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Oral questions

23 November 2020 at 2:30pm

Department for Education

What support he is providing to schools to help ensure their safe opening during the covid-19 outbreak.
Labour, Enfield, Southgate
1. UIN 909059: tabled on 17 November 2020
What progress his Department has made on further amending the School Admissions Code to ensure that summer-born and premature children can be admitted to reception at the age of five at the request of parents.
Conservative, Wimbledon
2. UIN 909060: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking to support parents with childcare provision.
Conservative, Wolverhampton South West
3. UIN 909061: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that children self-isolating during the covid-19 outbreak receive high-quality online education.
Conservative, South East Cornwall
4. UIN 909062: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools receive equitable levels of funding under the National Funding Formula.
Conservative, Gainsborough
5. UIN 909063: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps he is taking to ensure that all pupils have laptops and internet access when required to learn from home.
Labour, Garston and Halewood
6. UIN 909064: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps he is taking to ensure that equal treatment is applied to all pupils undertaking exams and assessments in 2021 in response to variations in physical attendance at schools as a result of covid-19 outbreak.
Labour, Manchester Central
7. UIN 909065: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps he is taking to ensure the (a) effective and (b) accessible operation of GCSE and A-level exams in 2021.
Labour, Brentford and Isleworth
8. UIN 909066: tabled on 17 November 2020
What estimate he has made of the number of schoolchildren required to self-isolate at home on 23 November 2020 as a result of being in contact with another pupil having received a positive covid-19 test result.
Conservative, North Thanet
9. UIN 909067: tabled on 17 November 2020
What recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) professional bodies in the education sector on the effect of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on Scotland’s education system.
Scottish National Party, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
10. UIN 909068: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking to help ensure improvement in educational attainment in each region of England.
Conservative, Harrogate and Knaresborough
11. UIN 909069: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking to ensure the timely implementation of the expansion of the Holiday Activities and Food programme throughout the regions of England.
Conservative, Ipswich
13. UIN 909071: tabled on 17 November 2020
What assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the capability of schools and colleges to hold (a) A-level and (b) GCSE exams at the end of the 2020-21 academic year.
Liberal Democrat, Twickenham
14. UIN 909072: tabled on 17 November 2020
What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the funding of healthcare higher education in England.
Labour, Nottingham South
15. UIN 909073: tabled on 17 November 2020
What discussions he has had with stakeholders in the education sector on his Department's decision to end the Union Learning Fund in 2021.
Labour, Wansbeck
16. UIN 909074: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking in response to the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exams can take place in 2021.
Conservative, Clwyd South
17. UIN 909075: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking in response to the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exams can take place in 2021.
Conservative, Sittingbourne and Sheppey
18. UIN 909076: tabled on 17 November 2020
What progress the Government has made on reviewing the extension of free school meals provision to children of families with no recourse to public funds.
Labour, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
19. UIN 909077: tabled on 17 November 2020
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of deferring GCSE and A-level examinations in 2021; and if he will make a statement.
Conservative, Lichfield
22. UIN 909080: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps his Department is taking to help ensure improvement in educational attainment in each region of England.
Conservative, Bolsover
24. UIN 909082: tabled on 17 November 2020
What recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) professional bodies in the education sector on the effect of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on Scotland’s education system.
Scottish National Party, Glasgow North
26. UIN 909084: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps he is taking to ensure the (a) effective and (b) accessible operation of GCSE and A-level exams in 2021.
Labour, Rochdale
35. UIN 909093: tabled on 17 November 2020
What steps he is taking to ensure that all pupils have laptops and internet access when required to learn from home.
Labour, Coventry South
38. UIN 909096: tabled on 17 November 2020
Labour, Denton and Reddish
1. UIN 909119: tabled on 17 November 2020
Scottish National Party, Glasgow South West
2. UIN 909120: tabled on 17 November 2020
Labour, Hemsworth
3. UIN 909121: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
4. UIN 909122: tabled on 17 November 2020
Labour, City of Chester
5. UIN 909123: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Grantham and Stamford
6. UIN 909124: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Newcastle-under-Lyme
7. UIN 909125: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Bury South
8. UIN 909126: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Wakefield
9. UIN 909127: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Wycombe
10. UIN 909128: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton
11. UIN 909129: tabled on 17 November 2020
Labour, Jarrow
12. UIN 909130: tabled on 17 November 2020
Liberal Democrat, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
13. UIN 909131: tabled on 17 November 2020
Conservative, West Worcestershire
15. UIN 909133: tabled on 17 November 2020
Labour, Coventry North West
16. UIN 909134: tabled on 17 November 2020