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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Wera Hobhouse Excerpts
Monday 10th September 2018

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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Yes, I do. Those partnerships are incredibly important and can provide very important role models.

Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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T6. Newbridge Primary School, a well-performing and much-loved school in Bath, is in desperate need of improvements to its ageing buildings and extensive grounds. The per pupil funding settlement does not allow for any adjustments and barely covers the maintenance of the trees, and due to financial pressures, the council is very limited in what it can do. Will the Minister meet me and a representative of Newbridge Primary School to discuss its options?

Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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We take the fabric of school buildings very seriously. We undertook a survey of all school buildings in the country. We are spending £23 billion both on increasing the number of school places and improving the quality of school buildings. I am happy to meet the hon. Lady and her constituent to discuss that particular school.