Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Dec 2014
Education of Children with Cerebral Palsy
"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) for securing this debate and generously asking me to open it. My first event as a Member of Parliament was a fundraising evening for the Rainbow Centre, a charity set up by parents to enable their …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Dec 2014
Education of Children with Cerebral Palsy
"I appreciate that I will have a second bite of the cherry in a minute, but I just want to press the Minister on this point about what the local offer includes. He rightly places emphasis on consulting parents, but if the parents do not know that there is a …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Dec 2014
Education of Children with Cerebral Palsy
"It is a surprise and a pleasure to be asked to wind up the debate; I was not quite prepared for that when I came here this morning. The contributions by my hon. Friend the Minister and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) are welcome. Given the …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 3rd November 2014
Asked by:
Mark Hoban (Conservative - Fareham)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new places at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been created in Fareham constituency in the last 12 months.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education collects information from local authorities on the number of school places in state-funded primary and secondary schools, except special schools, as part of the annual School Capacity Collection. The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013.
Data on the number of school places for the past 12 months is not yet available as this information is currently being collected from local authorities and will be published in due course. The information is not available at constituency level.
Between May 2012 and May 2013, the number of places in primary schools in Hampshire increased by 585 and the number of places in secondary schools increased by 176.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"21. I commend my hon. Friend on his return to the Front Bench. Free schools and academies are rightly popular with parents and many of them, such as Cams Hill in my constituency, turn children away. Will he consider giving academies and free schools the power to borrow to expand …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 11th July 2014
Asked by:
Mark Hoban (Conservative - Fareham)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were received from academies to expand to meet parental demand as part of Round 1 of the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund 2014-15; and how many such applications were approved.
Answered by Edward Timpson
A full list of academies that were awarded an allocation through the latest round is published at:
https://www.gov.uk/academies-capital-maintenance-fund
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
"I commend my hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) for opening the debate in such a thorough way. I will not speak for long, having aired the issues in an earlier debate, to which the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for South …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
"Indeed. That diversity of social class is important, although I would counsel a note of caution. It is not only about what happens in Stoke-on-Trent; churches and Church schools in central London are socially diverse, and we should not get away with thinking that Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea are …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
"The Oratory is socially diverse, because it allows in the children of both Prime Ministers and Deputy Prime Ministers these days. We should not forget that diversity.
The catchment areas mean that Catholic schools, rather than serving a narrow cross-section of the population, tend to serve broader communities. They are …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
"Indeed. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, although that closer difference is between secondary schools; the gap is slightly wider for primary schools. Nevertheless, we need to get to the bottom of the issue and to understand it.
Since Catholic schools are so diverse and so inclusive, I have a …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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