All 1 Debates between Yvonne Fovargue and Nick Gibb

Tue 4th Jul 2017

Education: Public Funding

Debate between Yvonne Fovargue and Nick Gibb
Tuesday 4th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When we came into office in 2010, only one in five pupils took the EBacc combination of core academic GCSEs. The figure is now two in five, and we want it to rise further.

Yvonne Fovargue Portrait Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab)
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Eighty-nine per cent. of my primary schools and all my secondary schools have told me that they are planning for real-terms cuts over the next five years. In one school the nurture unit, where children who are under pressure can take some time out, is threatened with closure. How will that help children’s mental health in schools?

Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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We take mental health in our school system extremely seriously, and we will publish a Green Paper on young people’s mental health before the end of the year. We want to ensure that every child is taught about mental wellbeing and the mental health risks posed by things such as the internet. We take the matter very seriously, but, as I have said repeatedly in my response to this urgent question, no school will lose funding under the national funding formula.