School Funding Reform Debate

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Department: Department for Education

School Funding Reform

Nicholas Dakin Excerpts
Tuesday 19th July 2011

(13 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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A case for fairness well made, which we will seek to meet.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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Will the full survey of the school estate include sixth-form colleges, and can they bid for capital support under the new private finance initiative scheme?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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We want to make sure that all schools are capable of bidding under the scheme, and we want to make sure that the gateway into such bidding is fair. I will come back to the hon. Gentleman to make sure that there are no anomalies that mean that any institution that educates children is excluded for any reason. I shall seek to work with him, given his experience as a distinguished former further education principal.