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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Suella Braverman Excerpts
Monday 24th June 2019

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nadhim Zahawi Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi)
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I will happily meet the hon. Lady and, of course, her colleague, but I remind her that SEND funding has risen to £6.3 billion. We recognised the pressures on the system, which is why we announced £250 million of additional funding.

Suella Braverman Portrait Suella Braverman (Fareham) (Con)
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Hook-with-Warsash primary school has 60 pupils in reception, but they have only one toilet between them. I think that you would consider that unacceptable, Mr Speaker, as do I. Will the Secretary of State look again at the school’s application—which has been rejected four times—and work with me to see how we can find some resources to provide what is a necessity, not a luxury?

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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Of course I will look at the application again, and I should be happy to meet my hon. Friend.