Oral Answers to Questions

James Sunderland Excerpts

Monday 21st June 2021 Commons Chamber

[Mark Logan (Bolton North East) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to provide high-quality tutoring to disadvantaged students.

[James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to provide high-quality tutoring to disadvantaged students.

[The Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson)]

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[Gavin Williamson]

I would very much like to hear not only how Tutor the Nation is tutoring Bolton, but how we can do so much more to tutor all the other parts of the nation as well, so I would be more than delighted to meet my hon. Friend. I will ask my office to get in touch with him so that we can meet to discuss the work that Tutor the Nation is doing in his constituency.

[James Sunderland]

Will the Secretary of State please update the House on progress with the special educational needs and disability review and also confirm that we will be investing more in focused intervention for those who need extra support?

[Gavin Williamson]

I know that this issue is close to my hon. Friend’s heart. Yes, we have been making progress on the special educational needs review. Sadly, as a result of a pandemic, the speed at which we had hoped to bring it back to the House has been slowed, but we will be providing an update in the near future. It is incredibly important that our interventions for children with the most acute needs are specially tailored to address not only some of the challenges that covid has thrown up, but the continuing challenges that all children with special educational needs experience.