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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. If he will hold discussions with Stoke-on-Trent City Council on its plans to fund services for children with higher needs. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister will be well aware that, as part of its higher-needs recovery plan, Stoke-on-Trent City Council proposes to plunder classroom budgets by £14.5 million over the next four years. The headteachers in the city are opposed to the plan, which will require a sign-off from the Department in order …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-Trent

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered children’s social care services in Stoke-on-Trent.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. It is not a pleasure to be having this debate. Children’s services, and the role that councils play in protecting the most vulnerable children …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-Trent

"I could not have put it better myself. My hon. Friend has rightly pointed out that, as a local authority, Stoke-on-Trent has a level of casework that is higher than the national average. Each individual within that team is managing more cases than the British Association of Social Workers would …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-Trent

"Again, my hon. Friend makes an excellent point; I agree wholeheartedly. The report makes it quite clear that there has been a marked decline in the provision of children’s protective services in Stoke-on-Trent since 2015. That coincided with the last round of local elections, in which the City Independent group …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-Trent

"The hon. Gentleman points to the MASH system in Staffordshire County Council, which is one of the areas where Stoke-on-Trent City Council has made a rod for its own back. Across the border, in Staffordshire County Council—literally on the doorstep—is a system that is more robust and much better than …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-Trent

"There is an improvement board, but unfortunately, given the timing of the report and the purdah period for the local election cycle, no one will tell us what is going on with it, what actions it is taking and whether it is looking to Staffordshire County Council, which I hold …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 03 Apr 2019
Children’s Social Care Services: Stoke-on-Trent

"That sums up why there is so much frustration with this process. Our city has problems. None of the MPs who represent it, including me, my hon. Friend and the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton), who would have been here if he was not restricted by his Parliamentary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Obviously T-levels are still a couple of years away, and colleges are expecting funding now. What can the Secretary of State do to assure me that when T-levels do arrive, colleges such as Stoke-on-Trent sixth-form college, which will be delivering them, will not have to use some of that additional …..."
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Written Question
Department for Education: Pay
Thursday 24th January 2019

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.

Answered by Anne Milton

The department does not employ cleaners, security guards and catering staff.

Cleaning, security duties and catering services in buildings managed by the department are outsourced under facilities management contracts. Suppliers are responsible for setting rates of pay for their staff and rates vary dependent on the age and location of staff and market rates. All suppliers are required to pay, as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage. The rates set by the government for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage will rise in April 2019.