Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
"Given that the hon. Gentleman is talking about policy and going back to the Opposition’s position prior to this Government’s being elected, I should say that his right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Alan Johnson), when Secretary of State for Education, flirted with the …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Apr 2014
Catholic Schools (Admissions)
"The hon. Gentleman wants to find out what the Government’s policy is. Will he elaborate on what his policy is in connection with the Labour party’s replacement for free schools? Will those schools be subject to the same cap as applies to free schools at the moment?..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 28th April 2014
Asked by:
Mark Hoban (Conservative - Fareham)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure parents are aware of the early years educational support available to children with cerebral palsy under two years of age.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Early Years Foundation Stage framework makes clear that providers must have and implement a policy and procedures to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care, including support for children with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities.
The Government is introducing wide-ranging reforms through the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision and support for children and young people with SEN and disabilities from birth up to the age of 25.
The Act requires local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children with SEN or a disability which will include children with cerebral palsy. The local offer will set out in one place information about provision families can expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.
The local offer will also provide parents with clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the services and support available and how to access it, including that from Early Years services. This should include relevant services from agencies such as Portage and Early Support, arrangements for identifying and assessing children's needs in the early years and support available to parents to aid their child's development at home.
The offer will make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving families and service providers in its development and review, enabling them to have a greater say in how services and support develop over time.
The new birth to 25 SEN Code of Practice, due to come into force from September 2014, will set out clear expectations for practitioners on how they work together with families of children with SEN or disability to understand their child's needs and help them to access support quickly.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Feb 2014
Free Schools and Academies
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mrs Riordan.
My interest in school choice is a long-standing one. On my bookshelf at home are pamphlets and books dating back to the ’80s and ’90s about the links between diversity, choice and standards. I helped to draft …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Feb 2014
Free Schools and Academies
"Why has a quota been set for admissions based on faith, but not for other characteristics such as social class, gender or ethnicity? Why has faith been singled out?..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Feb 2014
Free Schools and Academies
"FE colleges’ debt used to be on the Government balance sheet; once the Secretary of State scrapped his controls over their borrowing, their debt moved away from the Government balance sheet and did not count towards Government debt and the deficit. The Department can make a simple change to remove …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Feb 2014
Free Schools and Academies
"I am sorry to be persistent, but having looked at the note from the ONS on the reclassification of FE colleges, it appears that one of the things that changed its view on whether the colleges’ debt should sit on the public sector balance sheet or a non-government sector balance …..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Feb 2014
Free Schools and Academies
"I asked the Minister earlier why the Government had not set quotas on ethnicity, gender and social class but had chosen to single out faith. Will she clarify why that is the case?..."Mark Hoban - View Speech
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