Oral QuestionTreasury

What recent steps he has taken to help reduce economic inequality.

Tabled: 1 December 2021Answered: 7 December 2021

Asked by

Dame Diana Johnson

LabourKingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for School Standards (Catherine McKinnell)

Labour is delivering a new era of high and rising school standards, because we know that when standards slip it is disadvantaged children who suffer, and we will not let that happen. That is why Labour’s regional improvement for standards and excellence teams are spearheading a stronger, faster system, prioritising stuck schools, sending in advisers with a proven track record of turning schools around, and backing that up with up to £20 million—