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806156

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
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 (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest amount of annual levy paid by a school to its multi academy trust (i) in total, (ii) for operating costs, (iii) for school improvement and (iv) for efficiency savings.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	119357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education published an academy trust survey research report in July 2017. The survey found that the average top slice in a multi academy trust was 4.6%. More detail on the range of top-slicing approaches can be found in the report at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629779/Academy_Trust_Survey_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629779/Academy_Trust_Survey_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of any top slice is a matter for the academy trust and will usually depend on the range of central services offered.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119358 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:11:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

806157

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum levy is a multi academy trust can require from a school to operate that multi academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	119358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education published an academy trust survey research report in July 2017. The survey found that the average top slice in a multi academy trust was 4.6%. More detail on the range of top-slicing approaches can be found in the report at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629779/Academy_Trust_Survey_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629779/Academy_Trust_Survey_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of any top slice is a matter for the academy trust and will usually depend on the range of central services offered.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119357 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:11:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

806206

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the replacement of Statements of Special Educational Needs, with Education, Health and Care Plans.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	119398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has provided significant resources to support implementation of the Special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms. This includes £223 million to local councils between April 2014 and March 2018 and, during the same period, £60 million for around 1,200 Independent Supporters to help families with the Education Health and Care (EHC) plan process. Councils are making encouraging progress, but there is still work to be done to fully embed this improved system. That is why the government announced on 30 November an additional package of support worth nearly £45 million to provide help for children and young people with SEND. This included a further £29 million to support councils and their local partners to continue pressing ahead with implementation of the reforms to the SEND system beyond the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>We are beginning to see some positive feedback on EHC plans from parents and young people. A large-scale survey, published in March 2017, of over 13,000 families who gained an EHC plan in 2015 found that two thirds were satisfied with the overall experience of getting a plan, and three-fifths agreed the help and support set out in the plan will achieve the desired outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are delays with any aspect of the EHC process, including issuing an EHC plan and delivering the provision set out in it, the local council should work with the family, explain the reason for the delay and address the situation swiftly. We know that sometimes issues cannot be immediately resolved and we have made available to families, in every local council, mediation services, as well as support from Independent Supporters and Information Advice and Support Services. Where issues regarding the EHC plan cannot be resolved, families can also appeal to the SEND Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119400 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:53:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

806208

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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 support families who have experienced delays in receiving appropriate support through education, health and care plans.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	119400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has provided significant resources to support implementation of the Special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms. This includes £223 million to local councils between April 2014 and March 2018 and, during the same period, £60 million for around 1,200 Independent Supporters to help families with the Education Health and Care (EHC) plan process. Councils are making encouraging progress, but there is still work to be done to fully embed this improved system. That is why the government announced on 30 November an additional package of support worth nearly £45 million to provide help for children and young people with SEND. This included a further £29 million to support councils and their local partners to continue pressing ahead with implementation of the reforms to the SEND system beyond the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>We are beginning to see some positive feedback on EHC plans from parents and young people. A large-scale survey, published in March 2017, of over 13,000 families who gained an EHC plan in 2015 found that two thirds were satisfied with the overall experience of getting a plan, and three-fifths agreed the help and support set out in the plan will achieve the desired outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are delays with any aspect of the EHC process, including issuing an EHC plan and delivering the provision set out in it, the local council should work with the family, explain the reason for the delay and address the situation swiftly. We know that sometimes issues cannot be immediately resolved and we have made available to families, in every local council, mediation services, as well as support from Independent Supporters and Information Advice and Support Services. Where issues regarding the EHC plan cannot be resolved, families can also appeal to the SEND Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119398 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:53:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

806210

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it is her policy to create a capital fund to support the opening of nurseries in primary schools that do not have the facilities to provide one.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>As stated in the Social Mobility Action Plan, we will invest £50 million to create more high quality school-based nursery provision for disadvantaged children: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that this investment will contribute to creating and increasing nursery provision in both new and existing schools, including those schools that already provide nursery places and those that do not.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/12/2017 17:08:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

806213

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what how many and what proportion of primary schools that have opened since June 2017 (a) did and (b) did not have an on-site nursery.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>11 of the 21 (52 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools that have opened since June 2017 have nursery provision. 10 of the 21 (48 per cent) schools opened without nursery provision.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not approved any new school proposals since June 2017. The most recent new school approvals were made in April 2017 when 29 of the 45 (64 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools approved included proposals for nursery provision. We will next invite proposals for new schools in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119407 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:15:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

806215

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
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 new primary schools that received permission to be built since June 2017 (a) included and (b) did not include plans to build a nursery.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	119407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>11 of the 21 (52 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools that have opened since June 2017 have nursery provision. 10 of the 21 (48 per cent) schools opened without nursery provision.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not approved any new school proposals since June 2017. The most recent new school approvals were made in April 2017 when 29 of the 45 (64 per cent) mainstream primary and all-through schools approved included proposals for nursery provision. We will next invite proposals for new schools in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119405 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:15:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

805120

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	Limehurst Primary School: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received on Limehurst Primary School's partnership with China and its recent award from the British Council; and whether Opportunity Area Funding for that partnership will be (a) maintained or (b) increased.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	118792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>I congratulate Limehurst Primary School on its receipt of the British Council International School Award and on its successful partnership with the Youfu Primary School, in Nanjing. The government attaches great importance to international education links and partnerships for the language and cultural benefits they bring.</p><p> </p><p>The school’s partnership with Youfu Primary School pre-dates the Opportunity Area programme, but it clearly shares our determination to broaden the horizons of children in areas such as Royton. We hope that more schools in Opportunity Areas will take advantage of the International School Award and other school linking programmes that bring an international outlook and enrich children’s knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/12/2017 17:25:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

805199

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	Trimega
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 11 December 2017 to Question 118056, what the timetable is for local authorities to report to her Department whether they commissioned forensic hair strand tests for drug and alcohol use from Trimega Laboratories Limited (Trimega) during the period January 2010 to April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	118871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Department officials have written to all local councils in England asking them to review whether they commissioned forensic hair strand tests for drug and alcohol use by Trimega Laboratories Limited (Trimega) during the period January 2010 to April 2014, and whether any action is necessary to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities. We continue to work with local councils to establish the extent to which they used Trimega during this period.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/12/2017 17:22:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

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