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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2016
EBacc: Expressive Arts Subjects

"I am afraid I do not have that figure to hand, although I am sure that the Minister can regale us with it. I am sure that he has it front of him and can come out with it later, and I look forward to that with great interest...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2016
EBacc: Expressive Arts Subjects

"I think that sharing music facilities and facilities generally is often a good way forward. That could certainly be considered, but schools need to work individually and to have the right facilities to look after their own pupils without having to look elsewhere—without having to run across the road and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2016
EBacc: Expressive Arts Subjects

"My hon. Friend makes a good point. We can have a larger EBacc, we can manage our subjects more carefully, we can have an EBacc plus, as has been suggested, or we can have a more pick-and-mix, flexible and balanced approach, which might be more sensible. An EBacc without the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2016
EBacc: Expressive Arts Subjects

"Is it fair to point out that all the figures just given by the Minister are from before the announcement of the new EBacc and the consultation of November 2015, which is what has seen the drop in entries that we are all talking about?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that young people develop character at school...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that answer. I chair the all-party group on the British Council, which is about to launch an inquiry into the causes of extremism and radicalisation. I am sure that my hon. Friend well understands the crucial importance of the arts in developing breadth and depth …..."
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Written Question
Schools: Somerton and Frome
Monday 25th April 2016

Asked by: David Warburton (Independent - Somerton and Frome)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to meet demand for school places in Somerton and Frome constituency.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

Supporting local authorities to ensure sufficient school places continues to be one of the Government’s top priorities. That is why we have committed to spending £7 billion on school places up to 2021, which, along with our investment in the free schools programme, we expect to deliver 600,000 new places. Somerset received £14.6 million of basic need funding between 2011 and 2015, which helped to create almost 3,000 new places between 2010 and 2015. It has also been allocated a further £24.5 million to create the places needed by 2019.