Ministerial Corrections
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Education
(2 years, 2 months ago)
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Nadhim Zahawi
I respectfully remind the hon. Lady that someone from a disadvantaged background today is 80% more likely to go to university than they were a decade ago.
[Official Report, 24 February 2022, Vol. 709, c. 491.]
Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).
An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson).
The correct response should have been:
Nadhim Zahawi
I respectfully remind the hon. Lady that an 18-year-old from a disadvantaged background today is 82% more likely to go to university than in 2010.
Nadhim Zahawi
Non-graduates continue to pay— at the moment, all taxpayers fund higher education in England at 41p in the pound.
[Official Report, 24 February 2022, Vol. 709, c. 494.]
Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).
An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman).
The correct response should have been:
Nadhim Zahawi
Non-graduates continue to pay—at the moment, all taxpayers fund higher education in England at 44p in the pound.
Nadhim Zahawi
If the hon. Lady looks at the Government’s track record, she will see that someone from a disadvantaged background is 80% more likely to go to university than was the case a decade ago.
[Official Report, 24 February 2022, Vol. 709, c. 496.]
Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).
An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah).
The correct response should have been:
Nadhim Zahawi
If the hon. Lady looks at the Government’s track record, she will see that an 18-year-old from a disadvantaged background today is 82% more likely to go to university than in 2010.
Work and Pensions
(2 years, 2 months ago)
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David Rutley
Children living in households where all adults work were six times less likely to be in absolute poverty before housing costs in 2019-20 than those in workless households. We have been making a difference: there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs, and nearly 580,000 fewer children are living in workless households than in 2010.
[Official Report, 2 March 2022, Vol. 709, c. 398WH.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Macclesfield (David Rutley):
An error has been identified in my contribution to the debate.
The correct information should have been:
David Rutley
Children living in households where all adults work were six times less likely to be in absolute poverty before housing costs in 2019-20 than those in workless households. We have been making a difference: there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs, and nearly 540,000 fewer children are living in workless households than in 2010.