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1588230

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the average hourly cost of funding an early years place for a child aged (a) three or four and (b) two.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	150459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>On 16 December 2022, the department published local authority funding rates for the early education entitlements for the 2023/24 financial year. Average funding rates, along with supporting data, can be found in the step-by-step calculations (national details) available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As the early education entitlements are demand-led, the department cannot forecast average funding rates for the 2024/25 financial year until funding rates for local authorities are announced later this year. Average funding rates beyond 2024/25 will be determined following the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 150460 question first answered 27/02/2023 17:59:25 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1588231

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the average hourly cost of funding an early years place for a child aged (a) three or four and (b) two in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	150460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>On 16 December 2022, the department published local authority funding rates for the early education entitlements for the 2023/24 financial year. Average funding rates, along with supporting data, can be found in the step-by-step calculations (national details) available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As the early education entitlements are demand-led, the department cannot forecast average funding rates for the 2024/25 financial year until funding rates for local authorities are announced later this year. Average funding rates beyond 2024/25 will be determined following the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 150459 question first answered 27/02/2023 17:59:25 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1587693

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the gap in educational attainment between (a) deaf and (b) other children.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	149527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>In the Schools White Paper, published March 2022, the department set clear ambitions for 90% of all children to leave primary school having achieved the expected standard in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and mathematics, and that in secondary schools, the national GCSE average grade in both English language and in mathematics will increase from 4.5 in 2019 to 5 by 2030.</p><p>The department is confident that the policies set out in the White Paper will have a significant impact on improving literacy and numeracy at both KS2 and GCSE. The White Paper marked the start of a journey towards these targets.</p><p>The department knows that children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are disproportionately represented in those cohorts not meeting expected standards. If we are going to achieve our 90% and grade 5 targets by 2030 it is vital that we ensure pupils of all characteristics and backgrounds are making progress.</p><p>On 29 March 2022, we published the SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper, which set out our plans to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including those with Sensory Impairment, within a fairer and financially sustainable system. We are now carefully considering the feedback we received through the thousands of responses to the consultation and in the many events that took place during the 16-week consultation period. We will publish a full response in an Improvement Plan imminently.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 149611 149665 question first answered 01/03/2023 14:36:15 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1587806

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of deaf teachers.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	149664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member for St Albans to the answer I gave on 13 February 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-06/140375" target="_blank">140375</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 01/03/2023 17:29:21 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1587808

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is on course to reach the target that 90 percent of all deaf children having expected standards in maths and literacy by the age of 11 by 2030.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	149665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>In the Schools White Paper, published March 2022, the department set clear ambitions for 90% of all children to leave primary school having achieved the expected standard in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and mathematics, and that in secondary schools, the national GCSE average grade in both English language and in mathematics will increase from 4.5 in 2019 to 5 by 2030.</p><p>The department is confident that the policies set out in the White Paper will have a significant impact on improving literacy and numeracy at both KS2 and GCSE. The White Paper marked the start of a journey towards these targets.</p><p>The department knows that children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are disproportionately represented in those cohorts not meeting expected standards. If we are going to achieve our 90% and grade 5 targets by 2030 it is vital that we ensure pupils of all characteristics and backgrounds are making progress.</p><p>On 29 March 2022, we published the SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper, which set out our plans to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including those with Sensory Impairment, within a fairer and financially sustainable system. We are now carefully considering the feedback we received through the thousands of responses to the consultation and in the many events that took place during the 16-week consultation period. We will publish a full response in an Improvement Plan imminently.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 149527 149611 question first answered 01/03/2023 14:36:15 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1587874

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to help improve the number of Teachers of the Deaf.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	149610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Nottingham North to the answer I gave on 13 February 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-06/140375" target="_blank">140375</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 01/03/2023 17:33:52 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1587875

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Hearing Impairment
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 the GCSE results of deaf students.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	149611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>In the Schools White Paper, published March 2022, the department set clear ambitions for 90% of all children to leave primary school having achieved the expected standard in Key Stage 2 reading, writing and mathematics, and that in secondary schools, the national GCSE average grade in both English language and in mathematics will increase from 4.5 in 2019 to 5 by 2030.</p><p>The department is confident that the policies set out in the White Paper will have a significant impact on improving literacy and numeracy at both KS2 and GCSE. The White Paper marked the start of a journey towards these targets.</p><p>The department knows that children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are disproportionately represented in those cohorts not meeting expected standards. If we are going to achieve our 90% and grade 5 targets by 2030 it is vital that we ensure pupils of all characteristics and backgrounds are making progress.</p><p>On 29 March 2022, we published the SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper, which set out our plans to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including those with Sensory Impairment, within a fairer and financially sustainable system. We are now carefully considering the feedback we received through the thousands of responses to the consultation and in the many events that took place during the 16-week consultation period. We will publish a full response in an Improvement Plan imminently.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 149527 149665 question first answered 01/03/2023 14:36:15 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1587233

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of statutory educational assessments on the mental heath of children undertaking those assessments in (a) primary and (b) secondary education.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	148597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>At present, there are no statutory assessments in secondary education. Regarding statutory assessments in primary education, I refer the hon. Member for Salford and Eccles to the answer my right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Schools, gave on 21 February 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-07/141620" target="_blank">141620</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 28/02/2023 11:53:47 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1587234

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Social Care Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many representatives from the care sector her Department engaged with ahead of the publication of the UK Government's response to the independent review of children's care.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	148598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The department has sought the views and advice from a range of stakeholders, including the National Implementation Board, local authorities, sector organisations and sector charities in developing<em> ‘</em>Stable Homes: Built on Love’, the government’s implementation strategy and consultation for reforming children’s social care<em>. </em>The department has also sought the views of care-experienced young people in developing our response. We will continue to engage during and after the consultation.</p><p>On the Care Experience chapter, as well as regular informal engagement with key stakeholders, the department held two roundtable discussions with around 20 organisations representing the care sector. The department participated in over 10 discussion sessions facilitated by charities with care-experienced children and young people. Some of these conversations included discussion of the review’s recommendation to make care experience a protected characteristic. The department’s engagement has not shown a consensus for making care experience a protected characteristic, as some fear it would add to the stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced people.</p><p>To tackle stigma and discrimination, the department is prioritising extending strengthened corporate parenting responsibilities to all government departments and relevant public bodies. By amending the corporate parenting principles, we will ensure that policies and services that affect care-experienced young people take account of the challenges they face, remove barriers, and provide opportunities for them to thrive.</p><p>The department will hold a public consultation on the detail of these proposals in late 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 148681 148682 question first answered 28/02/2023 12:02:33 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1587241

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of care sector representatives with which her Department consulted before publishing the response to the independent review of children's social care said that care experience should become a protected characteristic.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	148681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The department has sought the views and advice from a range of stakeholders, including the National Implementation Board, local authorities, sector organisations and sector charities in developing<em> ‘</em>Stable Homes: Built on Love’, the government’s implementation strategy and consultation for reforming children’s social care<em>. </em>The department has also sought the views of care-experienced young people in developing our response. We will continue to engage during and after the consultation.</p><p>On the Care Experience chapter, as well as regular informal engagement with key stakeholders, the department held two roundtable discussions with around 20 organisations representing the care sector. The department participated in over 10 discussion sessions facilitated by charities with care-experienced children and young people. Some of these conversations included discussion of the review’s recommendation to make care experience a protected characteristic. The department’s engagement has not shown a consensus for making care experience a protected characteristic, as some fear it would add to the stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced people.</p><p>To tackle stigma and discrimination, the department is prioritising extending strengthened corporate parenting responsibilities to all government departments and relevant public bodies. By amending the corporate parenting principles, we will ensure that policies and services that affect care-experienced young people take account of the challenges they face, remove barriers, and provide opportunities for them to thrive.</p><p>The department will hold a public consultation on the detail of these proposals in late 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 148598 148682 question first answered 28/02/2023 12:02:33 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law