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348612

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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, how the provisions of the Education and Adoption Bill will address the interests of children in fostering and other arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The legislation that the Department for Education is bringing forward in the Education and Adoption Bill relates to adoption. It will ensure that, once the decision is made that adoption is the best outcome for a child, children are found loving homes without delay. 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 15:58:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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

348302

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 foster parents are assessed for their suitability as permanent guardians of a child after they take a child into their care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Permanence provides an underpinning framework for all social work with children and their families. Every looked-after child must have a care plan which includes a ‘plan for permanence’. Permanence can take the form of a successful return to the child’s family, long-term foster care, adoption or special guardianship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In order to improve practice in instances where the best permanence option for children is to remain looked-after, the government amended regulations in April 2015 to introduce ‘long term foster care’ as a distinct placement type. In cases such as these, statutory guidance is clear that the local authority should assess the ability of the identified foster carer to care for the child (this may be the foster carers currently looking after the child, or new carers who are best able to meet the child’s needs). The statuary guidance is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416720/Stat_Guidance_Permanence_2015.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416720/Stat_Guidance_Permanence_2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:10:12 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

348111

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Choice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will revise the guidance offered to LEAs regarding the choices available to parents who seek a place for their child at both grammar and LEA schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not offer separate specific guidance to local authorities regarding the choices available for parents at grammar and local authority maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code provides that local authorities must offer information to parents regarding the choices of state-funded schools available in their local area, through their composite prospectus.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/06/2015 15:58:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

347316

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Mott MacDonald
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 26 March 2015 to Question 228859 on special educational needs, what criteria her Department used to select Mott McDonald.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education procured the 2015-16 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) delivery support contract through an open tender process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The criteria for assessing bids are set out in pages 32-45 of the invitation to tender document, which can be found here: <a href="https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;NoticeId=1611969" target="_blank">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;NoticeId=1611969</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/06/2015 16:48:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

347317

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
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 26 March 2015 to Question 228860, how many educational psychologists were employed in all local authorities in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of educational psychologists reported as permanently employed by each local authority in every year from 2010 to 2013 is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A response regarding educational psychologists was received for 72 to 74 per cent of local authorities each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p><p><strong>Headcount of educational psychologists employed by local authorities in England, 2010-2013 (November of each year)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Helens</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, City of</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar and Cleveland</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull, City of</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire, County of</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>NA</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,886</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,728</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,721</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,723</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p><em>Source: School Workforce Census</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>NA = Local authority who did not report the direct employment of any educational psychologists.</p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/06/2015 15:09:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228386, what specific weaknesses were found in the timelines of visits to children who are privately fostered.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>According to our records, examined in March 2015, Ofsted found that in five authorities - Birmingham, Blackpool, Calderdale, Coventry and Swindon - visits to privately fostered children were not always made within statutory timeframes as set out in the Private Fostering Regulations (England) 2005.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in response to PQ 228386, four of the five authorities - all bar Swindon - are subject to formal intervention measures. The Department for Education drew this information from 45 Ofsted inspection reports of local authority children’s social care published under the single inspection framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/06/2015 15:53:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe