Education

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Wednesday 9th March 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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The following are extracts from the statement on Higher Education Reform on 24 February 2022.
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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:

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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.

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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 Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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Non-graduates continue to pay—at the moment, all taxpayers fund higher education in England at 44p in the pound.

Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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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 Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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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.