Supporting Our Schools

I remained in close contact with all the schools across Chelmsford through covid and am deeply impressed by their resilience, professionalism and commitment during these most difficult of years.

Our schools, colleges and university are exceptional. I fight for fairer funding for all.

Essex MPs successfully campaigned for fairer funding for our schools and in 2022 funding for our Chelmsford schools will increase by over 6%,  well up on the national average of 4%.

I was enormously honoured to join the Government as Minister for Children and Families in February 2020. I remained in close contact with the heads across Chelmsford and am deeply impressed by their resilience, professionalism and commitment during this most difficult of years. In September 2021 during a government reshuffle, I became Minister for Africa at the Foreign Office.

In November 2022,  I wrote to all the Heads of Chelmsford Schools as I understand that we are in very challenging times and that there are many additional pressures facing schools.

Before the recent Autumn Statement in November 2022, I was one of 28 Conservative MPs who wrote to the Chancellor urging him to increase school funding. 

I am very pleased that it was confirmed in the Autumn Statement that schools as well as the NHS will receive additional funding.

 

 

News

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

This week has been very busy in Westminster with a new budget and a major vote on the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill.

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

This week I presented a Ten Minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons.  This is a type of private members bill whereby a back bench MP can propose a new law.  My bill focuses on affordable housing.

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

There are a number of ways for backbench MPs to raise a constituency issue in the House of Commons.  You can enter the ballot and try to secure a slot at Prime Ministers Questions (I do this every week) or one of the other daily question time sessions with other minsters.   You can try “bobbing”

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

This week brought a lot of early mornings and long evenings with parliamentary votes happening late into the night.  MPs have been working on a number of different pieces of legislation.

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

They say you wait ages for a London bus and then three arrive at once.   This week has brought three bits of very good news for Chelmsford.

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

This week was “Parliament Week” when schools and other organisations for young people like Brownie and Scout packs hold events to learn about Parliament.  With democracy under threat in so many parts of the world, this is a useful opportunity to learn about our parliamentary system.  Those taking