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Education: Further and Higher Education: End of Transition Period (18 Jan 2021)

Gavin Williamson: We have worked with the sector on the steps it needed to take following the transition period. This included questions around participation in European Union programmes, migration and student support arrangements. We are replacing the European social fund via the UK shared prosperity fund and introducing the new Turing scheme.

Education: Remote Learning: Laptops and Other Devices (18 Jan 2021)

Gavin Williamson: We are investing over £400 million to support access to remote education, including by providing 1.3 million laptops and tablets to disadvantaged children. We are partnering with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data, as well as deliver 4G wireless routers for pupils without a connection at home.

Education: Topical Questions (18 Jan 2021)

Gavin Williamson: We will always look at how best we can support students. We have announced an additional £20 million of hardship funding for students, to be administered through universities in England, and we will continue to keep that under review.

Skills for Jobs White Paper (21 Jan 2021)

Gavin Williamson: The hon. Lady will see that this is an expansive package of support for people who want to get training and skills, which is very much designed and fit for the modern economy and responsive enough to shift with changing labour market needs.

Education: Covid-19: Learning Catch-up ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: Helping pupils make up learning is vital, which is why the Government have invested £1.7 billion in helping education settings boost pupils’ learning, including additional funding for tutoring, early language support and summer schools. We have appointed an education recovery commissioner to advise on this work.

Education: Covid-19: Education Outcomes ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: As the Minister for School Standards set out, we have commissioned a study to assess the progress of pupils this academic year, initial findings from which were published last week. That study has informed the development of our £1.7 billion investment to give education settings support to boost our children’s education.

Education: School Facilities ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: We have announced the first 50 schools in the new school rebuilding programme as part of our commitment to rebuild 500 schools over the next decade. We have allocated £9.5 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve school buildings, including an additional £560 million for the last financial year, and we have committed a further £1.8 billion for 2021-22.

Education: Pupils’ Return to Schools: Lateral Flow Testing ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: Rapid testing using lateral flow devices will support the return to face-to-face education by helping to identify people who are infectious but do not have any symptoms. For secondary school staff and pupils, we are moving to a home-testing model, which will be rolled out once pupils have had three onsite tests.

Education: Technology in Schools: Learning Legacy ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: Technology has been essential to teaching remotely, and I pay credit to the entire education workforce for doing this. In the longer term, it has the potential to improve pupil outcomes and operational efficiency. We are building on our significant investment in devices, training and digital services to create a lasting digital legacy.

Education: Safety of School Students and Staff ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: The decision to return to full attendance is based on a balance of risk—on protecting our NHS while protecting students from the harms of missing education. Our decision is evidence-based. We have introduced safety measures, including testing and the extended use of face coverings, alongside other systems of control to minimise transmission of covid.

Education: Topical Questions ( 1 Mar 2021)

Gavin Williamson: I thank the hon. Lady for raising this point. I am happy to ask my office to get in touch with her for details, so that we can highlight this to the Department for Work and Pensions.

Debate on the Address: A Brighter Future for the Next Generation (13 May 2021)

Gavin Williamson: I will always give way to the hon. Gentleman.

Education: Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (26 Apr 2021)

Gavin Williamson: The best place for vulnerable children and those with special educational needs is at school. That is why we kept schools open throughout the pandemic. The high needs budget has grown by £1.5 billion in two years, and £42 million has been made available for specialist organisations to support children with special educational needs.

Education: Lost Learning: Covid-19 (26 Apr 2021)

Gavin Williamson: Helping pupils to make up learning is vital. That is why this Government have invested £1.7 billion to provide support to help pupils get back on track as they return to school.

Education: T-Levels: Industry Placements (26 Apr 2021)

Gavin Williamson: The Government have invested £165 million to help providers to prepare for and deliver industry placements, building capacity in their relationships with employers. We have invested nearly £7 million so far in direct support for employers, and we are also exploring what short-term funded support may be appropriate to enable employers to offer placements.

Education: Covid-19: School Reopenings (26 Apr 2021)

Gavin Williamson: The return to school from 8 March has been very successful. Just before Easter, on 25 March, 99.8% of state-funded schools were open. From 15 April, pupil attendance in state-funded schools was at 94%. That is higher than at any point during the autumn term.

Education: Turing Scheme: Disadvantaged Students (26 Apr 2021)

Gavin Williamson: I am afraid the hon. Gentleman obviously is not very familiar with the scheme. Actually, there are a number of slight inaccuracies in what he stated. I would be happy to send him the details so that he can undertake some homework and understand it a little bit better in future.

Education: Topical Questions (26 Apr 2021)

Gavin Williamson: There is a major expansion in the amount of money we are investing in further education, and the last settlement included a commitment to close to £700 million for that. We are also putting a £1.5 billion capital investment into further education colleges, and colleges in London are able to apply for that.

Education Recovery ( 7 Jun 2021)

Gavin Williamson: Of course I will meet the hon. Gentleman. Would he be kind enough, prior to the meeting, to send some more details about Aidan and some of the challenges? I would be very happy to meet him.

Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings (30 Jun 2021)

Gavin Williamson: I will share some of the guidance that we have. There is flexibility for schools, for those key transition years, to have some level of familiarisation with those children. I will organise it that my office shares that information with my hon. Friend.


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