School and College Funding: The Midlands Debate

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Department: Department for Education

School and College Funding: The Midlands

Jane Hunt Excerpts
Tuesday 9th May 2023

(1 year, 7 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Jonathan Gullis Portrait Jonathan Gullis
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In fact, we had a 5.1% increase in per-pupil funding at Kidsgrove Primary School. That is an astonishing increase, which will make a massive difference to the school. I have seen it use that support.

Jane Hunt Portrait Jane Hunt (Loughborough) (Con)
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Will my hon. Friend give way?

Jonathan Gullis Portrait Jonathan Gullis
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I give way to my hon. Friend and then I will happily come on to the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan).

Jane Hunt Portrait Jane Hunt
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In my hon. Friend’s wonderful speech, will he talk about T-levels, for example, and how we are putting some fantastic skills into local communities, as we are doing at Loughborough College?

Jonathan Gullis Portrait Jonathan Gullis
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At the Conservative party conference last year, I sat next to my hon. Friend, who is a fantastic champion of the T-level programme. The Minister—I served on the Education Committee when he was in the Chair—was also a fantastic advocate. T-levels such as the digital T-level offered by the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College will truly transform people’s lives with that access to on-the-job training as well as the in-classroom opportunity. It is a fantastic scheme. I fully support the Department in all its efforts and success to date in rolling this out. As I promised, I give way to the hon. Member for North Shropshire.