Education

Nick Gibb Excerpts

Tuesday 19th March 2019 Ministerial Corrections

[Nick Gibb]

Everything about this Government is about closing that attainment gap, and we have closed the attainment gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more affluent peers by 13.5% in the primary sector—in early years and primary schools. The hon. Lady will know that we have awarded an extra £60 million funding to recognise the higher costs of maintained nursery schools. We are working with the sector as we prepare for the spending review.

[Official Report, 11 March 2019, Vol. 656, c. 13.]

Letter of correction from the Minister for School Standards:

An error has been identified in the response I gave to the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan).

The correct response should have been:

[Nick Gibb]

Everything about this Government is about closing that attainment gap, and we have closed the attainment gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more affluent peers by 13.5% in primary schools. The hon. Lady will know that we have awarded an extra £60 million funding to recognise the higher costs of maintained nursery schools. We are working with the sector as we prepare for the spending review.