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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to Society

"Thank you, Minister. My son is a mathematics student, so I found that particularly interesting. For the record, 12 times 12 is 144.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this House has considered the contribution of the mathematical sciences to society...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Ofsted: Accountability

"Order. Members will see that we are not greatly oversubscribed today, but that does not give them licence, as I am sure they will appreciate, because the Minister will want time to respond to the points that have been made...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Ofsted: Accountability

"Before I call the Minister, I commend the Chamber Engagement Team on their production of an excellent piece of work, which has helped to inform and assist today’s debate...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Ofsted: Accountability

"Thank you, Minister. I think that is one of the longest speeches a Minister has ever made in response in a 90-minute debate in this Chamber. I saw his Parliamentary Private Secretary twitching—he was going to send one of those notes, but he resisted. Mr Julian Sturdy, you have the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

"I commend the right hon. Gentleman’s point about employer-led qualifications and an employer-led direction. I am sure he will take this opportunity to commend the Northern Regional College, which has just today started a pioneering new project that will bring employers on board with students and lead directly to proper …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Support for University Students: Covid-19

"I think we should start with a word of congratulations to all the students for putting up with what has been a very challenging situation and encourage them by reminding them that they will get through this, and that they will be tomorrow’s generation of leaders in our nation. With …..."
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Written Question
Free School Meals
Thursday 25th June 2020

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the families of pupils on free school meals in during the school summer holidays in 2020; and whether support will be available in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Vicky Ford

I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave on 23 June 2020 to Question 54195.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Free School Meals: Summer Holidays

"Would it not be better for the Minister to use this opportunity to thank Marcus Rashford for the great campaign he has led and to commit to ensure that this never happens again by putting a line in the Budget papers to ensure that these free school meals are available …..."
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Written Question
Students: Coronavirus
Wednesday 6th May 2020

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to protect students from being charged for accommodation costs whilst they are at home as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Michelle Donelan

As both my right hon. Friends, the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have made clear, the government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID-19.

The government encourages universities and private hall providers to be fair in their decisions about rent charges for this period. A number of universities and large companies have waived rents for the summer term or released students early from their contracts.

Students will continue to receive scheduled payments of loans towards their living costs for the remainder of the current, 2019/20, academic year. Students who are tenants with individual private landlords are entitled to support if they are impacted by COVID-19, such as repayable rent reductions or postponements.

Accommodation providers should not instruct students to return home. If any accommodation provider did formally instruct a student to leave the property then it would be unacceptable to continue to charge student rents.

If a student thinks their accommodation provider is treating them unfairly, they can raise a complaint under the accommodation codes of practice as long as their provider is a code member. The codes can be found at: https://www.thesac.org.uk/; https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code/how-to-complain and: https://www.rla.org.uk/about/nrla-code-of-practice.shtml.

Written Question
Alternative Education: Standards
Wednesday 22nd January 2020

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to (a) expand alternative provision and (b) ensure that alternative provision provides education at a (a) Good or (b) Outstanding by OFSTED.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department is committed to reforming alternative provision (AP) including expanding and attracting high quality AP as an integral part of the free schools programme. We will announce the successful applicants of the current wave of AP and special Free Schools in early 2020.

As of December 2019, 81% of pupil referral units, AP academies and AP free schools were rated good or outstanding by Ofsted. The Department’s reforms will continue to improve the quality of the sector, building on the good practice being tested in our £4 million AP Innovation Fund projects and learning from the effective approaches my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has seen in a number of his visits to AP institutions.