Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
"Does my hon. Friend agree that the vast majority of schools take a very responsible approach when designating their school uniform? We might be looking at a relatively small number of exceptions when we talk about more expensive uniforms...."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
"It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate about guidance on and costs of school uniforms. We have all been through school and had the experience of looking forward to buying school uniform, or our parents buying it. Hon. Members have rightly highlighted how, when we go to …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
"That is a very good point. Fortunately, I was at school before it became the fashion to have these themed days—for World Book Day or other occasions—for which parents have to go out and spend money on outfits. I am glad that I missed all that, and having to dress …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
"Does the hon. Lady share my concern that reducing the range of branded school uniform items would enable—and perhaps, to some extent, encourage —a pathway for people to have more branded items that are not branded by the school, which would slightly undermine the concerns about bullying and a lack …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 13 Mar 2020
Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill
"No doubt many parents in my hon. Friend’s constituency take a sensible and pragmatic approach to school uniforms, as indeed did my own parents. I had a total of two blazers during my time at secondary school—I remember that on my first day the sleeves went past the tips of …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"T5. Does my right hon. Friend the Minister for School Standards agree that when Bolton Council oversees a huge level of house building, it should provide additional school places in new schools at the heart of those new communities, rather than doubling the size of existing schools, which causes traffic …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 15th March 2019
Asked by:
Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of how much of the money from the apprenticeship levy has been used by employers from each sector in each year since the introduction of that levy.
Answered by Anne Milton
The apprenticeship levy is collected from employers by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The Education and Skills Funding Agency does not require levy-paying employers to register an industry sector when registering an apprenticeship service account and is therefore unable to supply information on the sectoral distribution of spending on apprenticeships in the format requested.
Written Question
Friday 15th March 2019
Asked by:
Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the contributions made to the apprenticeship levy by different sectors in each year since the introduction of that levy.
Answered by Anne Milton
The apprenticeship levy is collected from employers by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The Education and Skills Funding Agency does not require levy-paying employers to register an industry sector when registering an apprenticeship service account and is therefore unable to supply information on the sectoral distribution of spending on apprenticeships in the format requested.
Written Question
Monday 4th March 2019
Asked by:
Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Institute of Apprenticeships to ensure that the required end-point assessments are available for new apprenticeships without delay.
Answered by Anne Milton
The Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfA) works with employer trailblazer groups to understand the requirements of developing end-point assessment materials and to design assessment plans that end-point assessment organisations are able to work with to deliver high quality and consistent end-point assessment.
The IfA also works with the Education and Skills Funding Agency to make sure that there is appropriate coverage of apprenticeships assessment across all standards, including by working with a wide variety of organisations to stimulate provision. The register of end-point assessment organisations is always open and there are 215 organisations currently on the register. As new standards are developed, we continue to work with the sector to make sure that new and existing end-point assessment organisations are aware of the opportunity and can apply to the register for employers to select them.
We are working with the IfA and external quality assurance providers to monitor the progress of organisations once they are approved on the register and to quality-assure the materials and assessment instruments they produce prior to first use. This monitoring will, alongside our improvements to data reporting, give us a clearer picture of market capacity and help apprentices to prepare for their end-point assessment.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Feb 2019
Relationships and Sex Education
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon, and to contribute to this debate on the incredibly important right to remove children from relationships and sex education. The hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Shabana Mahmood) made an incredibly powerful speech, capturing brilliantly so many of the feelings …..."Chris Green - View Speech
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