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1134032

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make available the scoring data of the respective bids for grant funding from the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	268442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the 2019 Holiday Activities and Food programme. The department invited organisations to bid to take on the role of testing the coordination of free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p> </p><p>92 bids were received and on 8 May 2019, we announced the 11 organisations that had been successful in securing funding for this summer. Since then, officials have provided feedback to unsuccessful bidders, including the bid submitted for the Bristol area that was supported by the hon. Member for Bristol East. Any organisation that submitted an unsuccessful bid can request a breakdown of their scoring data by contacting the department.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/06/2019 16:25:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1126881

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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, by how much local authorities overspent on the provision of children’s social care in the year ending 31 March 2018; and what assessment he has made of the future financial sustainability of local government children’s services departments based on current levels of overspend.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	254773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required under Section 251 of the ‘Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009’ to submit education and children’s social care budget and expenditure statements. This data is published in statistical releases annually. The most recent release shows local authorities had a difference of approximately £1 billion in 2017-18 when their planned spend is compared to their actual spend.</p><p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services. The government has also made £410 million available to local authorities this year specifically for adult and children social care.</p><p>My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 11:29:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 118964 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1109367

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to monitor the use of isolation booths in schools.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	240535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As part of Ofsted inspections, schools will be asked to provide records and analysis of any use of internal isolation. Ofsted inspectors will expect schools to have clear and effective behaviour policies that promote high standards of behaviour and are applied consistently and fairly. In reaching a judgement on pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare, inspectors will take account of a range of information, including schools’ use of internal isolation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect or record information about schools’ use of internal isolation. The Department expects schools to develop their own policies and strategies for managing disruptive behaviour, according to their particular circumstances. To help schools develop effective strategies, the Department has produced advice for schools which covers what should be included in their behaviour policy. This advice can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488034/Behaviour_and_Discipline_in_Schools_-_A_guide_for_headteachers_and_School_Staff.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/488034/Behaviour_and_Discipline_in_Schools_-_A_guide_for_headteachers_and_School_Staff.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The advice outlines how schools can adopt a policy which allows disruptive pupils to be placed in isolation away from other pupils. If a school uses isolation rooms as a disciplinary penalty, this should be made clear in their behaviour policy. As with other disciplinary penalties, schools must act lawfully, reasonably and proportionately in all cases, and must take account of any special education needs or disabilities pupils placed in isolation may have. The school must also ensure the health and safety of pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/04/2019 14:58:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1050543

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter to the Chief Inspector of Ofsted, dated 15 November 2018, on Steiner independent schools and other matters.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	213979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>A copy of the letter of 15 November from the my right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, on the subject of Steiner schools and other matters, will be placed in the library of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/02/2019 16:41:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1047780

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department’s consultation includes proposals to support state schools and further education colleges but not higher education institutions with additional costs related to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	212339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is running a public consultation to gather further evidence on the impact of these changes on higher education institutions and independent schools before finalising funding arrangements for 2019-20. Our initial proposal is based on the fact that state schools and further education institutions are most directly funded by government grants. Our analysis on each sector (state schools, further education, higher education and independent schools) also suggests that these institutions are most exposed to the increase in employer pension contributions, and funding was therefore prioritised on this basis.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/02/2019 16:45:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 98178 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025301

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the educational outcomes for children with pathological demand avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not assessed the educational outcomes of children and young people who have had a health diagnosis of pathological demand avoidance (PDA) as a distinct group.</p><p>The department collects data on the educational outcomes of children identified as having special educational needs in comparison to children without special needs. Where individual children and young people with PDA have been identified as having a special educational need, they will be captured via these data collections.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:03:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025302

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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 he is taking to ensure that children with complex needs are able to obtain a place in a school appropriate for their needs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Children with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) usually have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. The SEND Code of Practice sets out the rights of parents and young people to request the school of their choice when a final EHC plan is issued.</p><p>Local authorities must name that school in the EHC plan unless it would not be suitable for the pupil’s age, ability, aptitude or SEND, or unless the attendance of the pupil there would be incompatible with the efficient education of others or the efficient use of resources. A school named in an EHC plan has a statutory duty to admit the child or young person.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to keep local provision for children and young people with SEND and their families under review to ensure that it continues to meet local needs. This would include the provision of sufficient school places that can support pupils with SEND.</p><p>The department has allocated £365 million of capital funding (over and above basic need funding) to help build new places at mainstream and special schools and to improve existing places to benefit current and future pupils. Local authorities must consult with local stakeholders to decide how best to spend their allocation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:07:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025303

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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 his Department is taking to support local authorities which have seen a significant rise in the number of children with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced in a written ministerial statement on Monday 17 December that we will provide additional high needs funding to all local authorities, totalling £250 million over 2018-19 and 2019-20. This brings the total allocated for children and young people with more complex special educational needs and disabilities to £6.1 billion this year, up by over £1 billion from the £5 billion allocated in 2013. This additional investment will help to support local councils manage the increasing costs of provision for these pupils and students.</p><p>​We have also announced a further £100 million top-up to the Special Provision Capital Fund in 2019-20 to take our total investment to £365 million across 2018-21. This additional funding will give more children access to a good school or college place and pay for more state-of-the-art facilities, such as sensory rooms and specialist equipment.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:21:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025335

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent in each local authority on pupil premium plus in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18; and how much of that spending was on pupil premium plus for (i) looked after children, (ii) former looked after children who are on special guardianship orders, (iii) former looked after children who are on child arrangements orders and (iv) former looked after children who have been placed for adoption or adopted.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The pupil premium plus funding, including both looked after and formerly looked after children for the relevant years, can be found in the published tables using the links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:15:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1023286

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools paying the apprenticeship levy have taken on apprentices since that levy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	201136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy was introduced in April 2017. Information on the number of schools that have paid the apprenticeship levy is not available in the format requested as data on the apprenticeship levy is reported to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs via the Pay As You Earn scheme rather than by organisation.</p><p>​As reported in the statistics publication “Public sector apprenticeships in England: 2017 to 2018” (available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>), there were approximately 6,300 apprenticeship starts in schools between May 2017 and March 2018. Many of these apprenticeship starts will be funded by the apprenticeship levy directly or via local government. Around half of the 6,300 starts were in local authority maintained schools</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/12/2018 13:23:22 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy