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419502

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to the hon. Member for East Ham to Question 9951, if she will make it her policy to include attainment at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 in the education indicator in her Department's proposed Life Chances report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	10563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Education is important which is why we are legislating to introduce new life chances measures of worklessness and educational attainment at the end of Key Stage 4, which is the culmination of formal education, for children in England. The department will continue to publish other educational data in relation to attainment at Key Stages 1 and 2.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:44:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

419504

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who attended schools assessed as outstanding at their most recent inspection (a) achieved and (b) did not achieve five A* to C grades including English and mathematics, broken down by eligibility for (i) free school meals, (ii) ethnicity, (iii) children in need and (iv) children in care in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	10593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not held in the correct format.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/10/2015 10:51:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

419505

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals in each ranked category of school at its most recent inspection (i) achieved and (ii) did not achieve five A* to C grades including English and mathematics in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	10594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not held in the correct format.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/10/2015 10:50:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

419063

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what statutory duties local authorities have towards young people who have been abused while in foster care.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	10444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty under The Children Act 1989 regarding the protection of all children, including those for whom they have direct responsibility as looked after children.</p><p>All referrals and allegations, whatever their origin, must be taken seriously and investigated. Local authorities have a statutory duty, under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989, to make enquiries where they have reasonable cause for concern that a child might need protection. As with all looked-after children, local authorities must assess their needs and decide how best to meet them on an ongoing basis through the statutory care planning process, set out in the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf</a></p><p>There are stringent checks for anyone who wishes to become a foster carer, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Anyone who wants to become a foster carer must undergo a full, rigorous assessment process and be approved by a registered fostering service.</p><p>All children’s homes and fostering services are regulated and inspected by Ofsted to national minimum standards, including safeguarding and child protection standards. Each child will be supported by a social worker who will visit them regularly to check they are being properly being looked after.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/10/2015 10:45:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

419081

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
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 (a) all pupils, (b) white British boys receiving free school meals and (c) children in care achieved no A* to C grades at GCSE, excluding equivalents, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	10421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the required format.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/10/2015 10:49:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

419082

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
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 children designated as in need achieved (a) five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics and (b) no A* to C grades at GCSE, excluding equivalents, in each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	10422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Information on how many and what proportion of children designated as in need achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics, excluding equivalents, for the most recent year for which figures are available is published in table L5 in the additional tables, online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>Information on how many and what proportion of children designated as in need achieved no A* to C grades at GCSE, excluding equivalents, is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/10/2015 10:52:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

419083

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
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 white British pupils eligible for free school meals achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics, (a) in each local authority area and (b) at each school in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	10423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>The Department for Education publishes information at regional and local authority level on the proportion of white boys eligible for free school meals. This information, along with information on the proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals, can be found in tables 3 and 5 of the “GCSE and equivalent attainment by pupil characteristics: 2014”, available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/10/2015 10:35:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

419084

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care were recorded as having gone missing (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times, (d) four times, (e) five times, (f) six times, (g) seven times, (h) eight times, (i) nine times, (j) 10 times and (k) more than 10 times in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	10424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the requested information in the correct format. However, the department has published data on the percentage of children going missing from foster homes and regulated children’s homes in the year ending 31 March 2013, once, twice, three times, and four or more times. This is available on slide 17 of the Children’s homes data pack published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388701/Childrens_Homes_data_pack_Dec_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388701/Childrens_Homes_data_pack_Dec_2014.pdf</a></p><p>Additionally, information on the numbers of children who were missing from care for the latest 5 years are available in table B1 of the Statistical First Release ‘Children looked after in England, year ending 31 March 2014’, however, this does not provide information on the number of times each child went missing. This can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/10/2015 10:47:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

419085

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to review the school funding formula to ensure fair funding for schools in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	10446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to making schools funding fairer and will come forward with our proposals for this in due course. These will include proposals about how to ensure that schools in rural areas are funded fairly.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:53:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

419176

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) two years old and (b) three to four years old have been signed up to free early education in (i) the UK, (ii) London and (iii) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	10519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Funded early education for two-year-olds was first introduced in September 2013 and first reported in 2014 in the statistical publication “Provision for children under-five years of age in England”. This is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years</a>. Figures are provided at national, regional and local authority level. Information at constituency level is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/10/2015 10:42:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali