Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bim Afolami and Damian Hinds

Monday 12th November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Damian Hinds]

We do, of course, appreciate the particular and special role that maintained nurseries play in the system. We have funding up to 2020, as he knows, and we need to look at what happens thereafter.

[Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)]

19. The Secretary of State will be fully aware that the high-needs budget affects certain areas more than others. In Hertfordshire in particular there is concern among many teachers and parents that the system just is not working well enough for them. What comfort can he give to my parents and teachers who feel that the provision for children with special needs is not working well enough at the moment?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bim Afolami and Damian Hinds

Monday 19th March 2018 Commons Chamber

[Damian Hinds]

The move to tax-free childcare is of course a Treasury and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs policy rather than a Department for Education one, but we made it clear in last week’s debate that there would be an extra six months to look into transitional considerations.

[Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)]

T5. Will the Minister explain the Government’s approach to special educational needs funding in Hertfordshire and other areas? There is concern in many quarters that additional funding allocated to children with special needs is not being adequately ring-fenced at a local level.