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1563463

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Care Homes
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 how many multi-building children’s homes opened in the last year; and what estimate she has made of how many children have been placed in such a home in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	114668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Ofsted hold this data and have provided the department with the information that they have registered 6 multi-builds, all the same provider. Each can accommodate between 4 to 6 children. Ofsted do not hold occupancy figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 15:46:17 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1563627

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities and their families.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	114611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>On 29 March 2022, the department published the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, which sets out plans to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND and those who need AP, within a fairer and more financially sustainable system.</p><p>The Green Paper consultation closed on 22 July 2022. The department is currently reviewing the feedback received and using this, along with continued engagement with the system, to inform the next stage of delivering improvements for children, young people and their families.</p><p>The department is committed to publishing a full response to the Green Paper in an Improvement Plan in early 2023.</p><p>The department will continue to support the system in the immediate term to deliver change and continue to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND, and those who need AP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 15:30:49 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1562837

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken recent steps to increase the number of special school places.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	113407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The department is investing £2.6 billion between 2022 and 2025 to support local authorities to deliver new places and improve existing provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities or who require alternative provision. This represents a significant, transformational investment in new high needs provision. It will support local authorities to deliver new places in mainstream and special schools, as well as other specialist settings, and will also be used to improve the suitability and accessibility of existing buildings.</p><p>As part of this commitment, in March 2022 the department announced High Needs Provision Capital Allocations amounting to over £1.4 billion of new investment, focused on academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25. It is ultimately up to local authorities to determine how to best prioritise their funding to address their local priorities.</p><p>The £2.6 billion capital investment in high needs provision announced in October 2021 will also help to deliver up to 60 new special and alternative provision free schools. This is in addition to the 48 special free schools already in the pipeline and 90 special free schools already opened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 14:51:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1562844

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase the number of supported internship places for young people with SEND (a) with and (b) without an EHCP.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	113409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Supported internships are personalised study programmes, specifically designed to support young people aged 16-24 with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans, to prepare for and transition into sustained, paid employment.</p><p>In February 2022, the department announced that we are investing up to £18 million over the next three years to build capacity in the Supported Internships programme, aiming to double the number of Supported Internships to give more young people with an EHC plan the skills to secure and sustain paid employment.</p><p>As part of this investment, the department has a contract with the Internships Work consortium, led by the National Development Team for Inclusion, to deliver activities to expand and improve Supported Internships provision across the country.</p><p>For those without an EHC plan, traineeships are a pathway to apprenticeships and other employment for 16 to 24 year olds with minimal work experience and without the skills, experience, and confidence to start an apprenticeship or job.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 17:56:30 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1562856

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase the funding rate for the 15 hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 years olds.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	113411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>In the 2021 Spending Review, the department announced additional funding for early years of £160 million in 2022/23, £180 million in 2023/24 and £170 million in 2024/25, compared to the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>The department has recently announced that we will invest an additional £20 million into early years funding in 2023/24, on top of the additional £180 million for 2023/24 announced in the Spending Review. Taken together, this will help support providers at a national level with the additional National Living Wage costs associated with delivering the free childcare entitlements next year.</p><p>With this additional £20 million investment, in 2023/24 local authorities are set to receive average funding increases of 3.4% for the 3- and 4-year-old free childcare entitlements and 4% for the 2- year-old entitlement, compared to their 2022/23 rates.</p><p>The department will increase the Early Years Pupil Premium, which for 2023/24 will provide up to £353 per eligible child per year to support better outcomes for disadvantaged 3- and 4-year- olds, and also the Disability Access Fund, which will be worth at least £828 per eligible 3 – 4-year-old child per year. We will also be investing an additional £10 million into Maintained Nursery School supplementary funding from 2023/24.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 15:14:20 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1562992

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of Government support for kinship families for (a) household bills and (b) other areas.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	113449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The department recognises the important role that kinship carers play in looking after children through kinship arrangements, and are aware that many kinship carers make great sacrifices to fulfil this role.</p><p>The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care made a set of bold and ambitious recommendations which seek to improve the financial and practical support kinship carers receive, and the department is due to respond to those recommendations early in early 2023.</p><p>Statutory guidance issued to local authorities already makes it clear that children and young people should receive the sufficient support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare. There is no limit on the level of support, including financial support, that local authorities can provide. All local authorities should have in place clear eligibility criteria in relation to the provision of support services.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 14:56:32 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1552570

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Ofsted Annual Report 2021/22: education, children’s services and skills published 13 December 2022, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of that report's findings on special needs provision; and whether she plans to take steps to improve special needs provision.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	112155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The department is aware of the Ofsted Annual Report which highlights areas of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system including recruitment and staff turnover, local area SEND inspections, and the increase in the number of pupils identified as having SEND.</p><p>The SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper set out the department’s proposals for how we will improve the SEND system, so that it delivers improved outcomes, improved experiences, and financial sustainability.</p><p>The department is committed to publishing a full response to the green paper in an improvement plan in early 2023.</p><p>We will continue to support the system in the immediate term to deliver change and continue to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND, and those who need AP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 09/01/2023 12:07:21 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden