Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Tracy Brabin Excerpts
Monday 19th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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The important things to note are that with our university financing system more young people, including from disadvantaged backgrounds, than ever are able to go to university, that universities are properly funded and that there is no cap on ambition.

Tracy Brabin Portrait Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen) (Lab/Co-op)
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Social mobility is improved when families have access to Sure Start and children’s centres, yet, in a damning report, the National Audit Office has revealed that the Government have cut spending on Sure Start by 50% in real terms since 2010, and we are still waiting for the long-overdue consultation on the future of children’s centres. Will the Secretary of State tell us whether he believes that these cuts are good for social mobility and on what date he will publish the consultation?