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Written Question
Church Schools: Community Relations
Monday 19th December 2016

Asked by: Julian Brazier (Conservative - Canterbury)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Roman Catholic schools in contributing to social cohesion.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Catholic schools are popular and ethnically diverse. They make a positive contribution to our society and education system and are amongst the highest performing schools nationally We want more good schools and to more quality providers to establish them. Our consultation, Schools that Work for Everyone, is aimed at creating more good schools and improving social cohesion so that more young people have the chance to go as far as their talents will take them.

Written Question
Apprentices
Tuesday 22nd November 2016

Asked by: Julian Brazier (Conservative - Canterbury)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to align the goals of the apprenticeship levy with the Government's industrial strategy.

Answered by Robert Halfon

The Industrial Strategy will have a strong focus on education and skills and apprenticeships will be an important part of the strategy. The apprenticeship levy will put funding on a sustainable footing while improving the technical and professional skills of the workforce, an important component of productivity.

We are well-placed to support the emerging Industrial Strategy and have already announced an increase in funding for STEM frameworks of 40% at level 2 and 80% at level 3. From April 2017, the Institute for Apprenticeships will work with employers to develop a better understanding of where apprenticeships can help address skills gaps.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Sep 2016
Schools that work for Everyone

"I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her vision on religious and selective schools. May I shift the spotlight to STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering and maths? The Simon Langton boys school in my constituency has, for several years running, produced more than 1% of this country’s physics graduates. However, there …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on his astonishing record and success on expanding adoption, but may I echo the comments of the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) by saying that there is still more to be done to speed up the process? One of the easiest ways of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the shortage is the result of two factors: first, the loss of those 200,000 places; and, secondly, the unprecedented population surge resulting from the open borders during the second half of the previous Government’s time in office?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Al-Madinah Free School

"Is it not right that the Government should take action, whether a free school or a Government-run school is having problems, and is it not wrong to leap on one single instance of a problem, because it is being tackled, and blame the other 169 schools, too?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s robust answer. Does he agree that the people who are qualified to teach maths might in fact be those with good maths degrees, rather than teaching qualifications, and will he commend the university of Oxford for including teaching in schools as a possible …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Apr 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"While welcoming my right hon. Friend’s moves to give head teachers more power in this area, may I ask what he is doing, by way of balance, to attract the very brightest and best into the profession?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Having visited on Friday a remarkable lady who both is an adoptive mother and advises Kent county council’s adoption panel, may I say that the measures the Minister has announced over the past year are extremely welcome but that the overriding need is to speed up the court processes, which …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Jan 2013
Canterbury City Council Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Stuart Andrew) for taking this on. I will not be able to be in the Chamber for most of the debate because of the duties he mentioned. The matter has been running for some years and has cost Canterbury city council …..."
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