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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Feb 2018
Free School Meals/Pupil Premium: Eligibility

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I greatly appreciate the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson). The frustration with this issue is that the whole concept behind universal credit is about making work pay. It was defenestrated in 2015 by George Osborne …..."
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Written Question
Free School Meals: Eastbourne
Thursday 25th January 2018

Asked by: Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat - Eastbourne)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families in Eastbourne would be entitled to free school meals under the pre-universal credit free school meals system.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

We don’t differentiate between pupils eligible for free school meals under the pre-universal credit free school meals system and those only eligible due to the universal credit free school meals system. The number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals is published in the file “Underlying data: SFR28/2017” in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release. For 2017 the information can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017.

Information for earlier years can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 12 Oct 2017
Free Childcare

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate the hon. Member for High Peak (Ruth George) on her heartfelt speech, which was also accurate in highlighting some of the challenges that this project faces.

I put my cards on the table: I think this is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 12 Oct 2017
Free Childcare

"I am well aware of that. I would say to the Minister that if the whole programme crunches and 20%, 18% or 25% of the providers drop out of the business there will be no business for our children. Truly, I believe that £250 million split across that sector, particularly …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What steps her Department is taking to help older adults from low-income backgrounds to access further education and training...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Since 2015, the number of part-time students aged over 30 has dropped—by 10% in the first year alone. Funding for the adult education sector will remain frozen for five years after 2020. That real-terms cut has led to a drop-off of almost 16,000 in the number of people aged 30 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Sep 2017
Free Childcare Entitlement

"I respect the Minister, who is making a valiant effort to defend an outstanding policy with holes in it, the biggest of which is funding. One group who have not been mentioned in this debate is childminders, including those in my constituency, who are highly qualified, are often women, have …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Careers Advice (14 to 19-Year-Olds)

"It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Williams. I appreciate the opportunity to debate what I and obviously the many others present in the Chamber consider a tremendously important issue. I chair the all-party group on further education, skills and lifelong learning, and believe that reforms and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Careers Advice (14 to 19-Year-Olds)

"I entirely agree. Engineering is a good example, not least from a gender perspective. I still find it astonishing that even in my constituency, despite the number of engineering firms there—particularly to do with pumps, curiously enough—applications are rarely received from young women in Eastbourne. That is simply because they …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Careers Advice (14 to 19-Year-Olds)

"I completely agree. Such initiatives can be a game changer for many young people and improve their understanding of the length and breadth of the opportunities open to them.

To return to apprenticeships, I repeat that the research showed only 7% could name them as an alternative qualification. The challenge …..."
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