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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Dec 2014
Preparing Young People for Work

"I welcome the additional support for careers guidance in schools and colleges. Will my right hon. Friend consider using a proportion of this money, or asking the new company to use a proportion of this money, to tackle the outdated images of industries such as manufacturing and construction, which put …..."
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Written Question
Boarding Schools
Thursday 20th November 2014

Asked by: Margot James (Conservative - Stourbridge)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2014 to Queston 211886, how many of the co-educational state boarding schools in England are single sex up to sixth form; and how many of those schools accept only (a) boys and (b) girls until sixth form.

Answered by Edward Timpson

This information is not held by the Department for Education. Gender of school details are only collected by the Department at the point of first entry (i.e. age 11 for 11-18 schools). The information requested is held by local authorities or academies in each local authority area.

Written Question
Boarding Schools
Thursday 30th October 2014

Asked by: Margot James (Conservative - Stourbridge)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state boarding schools in England are (a) co-educational, (b) all boys and (c) all girls.

Answered by Edward Timpson

There are 146 co-educational state boarding schools in England. There are 39 all-boys schools, and two all-girls schools, giving a total of 187 state boarding schools currently open.

This data has been taken from the October 2014 ‘Schools in England’[1] publication.

[1] www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-in-england

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Jun 2014
British Values: Teaching

"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way in his most insightful speech. However, his reference to the conflation with conservative religious views concerns me. Some of the media coverage of the Birmingham issue has said that there is a difference between extremist ideology that might breed terrorism and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"In my borough of Dudley, young people leave school at 16 to pursue A-levels and other forms of post-16 education at local colleges. Does my hon. Friend agree that we need a system of destination measures that will enable us to track the progress of students back to the school …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2014
Birmingham Schools

"As the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart) said, these findings would be unacceptable in any school—secular or faith, state or independent. This affront to British values may well extend to other schools outside the area that Ofsted has already inspected. Will my right hon. Friend ensure that there …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Children’s Centres (Dudley)

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Weir, and to see my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen and Rowley Regis (James Morris) present for the debate. I suspect that he, like myself, is here because he was deeply concerned last month when proposals to cut by …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Children’s Centres (Dudley)

"I strongly agree. I was not implying that we should disregard socio-economic status. I merely meant to point out that it is just one factor that we should consider. I support the Government’s decision to increase the support for disadvantaged two-year-olds by providing 16 hours a week of nursery care. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Children’s Centres (Dudley)

"I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. I completely agree. The Hob Green children’s centre, which I mentioned earlier, covers a huge area. When Hob Green was started in 2008, a similar proposal to start a children’s centre approximately 2 miles away was dropped. The Hob Green centre …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Children’s Centres (Dudley)

"Does the Minister agree that the more that services are co-located and brought together, the more sustainable the whole children centre model is in the long term?..."
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