.Royal College of Central schools and, in my constituency. Does the
:53:22. > :53:26.Minister agree with me that not enough is being done to educate
:53:27. > :53:28.children in schools about HIV and the support that is available to
:53:29. > :53:39.women who are actually living with HIV? She raises a very important
:53:40. > :53:41.issue and it is actually one of the very few statutory requirements that
:53:42. > :53:45.young people in secondary school do have to be taught about the dangers
:53:46. > :53:51.of HIV. I share her concern need to improve the quality of that
:53:52. > :54:01.education throughout our system. The Minister will be aware... And
:54:02. > :54:07.particularly with the new poll has been proposed for primary schools in
:54:08. > :54:11.my constituencies. What extra funding and support the government
:54:12. > :54:22.gave to schools such as that which I faced with questions at this time?
:54:23. > :54:25.We see ?20 million of pacing me funding would help to create nearly
:54:26. > :54:32.3000 new places, it has been outplayed in a another ?47 million,
:54:33. > :54:38.I should say that we have featured a new free school which opened in
:54:39. > :54:41.provide 630 additional primary places in the area. I hope that my
:54:42. > :54:45.honourable friend will work with other providers to encourage more
:54:46. > :54:50.free schools to be built in the local area.
:54:51. > :54:54.The recent and latest children some day to back shows there has been
:54:55. > :54:59.little change to the number of children placed some difference from
:55:00. > :55:02.-- distance from home areas and 20 soil despite the introduction of
:55:03. > :55:07.welcome regulations. The underlying problem continues to be the unequal
:55:08. > :55:09.distribution of children across the country. What more can be done to
:55:10. > :55:17.support local authorities working together and using their powers to
:55:18. > :55:21.ensure more local? I shared the concern that we still see a large
:55:22. > :55:25.number of children being placed out of urea in residential care. Always
:55:26. > :55:30.exceptions to that rule. I'm to be so. That is why we have commissioned
:55:31. > :55:33.the independent review to look at residential player B round of all
:55:34. > :55:39.care options were children, including how we can have a better
:55:40. > :55:42.spread of residential care both in terms of geography and types of care
:55:43. > :55:49.on offer so that those children who do see that as their best possible
:55:50. > :55:54.route through the care system have a better prospect than they have
:55:55. > :55:56.currently. I welcome the competition -- consultation on a fairer funding
:55:57. > :56:00.formula especially since it includes high needs funding which we are
:56:01. > :56:01.underfunding or in Kingston but I would like to ask what my honourable
:56:02. > :56:04.friend s varmint is doing to support friend s varmint is doing to support
:56:05. > :56:11.families navigating the new system in place or send provision? We know
:56:12. > :56:17.one of the biggest frustrations of parents from the old system was not
:56:18. > :56:21.knowing or finding it hard to access the reservoir for their children,
:56:22. > :56:26.that is why I recently a further ?80 million of support in 2016-17
:56:27. > :56:33.including additional financial support for it does to better
:56:34. > :56:37.navigate the system and now 45,000 families have already benefited from
:56:38. > :56:41.the extras apart. Louw for school metres aren't -- meals are the
:56:42. > :56:47.lifeline for many vulnerable families in my constituency yet
:56:48. > :56:50.there are still too few families getting the benefit. Does the
:56:51. > :56:53.Minister agree with me that the local authorities that have got the
:56:54. > :57:01.required data to identify these kids should have an automatic perhaps be
:57:02. > :57:07.obligated to do so? And I think the honourable gentleman, I know that
:57:08. > :57:12.his colleague the honourable member has also been praising the members
:57:13. > :57:17.bill on this issue. I agree the that there are old families entitled to
:57:18. > :57:20.free school meals that should be able to obtain them. There are
:57:21. > :57:24.issues around the collection of data and sharing of information between
:57:25. > :57:28.different benefits but I am keen to make progress on this very important
:57:29. > :57:35.issue. I think Bergen had was the place the Secretary of State had in
:57:36. > :57:39.mind. Given the strong link in some cases between early age cannabis use
:57:40. > :57:43.and future mental health issues, what assessment does the minister
:57:44. > :57:53.make of efforts by schools to tackle and to deter it illegal drug use?
:57:54. > :57:58.The government has taken steps to tackle and teacher s powers to
:57:59. > :58:02.search including illegal drugs have an strengthened. They have the power
:58:03. > :58:06.to discipline pupils for behaviour and confiscate or dispose of a
:58:07. > :58:09.robbery at the disciplinary penalty where reasonable to do so. The
:58:10. > :58:17.school s behaviour policies as set out the verse two confiscate printed
:58:18. > :58:24.items. Sir Michael will start one last week of a brain drain due to
:58:25. > :58:27.minister s early answer about it minister s early answer about it
:58:28. > :58:29.being up to school and qualified teachers in crisis but does the
:58:30. > :58:33.Minister share my concern that teaching assistants are increasingly
:58:34. > :58:39.being used to teach as he am and the retaining pupils? I do not accept
:58:40. > :58:43.the comments of the two big bet there. We are doing everything we
:58:44. > :58:47.can to recruit and to despite increasing our pupil numbers and the
:58:48. > :58:50.talents of a strong economy and the strengthening graduate jobs market,
:58:51. > :58:55.we are ensuring that there are now record numbers of teachers in our
:58:56. > :59:00.classrooms, 13,000 more teachers today in our classroom than in 2010.
:59:01. > :59:03.Teacher recruitment, Mr Speaker, is a challenge and I use every blog
:59:04. > :59:09.when I have two extol the virtues and rewards of teaching. To help
:59:10. > :59:24.raise the status of a future profession. What does she do? Will
:59:25. > :59:27.the minister... Thank you, Mr Speaker. Will the Minister join me
:59:28. > :59:31.in welcoming the development of high-quality curriculum materials
:59:32. > :59:36.and the banner of education destination which uses the Isle of
:59:37. > :59:43.Wight s natural environment and attractions to teach outside the
:59:44. > :59:46.classroom? Yes, I would of course. Issues like field trips and trips to
:59:47. > :59:52.the behaviour and museums and so on are very important part of education
:59:53. > :00:00.and we have encouraged more schools to organise the strip for young
:00:01. > :00:04.people as much as possible. I'm sorry, but we must move on. Urgent
:00:05. > :00:08.question, Mr Alistair Carmichael. Does the secretary of state from the
:00:09. > :00:13.event make a defendant on announcement that the Royal Navy
:00:14. > :00:17.will join Nato forces in the interception of migrants and
:00:18. > :00:24.refugees in the Mediterranean? Secretary of State for defence,
:00:25. > :00:27.Michael Fallon. The scale of the migration challenge, Mr Speaker,
:00:28. > :00:31.requires Nato, the European Union and other European countries across
:00:32. > :00:34.Europe to work together to address both its symptoms, the constant flow
:00:35. > :00:38.of migrants and the conditions we see them faith and the causes in
:00:39. > :00:43.Syria and beyond. We must also work with locals ability and authority of
:00:44. > :00:46.to tackle the gains that profit from smuggling migrants. The United
:00:47. > :00:47.Kingdom has