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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2015
School Expansion

"Will the Secretary of State join me in paying tribute to the outstanding Rainham Mark grammar school, which took seven forms of entry, for the third year running, to ensure local parents get the choice they need? It gives priority to the pupil premium and it is sponsoring a school …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What steps he is taking to promote regional growth...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"On regional growth, the Government have committed £7 billion of the £12 billion regional growth fund, including £488 million to my own South East local enterprise partnership, which is creating more jobs, homes and growth. However, when does the Minister expect the remaining £5 billion to be allocated? Does he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. Will the Minister welcome the new apprentice teaching sports assistants coach programme put on by Gillingham football club in my constituency, which is working with primary schools to get more sports coaches into primary schools?..."
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Written Question
Schools: Admissions
Thursday 8th January 2015

Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top choice school in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Medway in the most recent year for which information is available.

Answered by David Laws

Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014’, at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications

The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014.

The figures for England and the local authorities of Kent and Medway are given below.

Proportion of applicants (%) who received their first choice

primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry

Primary

Secondary

2014

England

87.7

85.2

Kent

84.9

83.6

Medway

85.6

81.2

Based on offers made on respective national offer days

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"16. What support he is providing to businesses wanting to take on apprentices...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Minister join me in welcoming the news that in Gillingham and Rainham there were 450 intermediate, 230 advanced, and 20 high-level apprenticeship starts in 2013-14, meaning that 700 young people gained invaluable skills and experiences for future careers? Will he join me in congratulating businesses such as Jubilee …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What progress has been made on the traineeships programme; and if she will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the Minister to his new post, and I know he will do an outstanding job. What commitment have the Government received from major national employers to offer traineeships to young people that will also help to benefit the 640 NEETs in Medway, which covers my constituency?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2014
Birmingham Schools

"I welcome what the Secretary of State is doing in this area. I was appalled by some of the report’s findings, particularly the comment by Sheikh Shady al-Suleiman, where he distorted the concept of jihad and linked it to Afghanistan, which is often used by extremists to recruit people to …..."
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