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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Valerie Vaz Excerpts
Monday 24th June 2013

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
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I assure my hon. Friend that we are taking these matters particularly seriously. We have had a very unfair national funding formula for many years, and, sadly, the last Government did nothing to address it. At a time when there are difficult decisions to be made in all areas of funding, it is especially important for underfunded areas to have a better settlement, because otherwise they will be the areas that feel the budget pressures most acutely.

Valerie Vaz Portrait Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)
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Joseph Leckie academy in my constituency has missed out on funding for all sorts of reasons. May I ask the Minister to make good the Secretary of State’s promise to send a Minister to visit the school?

David Laws Portrait Mr Laws
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I am sure that, if such an undertaking has been given, it will be honoured, but I urge the hon. Lady to contact my office so that we can ensure that that happens.