Oral Question·Department for Education
“What steps her Department is taking to accelerate the roll-out of the Language for Life programme for nursery and pre-school age children.”
Tabled: 23 April 2024Answered: 29 April 2024
Asked by
Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat — Bath
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
Andrew Western
I thank my hon. Friend for his question. The assessment I have made is of a trend that is up, up, up after 14 years of the Conservative party failing to act. We lost £9.7 billion in fraud and error in the Department for Work and Pensions last year, and we have lost £35 billion since the pandemic. That is too much, which is why I hope colleagues will support the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill on Second Reading later.