Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"7. What assessment he has made of the effects in Lincolnshire of the Government’s policies on small businesses...."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. She will want to join me in welcoming the latest figures, which show that employment in the north-east, the north-west and the east midlands is growing faster than in London. Will she ensure that that record of seeing growth …..."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 15th June 2015
Asked by:
Stephen Phillips (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many design and technology departments in (a) academies and (b) local authority maintained schools have closed in the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect information on the closure of departments within schools.
Written Question
Monday 15th June 2015
Asked by:
Stephen Phillips (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the teaching of design and technology in (a) academies and (b) local authority maintained schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Design and technology is compulsory in the national curriculum at key stages 1 to 3. The new national curriculum, which came into force from September 2014, is more challenging, with a focus on the process of design and strengthened technical knowledge. GCSEs and A levels in design and technology are being developed, for first teaching from 2017, to be more rigorous and build on the new curriculum. Academies are not required to deliver the national curriculum, however, they must offer a broad and balanced curriculum and publish their curriculum provision and content online.
Written Question
Friday 12th June 2015
Asked by:
Stephen Phillips (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department provides to Lincolnshire County Council to fund an hour's care for each child in pre-school nursery care.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Department for Education funds local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant for delivering the early years entitlement. In consultation with their Schools Forum, local authorities are then responsible for deciding how best to distribute this funding across their locality and they set their own local rates of funding for early years providers. The DSG allocations for three- and four-year-olds for each local authority are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016
The allocations table includes the Early Years Block Unit of Funding that local authorities receive from the DfE for each child. Local authorities are then responsible for funding early years providers to secure the Government-funded hours.
The Department collects funding information from all local authorities through section 251 financial returns, including information on funding for early years. To aid transparency, the early years data is published in the form of a benchmarking tool, on the rates that each local authority pays to its providers. The funding benchmarking tool is published here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Deaf Children and Young People
"The reason that is so important, as the right hon. Gentleman will know, is that any form of communication in early years is critical to the life outcomes of children later in their life. Does he therefore agree that this is something that the Government should be looking at very …..."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Deaf Children and Young People
"It is a great pleasure to follow the thoughtful contribution of the hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn). It is always a great pleasure to follow him, not least because he is my MP for four days a week. I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to …..."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"T7. My right hon. Friend the Minister will be aware of the extra costs of funding rural school places. Will he tell the House what steps the Government are taking to ensure that school places in Lincolnshire are adequately funded?..."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"17. What support his Department is providing to small businesses to compete in global markets...."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. SMEs in my constituency, such as Destec Engineering, which I recently had the opportunity to visit, are the drivers of both our local and national economies. Does he agree that the measures announced in yesterday’s Budget, particularly the employment …..."Stephen Phillips - View Speech
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