Ministerial Corrections

Wednesday 9th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Wednesday 9 March 2022

Education

Wednesday 9th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Higher Education Reform

The following are extracts from the statement on Higher Education Reform on 24 February 2022.

[Nadhim Zahawi]

I respectfully remind the hon. Lady that someone from a disadvantaged background today is 80% more likely to go to university than they were a decade ago.

[Official Report, 24 February 2022, Vol. 709, c. 491.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson).

The correct response should have been:

[Nadhim Zahawi]

I respectfully remind the hon. Lady that an 18-year-old from a disadvantaged background today is 82% more likely to go to university than in 2010.

[Nadhim Zahawi]

Non-graduates continue to pay— at the moment, all taxpayers fund higher education in England at 41p in the pound.

[Official Report, 24 February 2022, Vol. 709, c. 494.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman).

The correct response should have been:

[Nadhim Zahawi]

Non-graduates continue to pay—at the moment, all taxpayers fund higher education in England at 44p in the pound.

[Nadhim Zahawi]

If the hon. Lady looks at the Government’s track record, she will see that someone from a disadvantaged background is 80% more likely to go to university than was the case a decade ago.

[Official Report, 24 February 2022, Vol. 709, c. 496.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah).

The correct response should have been:

[Nadhim Zahawi]

If the hon. Lady looks at the Government’s track record, she will see that an 18-year-old from a disadvantaged background today is 82% more likely to go to university than in 2010.

Work and Pensions

Wednesday 9th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty

The following is an extract from the Westminster Hall debate on Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty on 2 March 2022.

[David Rutley]

Children living in households where all adults work were six times less likely to be in absolute poverty before housing costs in 2019-20 than those in workless households. We have been making a difference: there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs, and nearly 580,000 fewer children are living in workless households than in 2010.

[Official Report, 2 March 2022, Vol. 709, c. 398WH.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Macclesfield (David Rutley):

An error has been identified in my contribution to the debate.

The correct information should have been:

[David Rutley]

Children living in households where all adults work were six times less likely to be in absolute poverty before housing costs in 2019-20 than those in workless households. We have been making a difference: there are 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs, and nearly 540,000 fewer children are living in workless households than in 2010.