Education
Schools, universities, education policy (NOT student visas)
Accountability Metrics for Education
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 107PMQs 2026-04-29
Like many MPs, I will head up to my constituency later to campaign for the local elections. When I am out on doorstep talking to voters in the Shipley constituency, I am proud of the difference that t...
PMQs 2026-04-29
Residents in my constituency and across Sandwell [K benefit from the lowest council tax in the west midlands and investment in [K new leisure centres and parks. All our libraries are kept open. Sandwe...
PMQs 2026-02-25
A free breakfast club will open in my constituency this April. However, Rochdale's growing popularity and population mean it desperately needs a new secondary school for mainstream and SEND children. ...
PMQs 2026-02-25
I asked the Prime Minister if he would cut interest rates on student loans—no answer. For the record, energy bills are still higher than when he came into office. Will the Prime Minister tell us wheth...
PMQs 2026-01-28
Elemore Hall school supports more than 200 of County Durham’s vulnerable young people. With an extra school site and PACC extension, Elemore could offer more opportunities locally, saving costs for al...
PMQs 2026-01-21
I strongly welcome the Government’s decision to consult on introducing a social media ban for under-16s. That is something that the Tories did not do in office and did not even support until last week...
PMQs 2026-01-14
I welcome the Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty and recognising high-quality education as an escape route. However, young people attending Churchill community college have been taught ...
PMQs 2025-10-22
Twelve-year-old Millie Blair from Oundle joins us today in the Gallery along with her mum, Gemma, her sister, Jessica, and her dad, Gordon. On Millie’s 11th birthday, she was diagnosed with a rare bon...
PMQs 2025-10-15
For the past year, I have been campaigning for a new special educational needs and disabilities school to open at the Osprey Quay site on Portland. There are far too few specialist school places for c...
PMQs 2025-07-09
I met headteachers and SEND co-ordinators in my constituency last week who all told me the same thing: the SEND system is broken, with adversarial processes, parents at breaking point, insufficient sp...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 948Special Educational Needs Support 2026-04-29
Last week, I met Alice Jones, the headteacher of Oxenhope primary school, to talk about the funding challenges it is facing in supporting children with SEND and her deep concerns about this Government...
Food Bank Usage Hornsey and Friern Barnet 2026-04-28
What fiscal steps she is taking to help reduce the level of food bank usage by families in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency....
Child Poverty Taskforce 2026-04-28
In my constituency, 44.4% of children live in pov [3D [K poverty according to official figures. Does the Chancellor acknowledge that [4D [K that this is due to political choices? How can we ensure suc...
Apprenticeships 2026-04-27
I very much welcome the work being done to priori [6D [K prioritise and expand apprenticeships, but all too often their image is dat [3D [K dated and the modern situation is not fully understood. Whil...
Cost of Living 2026-04-22
Free school meals for children, our universal credit uplift, and up to £575 more on the state pension thanks to protecting the triple lock are all great examples of how Labour Governments at both ends...
Cost of Living 2026-04-22
I am enormously proud that Labour is lifting hund [4D [K hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty by scrapping the two-child [9D [K two-child limit, providing free school meals, creating appre...
Euro 2028 2026-04-16
The Secretary of State criticises the previous Conservative Government, but national sports bodies are fully aware that this Labour Government have cut sports funding, and increased regulation and tax...
Cancer Research 2026-04-15
Cancer Research UK's manifesto for cancer researc [7D [K research and care in Scotland recommends that the Government should increas [7D [K increase 'strategic institutional research and innovation fu...
Cancer Treatment 2026-04-14
Before the election, the Secretary of State said [K that he would double the number of medical school places and provide thousa [6D [K thousands more medical training jobs, but now it appears he has r...
Child Exploitation 2026-03-23
I am concerned that a child goes missing every three minutes, often as a warning sign of exploitation. Despite this clear connection, the term 'child criminal exploitation' is not included in the Depa...