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Debate between Nick Gibb and Clive Lewis
Monday 18th January 2021

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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The hon. Member will be aware that we secured a three-year funding settlement for schools, with a 4% increase in funding for the next financial year, and we have also secured for this year a £1 billion catch-up fund and the covid workforce fund. If a school is genuinely in financial difficulties, it should talk to the local authority if it is a maintained school, or to the Education and Skills Funding Agency if it is an academy.

Clive Lewis Portrait Clive Lewis (Norwich South) (Lab)
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What steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of staff at (a) early years settings, (b) special schools and (c) alternative provision during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.