Debates between Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent and Nick Gibb during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Debate between Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent and Nick Gibb
Monday 14th May 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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My hon. Friend will know that the national funding formula contains a sparsity allocation of more than £20 million for schools in rural areas, particularly small schools, to help to deal with the problem he has rightly highlighted.

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab)
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On Friday, the University of Chester Academies Trust wrote to its staff at two schools in my constituency, University Academy Kidsgrove and University Primary Academy, to announce savage cuts. Will the Minister meet me and other colleagues with UCAT schools in their constituencies immediately to talk about an urgent solution?