I. Review of the National Curriculum in England: summary report of the call for evidence. 60 p. II. The framework for the National Curriculum: a report by the expert panel for the National Curriculum review. 77 p. III. Review of the National Curriculum in England: report on subject breadth in international jurisdictions. 130 p. IV. Appendixes to Review of the National Curriculum in England: report on subject breadth in international jurisdictions. 79 p. V. Review of the National Curriculum in England: what can we learn from the English, mathematics and science curricula of high-performing jurisdictions? 126 p.

I. Review of the National Curriculum in England: summary report of the call for evidence. 60 p. II. The framework for the National Curriculum: a report by the expert panel for the National Curriculum review. 77 p. III. Review of the National Curriculum in England: report on subject breadth in...

Over the past year the review of the national curriculum in England has been looking at curricula in the highest-performing, and fastest-improving, jurisdictions internationally. Today I am publishing a set of initial findings and recommendations. The review team's work has uncovered a consistent theme: these high-performing jurisdictions set materially higher...

Over the past year the review of the national curriculum in England has been looking at curricula in the highest-performing, and fastest-improving, jurisdictions internationally. Today I am publishing a set of initial findings and recommendations. The review team's work has uncovered a consistent theme: these high-performing jurisdictions set materially higher...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Over the past year the review of the national curriculum in England has been looking at curricula in the highest performing, and fastest improving, jurisdictions internationally. Today I am publishing a...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Over the past year the review of the national curriculum in England has been looking at curricula in the highest performing, and fastest improving, jurisdictions internationally. Today I am publishing a...

The UK has a global reputation for innovation and research and our future prosperity rests on our ability to continue to compete in a global economy. Innovation and research is a key priority for this Government, and the Secretary of State and I are today publishing the Government's ““Innovation and...

The UK has a global reputation for innovation and research and our future prosperity rests on our ability to continue to compete in a global economy. Innovation and research is a key priority for this Government, and the Secretary of State and I are today publishing the Government's ““Innovation and...

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science has today made the following Statement. The UK has a global reputation for innovation and research and our future prosperity rests on our ability to...

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science has today made the following Statement. The UK has a global reputation for innovation and research and our future prosperity rests on our ability to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria his Department uses to allocate further education science funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria his Department uses to allocate further education science funding.

Statement on the Autumn Statement 2011.

Statement on the Autumn Statement 2011.

Lords statement on the Autumn Statement 2011 (Cm 8231).

Lords statement on the Autumn Statement 2011 (Cm 8231).

As a Yorkshire MP, I strongly welcome the Government's decision to electrify the trans-Pennine rail link between Leeds and Manchester and the huge boost that that will bring to our northern economy. As a York MP, too, may I ask the Chancellor whether the Treasury has examined the strong economic...

As a Yorkshire MP, I strongly welcome the Government's decision to electrify the trans-Pennine rail link between Leeds and Manchester and the huge boost that that will bring to our northern economy. As a York MP, too, may I ask the Chancellor whether the Treasury has examined the strong economic...

I can absolutely assure my hon. Friend that we are going ahead with the cap on housing benefit, which is an important part of controlling costs. It is not fair that working people pay taxes to fund the rent for people who live in houses that those working people could...

I can absolutely assure my hon. Friend that we are going ahead with the cap on housing benefit, which is an important part of controlling costs. It is not fair that working people pay taxes to fund the rent for people who live in houses that those working people could...

From memory, I think it is going to help 100,000 people, and that is a real boost. With the other housing measures we are taking, including the support for stalled sites—the £400 million package we are providing—we hope that that is going to create several hundred thousand jobs in the...

From memory, I think it is going to help 100,000 people, and that is a real boost. With the other housing measures we are taking, including the support for stalled sites—the £400 million package we are providing—we hope that that is going to create several hundred thousand jobs in the...

We are going to provide specific compensation for electricity-intensive businesses affected by the EU trading system and by the carbon price floor. We are also going to increase the climate change levy relief and work to make sure that those businesses are not adversely impacted by the electricity market reforms....

We are going to provide specific compensation for electricity-intensive businesses affected by the EU trading system and by the carbon price floor. We are also going to increase the climate change levy relief and work to make sure that those businesses are not adversely impacted by the electricity market reforms....

I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, the many measures in it and, in particular, the reaffirmation of his commitment to ensuring that we overcome Labour's debt storm. Many hard-working families in my constituency who aspire to buy their own homes will be pleased with today's measures to ease...

I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, the many measures in it and, in particular, the reaffirmation of his commitment to ensuring that we overcome Labour's debt storm. Many hard-working families in my constituency who aspire to buy their own homes will be pleased with today's measures to ease...

We should not be having a strike tomorrow. Negotiations are ongoing and we want those negotiations to conclude. I urge the unions, even at this late hour, to call off the strike and stop doing something that will damage the British economy and potentially cost jobs. Let us get around...

We should not be having a strike tomorrow. Negotiations are ongoing and we want those negotiations to conclude. I urge the unions, even at this late hour, to call off the strike and stop doing something that will damage the British economy and potentially cost jobs. Let us get around...

Mrs Evans informs me that my three children will be on an unforeseen holiday tomorrow and I wondered whether my right hon. Friend would join me in urging the unions to call off tomorrow's irresponsible strike. Does he agree with the shadow Chancellor's ““huge sympathy”” for those going on strike...

Mrs Evans informs me that my three children will be on an unforeseen holiday tomorrow and I wondered whether my right hon. Friend would join me in urging the unions to call off tomorrow's irresponsible strike. Does he agree with the shadow Chancellor's ““huge sympathy”” for those going on strike...

The Government have made a virtue of wanting to make work pay. How does it make work pay first to reduce child care tax credit, and then not to upgrade working tax credit in the same way as out-of-work benefit?

The Government have made a virtue of wanting to make work pay. How does it make work pay first to reduce child care tax credit, and then not to upgrade working tax credit in the same way as out-of-work benefit?