| Heading: |
English Language and Mathematics: GCSE |
| Question ID: |
1803918 |
| UIN: |
53040 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4126 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mary Glindon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mary Glindon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase GCSE attainment in (a) maths and (b) English for pupils with free school meals eligibility in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
All children and young people should have every opportunity to succeed, no matter who they are or where they are from. However, the department knows that disadvantaged pupils are more likely to face unacceptable barriers that hold them back, which is why ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |