Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Covid-19: Impact on Attendance in Education Settings

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster Excerpts
Wednesday 30th June 2021

(3 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford
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You sent our kids back to school with the Kent variant!

Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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We will continue to do everything that we can to ensure that children are able to benefit from a great education. That is what we have been doing. We have seen schools open up and down the country—99.8% of schools are open—and we will continue to take the measures required to keep schools open.