Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Sep 2018
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"Children with special needs obviously have particular difficulty in accessing support to enable them to raise their station. Following Education questions in June, I wrote to the Secretary of State in July regarding the particular problems in Derbyshire and I asked him to meet with me to discuss the problems …..."Ruth George - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jun 2018
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"Schools in High Peak tell me that the vast majority of their applications for education, health and care plans are refused, meaning that children with very serious special needs, including autism, are left struggling and teachers are left trying to cope with them in large classes. What is the Secretary …..."Ruth George - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 May 2018
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"I recently met secondary headteachers in my constituency who told me that they were almost at breaking point as a result of cut after cut after cut. When will the Government fund all our schools properly, for the sake of all our children?..."Ruth George - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 23rd April 2018
Asked by:
Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils permanently excluded from schools in Derbyshire at key stage (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information on the number of permanent exclusions in Derbyshire broken down by year group is published in the ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2015 to 2016’ National Statistics release, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016.[1] Total exclusion figures for each key stage are not published.
A table is attached showing the total Number and Rate of permanent exclusions in Derbyshire Local Authority from 2011/12 to 2015/16, broken down by year group.
[1] Underlying exclusions data for local authorities can be found in the file SFR_35_2017_LA_characteristics.csv, also available to view at the above site.
Written Question
Wednesday 18th April 2018
Asked by:
Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools are in the 20 per cent most deprived areas.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The department does not routinely produce information about schools in the 20% most deprived areas. The department’s main measure of deprivation is the percentage of pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and this is included in School Performance Tables. The full list of FSM rates per school can be downloaded from the School Performance Tables website and ranked accordingly: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Feb 2018
Free School Meals/Pupil Premium: Eligibility
"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson), who has done great work on child poverty and school meals. I am proud to be standing here on the anniversary of women’s suffrage. This debate is on exactly the sort of issue that women were …..."Ruth George - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Feb 2018
Free School Meals/Pupil Premium: Eligibility
"The vast majority of parents moving from tax credits on to—..."Ruth George - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Feb 2018
Free School Meals/Pupil Premium: Eligibility
"Does my hon. Friend agree that the example in the consultation document of a parent gaining free school meal eligibility is misleading? When they transfer from tax credits to universal credit, they will lose £1,600 a year. Those are not the children who should not be getting free school meals...."Ruth George - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 5th February 2018
Asked by:
Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children will be eligible for free school meals as a result of the protections for entitlement under the existing arrangements.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
As explained in our consultation paper, we have recently brought forward proposals to update the temporary criteria for free school meals eligibility under universal credit. In setting these new criteria, we are ensuring that the new arrangements are fair, consistent and simple to deliver. The consultation paper is available to view here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/healthy-pupil-unit/fsm/.
Last year, around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children were eligible for and claiming a free meal. As a result of our proposed criteria, we estimate that by 2022 around 50,000 more children will benefit from a free school meal compared to the previous benefits system.
In addition, we will also provide generous protections to ensure that no child will lose out as a result of these changes up until the end of the rollout of universal credit. This is part of ongoing policy development.