Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Tony Lloyd Excerpts
Monday 19th March 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tony Lloyd Portrait Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab)
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Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale has achieved some remarkable results. Towns such as Rochdale are more dependent on further education and less dependent on the university system. Will the Government recognise that the differential in funding in further education holds back young people from the most-deprived areas, who need skills training more than anybody else?

Anne Milton Portrait Anne Milton
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One reason why we are undertaking a post-18 review of education and funding is to make sure that all people, no matter where they come from or what part of the country they live in, have access to high-quality education, be that in HE or FE.