Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Education Funding - Jun 4
Wednesday, 5 June 2019 06:56
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab):...We can be in no
doubt that schools are in crisis. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
and the Education Secretary have both stated in the main Chamber
that every school in England will see a cash-terms increase in
their funding, but that flies in the face of reality. Our schools
have experienced cuts across the board. Since 2015, the Government
have cut £2.7 billion from school budgets in England. Only last
week, concerned parents and teachers...Request free trial
(Wythenshawe and Sale East)
(Lab):...We can be in no doubt that schools are in crisis.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Education Secretary have
both stated in the main Chamber that every school in England will
see a cash-terms increase in their funding, but that flies in the
face of reality. Our schools have experienced cuts across the
board. Since 2015, the Government have cut £2.7 billion from school
budgets in England. Only last week, concerned parents and teachers
protested in their thousands about cuts to special educational
needs provision. According to research by the National Education Union, such provision in
England is down by £1.2 billion, because of shortfalls in funding
increases from the Government since 2015. The Government’s own data
show that 4,000 children or young people with an education, health
and care plan or statement were awaiting provision in January 2018.
In other words, they were waiting for a place in education...
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