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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"It is a pleasure to be here now that I am back on the Back Benches, as one of the 56 who were driven to resign. This is the first debate that I have spoken in since then, which demonstrates how important I feel it is. There are a number …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"That is a really good point. It was not raised by people in my area—it may not be the case there—but the case certainly has been made that T-levels are basically the equivalent of three A-levels rolled together, and not every student is quite ready to do that. Students also …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"I am not always the first person to agree with the Opposition, but I think we have a lot of synergy here. What is most important is putting students first and coming up with what we can do for them—and then, in fairness, what they can do to help the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"I thank my hon. Friend for that point. I think that we all recognise that our students have come through a very difficult time. Indeed, the colleges, in planning, also need some clear steers. His point is well made.

I want to speak very specifically about my own sixth-form college, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"That is another well-made point. All those things must go into the mix in making sure that we get this right for our young people.

Another example is a student who studied the BTEC extended diploma in public services and went on to do paramedic science at the University of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. That is exactly the point that I was trying to make. We are demonstrating that that is what is happening in Somerset. I certainly want that to continue, and in fact to grow, and for us to nurture all those people to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 18 Jul 2022
BTEC Qualifications

"Obviously I am speaking up for BTECs, but I also think the Government are going in absolutely the right direction in terms of skills and opportunities, recognising that they need to be aligned with business needs. I am sure the hon. Lady would agree with that...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I obviously welcome the fact that 15,200 children are now in good and outstanding schools in Somerset, as compared to 2010, but—urgently—teachers are coming to me increasingly about the funding pressures they are under, because they have more and more on their shoulders. I have just had seven schools in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Apr 2019
Further Education Funding

"My hon. Friend deserves huge praise for bringing this debate to the House. The Minister also deserves huge praise, and I know she is listening and believes a great deal of what we are saying. In Taunton we have an outstanding sixth-form college, Richard Huish College, and an excellent university …..."
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Written Question
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
Friday 29th March 2019

Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people in contact with Pupil Referral Units have speech, language and communication needs.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department publishes information on the number of pupils with special educational needs in each Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) by primary need type. This can be found in the underlying data of the “Special education needs in England” statistical releases found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen.

In January 2018, 365 pupils in PRUs who were identified with special educational needs, had speech, language and communication needs as their primary type of need. This is 2.2% of the 16,730 pupils with special educational needs in PRUs. These figures relate to pupils on special educational needs support and those with a statement or Education, Health and Care Plan who are registered to local authority maintained PRUs and Academy or Free School alternative provision as their main educational provider.