Question to the Department for Education:

What progress has been made on catch-up learning for pupils in response to the disruption caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

Since June 2020, we have announced over £3 billion to help children to catch up, including over £950 million in flexible funding to schools and £1.5 billion for tutoring. Over 500,000 children were invited to take part in summer schools nationwide. Over 200,000 have started tutoring, with more starting shortly.