Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"The announcement in the levelling up White Paper that Kirklees has been allocated £100 million of extra funds as an education investment area is welcome news for Dewsbury. Will the Minister explain what that extra funding will mean for further education students and children with special educational needs and disabilities?..."Mark Eastwood - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022
"I appreciate the Minister’s comment about levelling up. One of the initiatives in the Dewsbury town board funding is a construction and skills centre. Does he agree that that could be rolled out in towns fund bids and that local councils and authorities could take that on board?..."Mark Eastwood - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 9th February 2022
Asked by:
Mark Eastwood (Conservative - Dewsbury)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper published on 2 February 2022, if he will publish details of the provisions that will made available for pupils with special educational needs as a result of Kirklees having been included in an Educational Investment Area.
Answered by Will Quince
We are making over £100 million of funding available to support Education Investment Areas over the course of the Spending Review period. The Levelling Up White Paper, published on 2 February 2022, set out some of the support that will be available to schools in these areas.
In these new Education Investment Areas, the department will offer retention payments to help schools keep the best teachers in the highest priority subjects.
To drive up standards rapidly, schools in these areas that have been judged less than Good in successive Ofsted inspections could be moved into strong multi-academy trusts, to attract more support and the best teachers. This will be subject to a consultation in the spring.
Our Schools White Paper will set out further details on the funding available to Education Investment Areas, as well our plans to make a wider programme of support available to a priority subset of these areas.
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Review will set out our plan to improve provision for children with SEND across England. It will be published in the first 3 months of 2022.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" My right hon. Friend has done great work making thousands of laptops, tablets and 4G routers available to disadvantaged school pupils; however, colleges such as Kirklees College in Dewsbury do not qualify for the scheme and have to use their own funds to support their students. Does he recognise …..."Mark Eastwood - View Speech
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