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348254

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to make additional mental health provision available through the education system to those aged under 18.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Schools and colleges have an important role to play in supporting the wellbeing and mental health of their students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help them do this effectively, we recently published a blueprint for school counselling services, which provides schools with practical, evidence-based advice informed by experts on how to deliver high-quality school based counselling. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416326/Counselling_in_schools_-240315.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416326/Counselling_in_schools_-240315.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the PSHE Association published guidance, funded by the Department for Education, on providing age-appropriate teaching about mental health problems. This guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/news_detail.aspx?ID=1435" target="_blank">https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/news_detail.aspx?ID=1435</a>. They will also be publishing a set of lesson plans spanning key stage 1 to key stage 4 which will be available for schools to use by September 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect that schools will want to use these and other resources to develop the support that they provide. We will continue to work with the sector to look at what further information and support might be helpful.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that many schools already provide their pupils with support such as counselling and play an important role in enabling access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Teachers, however, are not mental health professionals and it is important that students can get swift access to specialist mental health support where needed. The recent ‘Future in Mind’ report set out our ambitions for improving care over the next five years, including on making better links between schools and specialist services. This report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414024/Childrens_Mental_Health.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414024/Childrens_Mental_Health.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also announced £1.25 billion of new funding over the next five years to treat 110,000 more children with mental health issues. To inform future practice, the Department for Education will be contributing £1.5 million in 2015-16 to a joint pilot with NHS England, which aims to improve knowledge of mental health issues and interventions, and facilitate better joint working between schools and CAMHS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/06/2015 10:10:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348275

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Modern Greek Language: GCE A-level and GCE AS-level
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 ensure that Modern Greek continues to be available to students to study as A and AS-levels after 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is currently considering what further support and encouragement can be provided to awarding organisations to enable as wide a range of languages as possible to be maintained at GCSE and A level, including Modern Greek.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that it wants to see all pupils provided with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern foreign languages. The number of pupils entering for a modern language GCSE has increased by 20% since 2010 due to the introduction of the English Baccalaureate. There are considerable benefits to learning a second language and the government is keen to see the range of languages at GCSE and A level preserved. To this end, the Secretary of State for Education wrote to exam boards during the pre-election period in April to express her concern about their decision to stop awarding qualifications in some languages. She asked awarding organisations to work with Ofqual on the future of these qualifications and committed, if there is no further action, to launching a consultation on how best to secure the future of these qualifications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/06/2015 16:15:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

348299

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria must be met for her to direct one or more local authorities to have their adoption service functions carried out by another authority or agency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education will work with local authorities in order to deliver regional adoption agencies. The department will provide both financial and practical support to help form these new agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Adoption Bill seeks to drive a system-wide change and the department will use its powers where local authorities are unwilling to join regional adoption agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:08:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

348300

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to assess the funding needs for the (a) measures relating to local authority adoption functions, (b) measures relating to joint arrangements and (c) other measures that her Department plans to include in the Education and Adoption Bill.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The move to regional adoption agencies will improve the efficiency of adoption services and increase the scale at which services operate. This is expected to lead to savings for local authorities through efficiency gains as they benefit from economies of scale and through improvements in the timeliness of adoptions. The Department for Education is working with local authorities to encourage voluntary consolidation. The department will assess and evaluate the costs and savings resulting from the measures as part of this work. The department will also provide some financial support for transition to regional adoption agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Education and Adoption Bill also includes measures to improve the overall quality of education received by children in England. This includes streamlining the process by which failing schools become academies and introducing new powers to support and challenge coasting schools. The department is assessing the funding implications of wider intervention and meeting these costs will be considered as part of the Budget and Spending Review process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 15:57:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

348301

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures her Department holds on the numbers of children in public care by permanence option.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Figures relating to children looked after in England are published in the annual Statistical First Release (SFR) at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 15:59:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

348303

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether regional adoption agencies consider varied permanence options other than adoption when finding a solution for a child in public care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The duty to make a decision about which permanence option to pursue for a particular child will remain with the local authority. If local authorities wish to pursue other permanence services, as well as adoption services, they have the freedom to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:07:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

348315

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Maintenance Allowance
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 the allocation of the education maintenance allowance on participation rates in post-16 education.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The final report of the quantitative evaluation of the Education Maintenance Allowance pilots was published in 2005. It contains an assessment of the impact of the allowance on participation and attainment and is available at: <a href="http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/5734/1/RR678.pdf" target="_blank">http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/5734/1/RR678.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Education Maintenance Allowance was abolished and replaced by the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund in the 2011/12 academic year</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/06/2015 09:25:55 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348317

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies are rated (a) outstanding, (b) requiring improvement, (c) inadequate and (d) coasting.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent published Ofsted data covering inspections to 31 March can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will publish our definition of a coasting school for consultation in draft regulations in the summer. This will set out exactly how we propose to define a coasting school. Our definition will focus on data, will reflect performance over time and will capture schools that are failing to support their pupils to fulfil their potential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 1081 question first answered 09/06/2015 16:18:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348357

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what definition her Department uses of coasting schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	1081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent published Ofsted data covering inspections to 31 March can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will publish our definition of a coasting school for consultation in draft regulations in the summer. This will set out exactly how we propose to define a coasting school. Our definition will focus on data, will reflect performance over time and will capture schools that are failing to support their pupils to fulfil their potential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 983 question first answered 09/06/2015 16:18:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348358

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified teachers are teaching in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	1082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The latest information available, from November 2013, is publicly available in Table 1 published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:41:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh