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805142

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date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount spent under section 17 of the Children's Act 1989 by public bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	118814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects data on local council spending on a range of services for children and young people. Local councils are not required to provide separate data regarding spend on children provided with support under section 17 of the Children Act 1989.</p><p> </p><p>The following local authority gross spend may be on children in need but may also provide services to children not assessed as needing support under section 17:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13 £000s</p></td><td><p>2013-14 £000s</p></td><td><p>2014-15 £000s</p></td><td><p>2015-16 £000s</p></td><td><p>2016-17 £000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child protection and safeguarding</p></td><td><p>£1,965,569</p></td><td><p>£2,026,366</p></td><td><p>£2,122,368</p></td><td><p>£2,226,843</p></td><td><p>£2,334,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Early years and children’s centres</p></td><td><p>£1,193,408</p></td><td><p>£1,053,716</p></td><td><p>£945,453</p></td><td><p>£843,954</p></td><td><p>£774,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Family support</p></td><td><p>£973,056</p></td><td><p>£1,043,722</p></td><td><p>£1,078,865</p></td><td><p>£1,073,944</p></td><td><p>£1,087,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other children and families services</p></td><td><p>£110,534</p></td><td><p>£100,008</p></td><td><p>£86,959</p></td><td><p>£102,933</p></td><td><p>£87,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services for young people</p></td><td><p>£815,910</p></td><td><p>£712,771</p></td><td><p>£627,070</p></td><td><p>£527,980</p></td><td><p>£447,532</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Section 251 Outturn</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 19:43:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805150

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of private sector contracts for Children's Social Care in England.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	118822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the value of private sector contracts for children’s social care. Local authority expenditure data on private provision on children’s social care are published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a>.</p><p>Private provision is defined as expenditure on services provided/managed by private sector entities such as profit-making companies.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the number of contracts with private sector companies to provide children’s social care services.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 the government made regulations that prevent local authorities contracting out child protection functions to organisations carried on for profit.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 118823 question first answered 20/12/2017 11:37:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805151

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts with private sector companies to provide children's social care services in England were in operation on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	118823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the value of private sector contracts for children’s social care. Local authority expenditure data on private provision on children’s social care are published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a>.</p><p>Private provision is defined as expenditure on services provided/managed by private sector entities such as profit-making companies.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the number of contracts with private sector companies to provide children’s social care services.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 the government made regulations that prevent local authorities contracting out child protection functions to organisations carried on for profit.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 118822 question first answered 20/12/2017 11:37:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805224

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of alcohol misuse on the costs of child social care in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The ‘Children in Need’ annual census collects data from local councils on children receiving social services within the year. The annual statistical first release from this collection displays the percentage of children in need by factor identified at the end of assessment, including alcohol misuse. This is shown in Figure K of the most recent release:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to quantify the impact on costs of children’s social care from this data.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/12/2017 16:46:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth