Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Neil Coyle and Gillian Keegan

Monday 23rd November 2020 Commons Chamber

[Gillian Keegan]

I am the first to recognise that, thanks to the funding provided by the Government, Unionlearn has done good work in directing and supporting people to take advantage of education and training opportunities in the workplace, but with millions in this country still lacking basic skills that they need to progress, we need a solution at scale that can reach everyone, not just those able to access the Unionlearn network. We have therefore created the £2.5 billion national skills fund and the £500 million skills recovery package to transform lives up and down the country, and to build our country back better; and we are making that available to everybody across the country.

[Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab)]

What progress the Government have made on reviewing the extension of free school meals provision to children of families with no recourse to public funds.