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Written Question
Schools: Bromley
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Bromley Council to provide additional school places in the north-west of the borough.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school capacity data. Local authorities can use this funding to provide places in new schools or through expansions of existing schools and can work with any school in their local area, including academies and free schools. Bromley has received just over £80 million to support the provision of new school places needed between 2011 and 2022. Bromley has not been allocated funding in subsequent allocations because its data indicates need for mainstream places up to September 2026 had already been funded in previous years.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Crisis in Iran

"Could I ask the Minister to reassure the House that London will not become a place of safe refuge for the Iranian regime’s proponents? Can she assure me, for instance, that money from Iran that is funding pro-Iranian platforms in this country is closely looked at? There is also a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Apr 2021
University Students: Compensation for Lost Teaching and Rent

"Has the Minister’s Department done any assessment of the impact on the levels of attainment and grades that might be achieved in finals this year? If it is less than normal, will some sort of gearing be put into the system to ensure that students are not penalised by the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jan 2021
Covid-19: Educational Settings

"Happy new year to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I ask my right hon. Friend about early learning? The hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker) has already raised the point, but I would rather like my right hon. Friend to explain why in Bromley, early learning centres—they are semi-schools …..."
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Written Question
Schools: Coronavirus
Friday 11th September 2020

Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools in the event that a single child in a year group tests positive for covid-19.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The actions that schools should take in the event that a child tests positive for COVID-19 are outlined within the GOV.UK guidance for full opening and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools#section-1-public-health-advice-to-minimise-coronavirus-covid-19-risks.

This guidance states that schools must take swift action when they become aware that someone who has attended has tested positive for COVID-19, and contact their local health protection team. This team will also contact schools directly if they become aware that someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 attended the school.

The health protection team will carry out a rapid risk assessment to confirm who has been in close contact with the person during the period that they were infectious. They will work with schools in this situation to guide them through the actions they need to take. Based on the advice from the health protection team, schools must send home those people who have been in close contact with the person who has tested positive, advising them to self-isolate for 14 days since they were last in close contact.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Sep 2020
Schools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full Opening

"As I understand it, from what is reported, the overall results this year are 10% to 12% higher than they might have been if people had sat exams. I am thinking of next year’s cohort and particularly of those who have slipped their university place to next year on their …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I ask the Minister to explain how the Government intend to increase free childcare for foster carers, which is a great idea?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
Global LGBT Rights

"It is not just LGBT people who might not want to go there; others, like me, may think, “This is not acceptable.”..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2016
International Men’s Day

"I think that the armed forces are slightly ahead of society, because everyone who comes back from operational tours is debriefed, and checked for post-traumatic stress disorder and other worrying signs. That is great and we ought to extend that model to people who are at risk in society in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2016
International Men’s Day

"I have sat here for most of the debate—I missed just the first two minutes—but I have not heard anyone talk about the strength that men and women get from being in a family, whether unmarried or married. Living with other people is a huge benefit. I just wanted to …..."
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