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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In East Sussex, funding per pupil is £193 lower than the national average. What more can be done for my schools in Wealden, which are both small and rural?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The superb schools across my constituency of Wealden face the double financial whammy of being both rural and small. Under the new funding formula, only eight schools will get an uplift. May I urge Ministers to look again at the schools in Wealden that do not regularly hit the traditional …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs

"The Minister for schools was kind enough to meet me recently to discuss funding for schools in Wealden and East Sussex, and I am very grateful for that. My pupil funding is just £4,433.58. My small rural schools face severe challenges because of their small size and location, and a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What steps the Government are taking to improve support for adopted families. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"At a recent inspection, the performance of East Sussex County Council’s adoption service was rated by Ofsted as outstanding. What does the Department do to ensure that best practice is shared, so that local authorities that are identified as requiring improvement learn from those that are providing an outstanding service?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What plans her Department has to improve child and family social work...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Minister explain how the Department’s new graduate entry routes to social work, such as Step Up to Social Work and Frontline, and including the award-winning provision of children’s services from East Sussex County Council, have impacted the social work profession?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jan 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"East Sussex County Council offers award-winning children’s services, but there is always more to learn. What plans do the Government have to reform child and family social work?..."
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Written Question
Schools: Design and Technology
Tuesday 12th January 2016

Asked by: Nusrat Ghani (Conservative - Sussex Weald)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to promote design and technology in state-funded schools.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Design and Technology (D&T) is compulsory in the national curriculum in England at key stages 1 to 3. By introducing a new, more rigorous D&T curriculum in 2014 and reforming the subject’s GCSE and A level qualifications, we have taken important steps to make D&T an exciting subject, paving the way for young people to progress into careers in a range of engineering and design fields.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 15 Oct 2015
Trade Union Bill (Fourth sitting)

"Q 384 To continue on agency workers, we took evidence earlier from Mr Jon Skewes from the Royal College of Midwives. He mentioned how potentially disruptive it could be if midwives were to go on strike. There are two issues: the fact that it costs so much to bring in …..."
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