Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gavin Williamson and Yvonne Fovargue

Monday 1st March 2021 Commons Chamber

[Gavin Williamson]

My hon. Friend raises an important matter. We have asked Sir Kevan Collins to look across a full and broad range of ways of giving children a boost, not just to catch up on any learning that they have lost but more fundamentally, to make major changes to how we drive educational attainment over a generation and more. All of this is something that Sir Kevan will look at.

[Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab) [V]]

The unionlearn fund has provided access to skills for over 200,000 workers, many of whom previously had few or no qualifications. Will the Secretary of State reconsider the decision to scrap that highly successful programme and fund it through the national skills programme.

[Gavin Williamson]

No.