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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jan 2021
Remote Education and Free School Meals

"I appreciate that we are living in unusual times, but we should not forget that not once did Labour provide free school lunches for children when schools were not open. Not once did they provide free lunches for three to four-year-olds. It took a Conservative Government to ensure that that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What arrangements his Department has made for examinations in 2021 for international baccalaureate students. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Some of the schools in my constituency elect to take the IB examinations rather than A-levels. No final decision has yet been taken as to whether those exams will take place this spring, so will my right hon. Friend commit to assisting these schools, so that no child who takes …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Jul 2020
Education Settings: Autumn Opening

"Clearly it is vital to get children back into school now that the infection rates of this virus are falling, but will the Secretary of State inform the House of what preparations the Department for Education is carrying out in case there is a second wave of the virus? We …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Free School Meals: Summer Holidays

"Does the hon. Lady agree with me that no Government in history have created more jobs than this Government over the last five years, yet every single Labour Government have left power with higher unemployment than when they got into power? Should she not be grateful for the fact that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Free School Meals: Summer Holidays

"We all want to do the right thing for struggling families, but we all also want to ensure that there is fairness for the taxpayer, so it is important that the right approach is adopted.

This Government have been financially very generous throughout this outbreak. We have seen the multibillion-pound …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Free School Meals: Summer Holidays

"I am quite astonished that Brexit has managed to be shoehorned into this debate; I am quite happy to talk about Brexit and the opportunities it gives us. I do think that what has happened and what the taxpayer wants is fairness. It wants fairness: yes, it does not want …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Free School Meals: Summer Holidays

"I will not give way now.

We believe in assisting families hit hard by the virus not just over the summer, but throughout the entirety of this outbreak. Assistance has been given for children to stay well nourished, and various schemes have and will be implemented. These schemes will provide …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2020
Education Settings: Wider Opening

"Will the Secretary of State update the House on the progress that has been made to open universities? Online lectures can be very useful but they are no substitute for face-to-face lectures and lectures that require some practical work...."
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Written Question
Higher Education: Dartford
Wednesday 13th June 2018

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of young people from Dartford who went to university in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on the proportion of 18 year olds entering full-time undergraduate higher education by parliamentary constituency.

The figures for the latest five years are shown in the table below:

Table 1 – Entry rates to higher education for 18 year olds in Dartford constituency

Year

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

Entry Rate

29.9%

27.3%

32.5%

32.8%

31.8%