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387287

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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 assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of the category of distant placements for looked-after children on the number placed more than 20 miles from their last known address (a) in children's homes and (b) with foster carers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	5367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Data is collected on the distance of placements from home for looked after children. Data for 2014 is published in table A6 of the annual Children looked after in England, including adoption statistical first release. This can be found online here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to attribute the change in the number of children placed more than 20 miles from their home area to the introduction of the category of distant placements as a number of factors will affect decisions on where to place children, including their specific needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2015 16:25:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

387288

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of recent changes introduced to improve safeguarding of children who go missing from care on the number of children who go missing from (a) care, (b) placements outside the local authority boundaries and (c) distant placements; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	5368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Statutory guidance on missing children was revised in January 2014 and can be found online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-who-run-away-or-go-missing-from-home-or-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-who-run-away-or-go-missing-from-home-or-care</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to draw conclusions about the impact of the changes in guidance on the number of children missing from care as many factors contribute to this. However, we are working, with support from local authorities, to better understand their responses to missing children and the effect of recent changes. All local authorities must now inform the Department for Education about all incidences of children going missing from care as part of their annual statistical return to the department on looked after children. This, along with more accurate figures on the number of children missing from care available in September 2015, will inform future policy on missing children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2015 16:27:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

387397

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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 (a) performance of local authorities in ensuring that 16 and 17-year-olds with special educational needs and disabilities have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans in place before they turn 18 and (b) adequacy of support given to young people with EHC plans as they transition into adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	5359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>From September 2014 local authorities in England were required to implement the Special Educational Need and Disability reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s advice to local authorities on Transition to the new 0 to 25 special educational needs and disability system (March 2015) sets out the groups of children and young people whose statements must be reviewed and transferred where appropriate to Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans during 2014/15. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every local authority has published an individual Local Transition Plan setting out the timings for transfers to the new system. Figures returned by local authorities and published in the Special Educational Needs in England Statistical First Release in May 2015. This information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department expects that young people who are currently receiving support as a result of a Learning Difficulty Assessment (LDA) and who remain in further education or training during the transition period will be issued with an EHC plan if they request and need one.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has provided extensive support to local authorities over the preparation of EHC plans, including the publication of guidance and the provision of training. As part of this we commissioned the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), to work with relevant professionals to produce guidance and training material on the transition to adult social care. CDC published ‘The role of social care in implementing the Children and Families Act 2014’ in March 2015. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act" target="_blank">http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act</a>. The department is monitoring progress of transition in local areas closely, to determine what further support local authorities may need in order to undertake transfers effectively and to produce good quality EHC plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a Local Offer of the services and support available to children and young people in their area with special educational needs and disabilities. Detailed requirements are set out in chapter 4 of the relevant statutory guidance, the 0-25 SEND code of practice (January 2015). This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All local authorities have published a Local Offer. An important requirement of the Local Offer is that it should include the institutions offering provision for children and young people with SEN which the local authority would expect to draw upon. This will include specialist provision such as special schools, non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and specialist post-16 institutions which are either within the local area or where the local authority would expect to make placements. In addition, there is a statutory requirement to refer to the list of independent special schools and independent specialist colleges approved by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of the 2014 Act: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for publishing and maintaining Local Offers lies with each local authority. The department is supporting local authorities to help make sure they meet all statutory requirements for their Local Offer, and that quality continues to improve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to producing their Local Offer, local authorities are under a statutory duty to provide children, young people and parents with information, advice and support. The government has boosted the support available to families by investing £30 million over two years to ensure there are independent supporters available in every local authority area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5360 5361 5362 5509 question first answered 07/07/2015 16:28:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

387398

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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 performance of local authorities' (a) implementation of the Local Offer and (b) provision of young people and their parents with information on all special educational needs services available in their local area.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	5360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>From September 2014 local authorities in England were required to implement the Special Educational Need and Disability reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s advice to local authorities on Transition to the new 0 to 25 special educational needs and disability system (March 2015) sets out the groups of children and young people whose statements must be reviewed and transferred where appropriate to Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans during 2014/15. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every local authority has published an individual Local Transition Plan setting out the timings for transfers to the new system. Figures returned by local authorities and published in the Special Educational Needs in England Statistical First Release in May 2015. This information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department expects that young people who are currently receiving support as a result of a Learning Difficulty Assessment (LDA) and who remain in further education or training during the transition period will be issued with an EHC plan if they request and need one.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has provided extensive support to local authorities over the preparation of EHC plans, including the publication of guidance and the provision of training. As part of this we commissioned the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), to work with relevant professionals to produce guidance and training material on the transition to adult social care. CDC published ‘The role of social care in implementing the Children and Families Act 2014’ in March 2015. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act" target="_blank">http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act</a>. The department is monitoring progress of transition in local areas closely, to determine what further support local authorities may need in order to undertake transfers effectively and to produce good quality EHC plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a Local Offer of the services and support available to children and young people in their area with special educational needs and disabilities. Detailed requirements are set out in chapter 4 of the relevant statutory guidance, the 0-25 SEND code of practice (January 2015). This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All local authorities have published a Local Offer. An important requirement of the Local Offer is that it should include the institutions offering provision for children and young people with SEN which the local authority would expect to draw upon. This will include specialist provision such as special schools, non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and specialist post-16 institutions which are either within the local area or where the local authority would expect to make placements. In addition, there is a statutory requirement to refer to the list of independent special schools and independent specialist colleges approved by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of the 2014 Act: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for publishing and maintaining Local Offers lies with each local authority. The department is supporting local authorities to help make sure they meet all statutory requirements for their Local Offer, and that quality continues to improve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to producing their Local Offer, local authorities are under a statutory duty to provide children, young people and parents with information, advice and support. The government has boosted the support available to families by investing £30 million over two years to ensure there are independent supporters available in every local authority area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5359 5361 5362 5509 question first answered 07/07/2015 16:28:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

387399

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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 her Department is taking to monitor whether local authorities are including the full range of independent providers of children's services in their Local Offers as part of the SEN Code of Practice.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	5361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>From September 2014 local authorities in England were required to implement the Special Educational Need and Disability reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s advice to local authorities on Transition to the new 0 to 25 special educational needs and disability system (March 2015) sets out the groups of children and young people whose statements must be reviewed and transferred where appropriate to Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans during 2014/15. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every local authority has published an individual Local Transition Plan setting out the timings for transfers to the new system. Figures returned by local authorities and published in the Special Educational Needs in England Statistical First Release in May 2015. This information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department expects that young people who are currently receiving support as a result of a Learning Difficulty Assessment (LDA) and who remain in further education or training during the transition period will be issued with an EHC plan if they request and need one.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has provided extensive support to local authorities over the preparation of EHC plans, including the publication of guidance and the provision of training. As part of this we commissioned the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), to work with relevant professionals to produce guidance and training material on the transition to adult social care. CDC published ‘The role of social care in implementing the Children and Families Act 2014’ in March 2015. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act" target="_blank">http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act</a>. The department is monitoring progress of transition in local areas closely, to determine what further support local authorities may need in order to undertake transfers effectively and to produce good quality EHC plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a Local Offer of the services and support available to children and young people in their area with special educational needs and disabilities. Detailed requirements are set out in chapter 4 of the relevant statutory guidance, the 0-25 SEND code of practice (January 2015). This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All local authorities have published a Local Offer. An important requirement of the Local Offer is that it should include the institutions offering provision for children and young people with SEN which the local authority would expect to draw upon. This will include specialist provision such as special schools, non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and specialist post-16 institutions which are either within the local area or where the local authority would expect to make placements. In addition, there is a statutory requirement to refer to the list of independent special schools and independent specialist colleges approved by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of the 2014 Act: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for publishing and maintaining Local Offers lies with each local authority. The department is supporting local authorities to help make sure they meet all statutory requirements for their Local Offer, and that quality continues to improve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to producing their Local Offer, local authorities are under a statutory duty to provide children, young people and parents with information, advice and support. The government has boosted the support available to families by investing £30 million over two years to ensure there are independent supporters available in every local authority area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5359 5360 5362 5509 question first answered 07/07/2015 16:28:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

387400

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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 performance of local authorities in moving children with special education needs (SEN) statements onto Education, Health and Care plans under the new SEN Code of Practice.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	5362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>From September 2014 local authorities in England were required to implement the Special Educational Need and Disability reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s advice to local authorities on Transition to the new 0 to 25 special educational needs and disability system (March 2015) sets out the groups of children and young people whose statements must be reviewed and transferred where appropriate to Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans during 2014/15. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414952/SEND_Reforms_transitional_advice_March15.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every local authority has published an individual Local Transition Plan setting out the timings for transfers to the new system. Figures returned by local authorities and published in the Special Educational Needs in England Statistical First Release in May 2015. This information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department expects that young people who are currently receiving support as a result of a Learning Difficulty Assessment (LDA) and who remain in further education or training during the transition period will be issued with an EHC plan if they request and need one.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has provided extensive support to local authorities over the preparation of EHC plans, including the publication of guidance and the provision of training. As part of this we commissioned the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), to work with relevant professionals to produce guidance and training material on the transition to adult social care. CDC published ‘The role of social care in implementing the Children and Families Act 2014’ in March 2015. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act" target="_blank">http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/the-role-of-social-care-in-implementing-the-children-and-families-act</a>. The department is monitoring progress of transition in local areas closely, to determine what further support local authorities may need in order to undertake transfers effectively and to produce good quality EHC plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a Local Offer of the services and support available to children and young people in their area with special educational needs and disabilities. Detailed requirements are set out in chapter 4 of the relevant statutory guidance, the 0-25 SEND code of practice (January 2015). This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All local authorities have published a Local Offer. An important requirement of the Local Offer is that it should include the institutions offering provision for children and young people with SEN which the local authority would expect to draw upon. This will include specialist provision such as special schools, non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and specialist post-16 institutions which are either within the local area or where the local authority would expect to make placements. In addition, there is a statutory requirement to refer to the list of independent special schools and independent specialist colleges approved by the Secretary of State under Section 41 of the 2014 Act: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-41-secretary-of-state-approved-list</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for publishing and maintaining Local Offers lies with each local authority. The department is supporting local authorities to help make sure they meet all statutory requirements for their Local Offer, and that quality continues to improve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to producing their Local Offer, local authorities are under a statutory duty to provide children, young people and parents with information, advice and support. The government has boosted the support available to families by investing £30 million over two years to ensure there are independent supporters available in every local authority area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5359 5360 5361 5509 question first answered 07/07/2015 16:28:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

387441

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to raise literacy standards amongst children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	5365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The government’s aim is to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils to improve social mobility and break the cycle of disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Research shows that using phonics is the most effective way of teaching children of all abilities to read. The evidence indicates that the teaching of phonics is most effective when combined with a language-rich curriculum to develop children’s positive attitudes towards literacy. This government has therefore placed phonics at the heart of the early teaching of reading. Three years after the introduction of the phonics screening check, 100,000 more six-year-olds are on track to become confident readers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have reformed the English curriculum and qualifications, raising expectations so that they match the best worldwide. The national curriculum introduced last year matches those in the highest-performing education jurisdictions in the world, challenging pupils to realise their potential regardless of their background.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We allocated £125 million in 2011 to establish the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), to identify what works to raise standards in underperforming schools. The EEF distributes funding to test approaches to improving performance in our most challenging schools. In 2012, we provided the EEF with an additional £10 million to test what works in helping pupils with poor reading skills to catch up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have introduced the Early Language Development Programme and made sure that all three- and four-year-olds, as well as two-year-olds from the lowest income families, have access to 15 hours of government-funded early education per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pupil premium, introduced in 2011 and now worth £2.5 billion this year, gives schools the extra resources they need to close the gap between pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers. <br> <br> For pupils that do not reach the expected level by the end of primary school, we have introduced the Year 7 Catch-up Premium. This gives secondary schools additional funding so that they can give extra support to those pupils that need it (£48.5 million in 2014-15).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2015 15:04:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

386898

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to address criticisms of careers education in schools from the Confederation of British Industry; and whether they plan to provide support and resources for the proposals set out in <i>London Ambitions</i>, which would ensure that London schools, including primary schools, enable every child to receive 100 guaranteed hours of experience of the world of work before they leave school.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The government’s aim is to bring the worlds of work and education closer together, helping to ensure that young people leave school well rounded and prepared for working life. This is also a key concern for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). It is why the government is providing start-up funding to the Careers and Enterprise Company, which will encourage greater collaboration between schools and colleges and employers, helping young people across England, including in London, to access the best advice and inspiration. The establishment of the Careers and Enterprise Company has been welcomed by the CBI.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service was launched in April 2012 and also provides professional and impartial careers information, advice and guidance to young people aged 13 and over and adults to support their decision making about learning and work. From October 2014, we enhanced the role of the National Careers Service. National Careers Service contractors now have a responsibility to work with schools and colleges to facilitate relationships with local employers. They will work closely with the new Careers and Enterprise Company, whose core purpose is to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people to inspire them to take control of and shape their own futures.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service users satisfaction and progression survey shows that 94% of face-to-face and telephone customers agreed that the overall quality of the service was good.</p><p> </p><p>The department welcomes the launch of the London Ambitions Careers Offer, which sets out a suggested framework for a good careers offer for young people and brings together partners from all sectors to achieve this goal. Officials will keep in touch with the Greater London Authority about this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/07/2015 16:40:24 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

387009

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
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 her policy to provide more funding for deaf people to procure the services of interpreters.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	5055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have clear duties to support children with special educational needs (SEN). They are responsible for planning and delivering the necessary services for children within their area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act enables a joined-up approach to support children with sensory impairments, with clear information on the support that families can expect locally and the option of a personal budget for some parents and young people to give them control over the support they receive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education funds the National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP) to support local authorities to benchmark and improve the support available for children with sensory impairments. NatSIP is working with sensory support services across the country to support the SEN reforms. NatSIP helps local authorities and settings ensure that the right support is in place to improve the outcomes for deaf, blind and multi-sensory impaired children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2015 16:29:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

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date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Parkfield School Christchurch
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the one year delay in Parkfield School being able to move to a new site at Hurn; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	5048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not expect there to be any cost to the public purse as a result of the one year delay in Parkfield School being able to move to the new site at Hurn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Education Funding Agency first became aware that the Hurn site is a habitat for bats in June 2015. A full site bat survey was not undertaken prior to the purchase of the Hurn site for Parkfield School as these are usually undertaken by contractors as part of the design and planning permission process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Initial findings indicate that the Common Pipistrelle bat is the emergent species. Local activity of Soprano Pipistrelle and Noctule bats has also been observed.</p><p> </p><p>The bat surveys were undertaken as soon as it became evident they were necessary and completed last week. The survey information is currently being analysed and the final results of the surveys are expected in the next few weeks. An application to Natural England for bat removal licences will be made after planning approval is granted. Subject to planning approval the licences could be available towards the end of this year. Bat boxes will then be provided at agreed locations across the site prior to the demolition works commencing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5049 5050 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:08:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope