Education

Vicky Ford Excerpts

Monday 16th March 2020 Ministerial Corrections

[Gillian Keegan]

Apprenticeships are at the heart of our vision for a world-class technical education system, and we have specifically focused on quality in the past year or so. High-quality starts on standards have increased to 63% from 44% in the previous year. Quality is the most important thing, and we are pleased to say that the proportion of starts on standards is increasing this year.

Children in the Care System: Sibling Contact

The following is an extract from the Adjournment debate on 4 March 2020.

[Vicky Ford]

… The legal framework is clear on allowing contact between siblings and placing them together where it in their best interests. Historically, there have been concerns that some contact arrangements were not made on the assumption that contact should always take place.

[Official Report, 4 March 2020, Vol. 672, c. 956.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford):

An error has been identified in the response I gave to the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck).

The correct response should have been:

[Vicky Ford]

… The legal framework is clear on allowing contact between siblings and placing them together where it in their best interests. Historically, there have been concerns that some contact arrangements were made on the assumption that contact should always take place.