Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to enrichment activities in Huddersfield.

The department is committed to ensuring all young people across England can access a wide range of enrichment opportunities at school and college, as part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity.

In the ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper, we set out our ambition to introduce an enrichment entitlement for every pupil, underpinned by a core enrichment offer that every school and college should aim to provide.

This is supported by a new Enrichment Framework, published on Monday 15 June, setting out benchmarks, case studies and practical tools to help schools plan high-quality enrichment more strategically. The ‘Every Child Can’ programme, funded through the Dormant Assets Scheme, will deliver £132.5 million for new activities programmes delivered through schools, community programmes, weekend activities and holiday provision. It is structured around the same five categories as the Enrichment Framework.

We are also putting in place support for wider provision, including through PE and School Sport Partnerships, Music Hubs, and the £22.5 million Enrichment Expansion Programme, delivered with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, supporting up to 400 schools in the most deprived areas of England to meet these benchmarks.