Mentions:
1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) Our ambitions for Scotland’s education system and Scotland’s young people go far beyond that. - Speech Link
2: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) all of Scotland’s teachers, for the benefit of Scotland’s young people.” - Speech Link
3: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) The quality of education for Scotland’s young people is at stake.I had the privilege of being a teacher—it - Speech Link
4: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) The quality of education of Scotland’s young people is at stake in so many areas, particularly for children - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) Unexpected evictions can cause real financial difficulty and interrupt employment and schooling for parents - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) With more than 11 million people renting privately, they are not alone, and young people face particular - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) The Government should be leading the way for nature, for planet and for people, but far too little is - Speech Link
2: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) There are countless young people in particular who have shown outstanding leadership in this area, and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) to the effects of the cost of living crisis and are excluded from much of the financial support that - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) Yet again, in the last fortnight, we have seen a young girl lose her life in the channel in the most - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) On TikTok, for young people in China the algorithm is different from that in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) in the education system that is focused on the harder aspects of education: learning the sciences, mathematics - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) for the people of Hong Kong through the all-party group. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Deng Li in Beijing and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui in Hong Kong - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) The Government deliver wide-ranging support for disabled people, including in work and education. - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) I recently met people who were diagnosed with Parkinson’s early—perhaps as young as 35—and I am happy - Speech Link
3: Steve Tuckwell (Con - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) This is groundbreaking work for the further education sector and it will have great benefits for local - Speech Link
4: Mary Glindon (Lab - North Tyneside) Will the Prime Minister ensure that the Department for Education applies this policy: if it is alerted - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) developing in which grant-funded woodland creation would be subject to more onerous administrative and financial - Speech Link
2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) I am therefore keen for people to be consulted in advance.I am also keen for the Government to pay particular - Speech Link
3: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) met.I hope that we would all agree that it is appropriate to take forward such provisions into a new financial - Speech Link
4: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) the numerous small producers in the Highlands and the Western Isles, receive negligible amounts of financial - Speech Link
5: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) funding must also be made available to develop Apprenticeships to raise awareness of the sector amongst young - Speech Link
Found: Young Persons Act 1933 (cruelty to children).
Report May. 15 2024
Committee: Education, Children and Young People CommitteeFound: Additional Support for Learning inquiry This report sets out the Committee's views in relation to Additional
Asked by: Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in schools in (a) Portsmouth and (b) England.
Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
It is the responsibility of local authorities to ensure that there are sufficient school places for all pupils in a local area in mainstream schools and settings for pupils with high needs including special schools and alternative provision (AP).
The department works closely with Portsmouth City Council and Multi Academy Trusts in the area to ensure high-quality provision. In Portsmouth there are five special schools. Of these schools three are rated as outstanding by Ofsted, one is a new school yet to be inspected and one is inadequate, and the department is working with the trust to secure rapid improvement. Several mainstream schools in the city also provide education to children with special educational needs through special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) units and resourced provision.
The last local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and Care Quality Commission for Portsmouth was in July 2019, and the inspection found that professionals across Education, Health, and Care work well in a joined-up way to promote inclusive practice.
Last year the department published the SEND and AP Improvement Plan. This set out the department's plans to establish a new national SEND and AP system that delivers timely, high-quality services and support in mainstream settings, alongside swift access to more local state specialist settings, where required.
The department is investing £2.6 billion since 2022 to deliver new specialist and AP places and improve existing provision. Together with ongoing delivery of new special and AP free schools, this funding supports local authorities to deliver over 60,000 new specialist places and improve the suitability and accessibility of existing buildings.
The department is also increasing high needs revenue funding for children and young people with complex needs to over £10.5 billion this financial year 2024/25 (up 60% over the last five years). Within this total Portsmouth City Council will receive a high needs allocation of over £37 million, which is a cumulative increase of 36% per head over the three years from 2021/22. The extra revenue funding will help with the increasing costs of supporting SEND provision in schools.