Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Steve McCabe Excerpts
Monday 2nd March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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I know that my hon. Friend feels very strongly about this issue. The curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom to use specific examples from history to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world, and this does mean that there are opportunities to teach pupils about the Commonwealth and Britain’s overseas territories.

Steve McCabe Portrait Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)
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When will the Department start mapping the provision of essential services for children with special needs? How else will the Minister recognise that the average spend per child for speech and language therapy is 90p in the west midlands as opposed to £7.29 in London?