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1062048

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Visual Impairment
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 each young person with vision impairment has received appropriately adapted (a) national tests and exam papers and (b) past papers without charge.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) develops modified versions of National Curriculum tests in enlarged print (Key Stage 2 only), modified large print and braille (Key Stages 1 and 2). They are primarily designed for pupils with visual impairments, although they may be suitable for pupils with other needs. Schools can request permission from STA to open Key Stage 2 tests up to 5 days early if they need to make further adaptations to the test materials to meet a pupil’s specific needs. Schools are not charged for any version of the tests. Past versions of the modified tests are available free of charge so that schools can help pupils prepare and to ensure the materials meet their needs.</p><p>Ofqual is the regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. As well as requiring regulated awarding organisations to comply with equalities legislation, Ofqual’s General Conditions of Recognition require awarding organisations to monitor their qualifications for any feature which could disadvantage a group of students who share a particular protected characteristic, including those who have a disability due to visual impairment. Under the Equality Act 2010, awarding organisations are required to make reasonable adjustments to assessments for disabled students. Awarding organisations can, and do, make a wide range of adjustments to their assessments, including modifying exam papers (e.g. producing large-print or braille versions).</p><p>Ofqual does not impose any specific requirements regarding past papers, either in standard format or in any modified format. However, the total number and proportion of modified exam papers produced for the annual summer exam series is increasing over time. Awarding organisations and schools and colleges are therefore increasingly likely to have modified papers available to be subsequently used as past papers.</p><p>The awarding organisations that offer GCSEs, AS and A level qualifications do not charge for modified exam papers and where past exam papers have been modified, these are usually made available to schools and colleges free of charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2019 17:07:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1062049

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired in each local authority in England and Wales; and what assessment he has made of whether those numbers are sufficient to meet demand.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of teachers who are Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Children and Families Act 2014 local authorities have a statutory duty to ensure the sufficiency of provision in their areas for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, by reviewing it regularly in consultation with the local population. This would include provision for children and young people who have a visual impairment.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2019 17:15:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1062051

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Visual Impairment
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 teachers are able to identify young children who require visual impairment support in early years education.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Early Years Teacher Status is awarded to graduates who have met all of the Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) which are available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211646/Early_Years_Teachers__Standards.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211646/Early_Years_Teachers__Standards.pdf</a>. These standards set out the minimum knowledge, understanding and skills that an Early Years Teacher must demonstrate. Early Years Teachers are required to:</p><ul><li>Have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit children’s learning and development and how best to address these.</li><li>Demonstrate an awareness of the physical, emotional, social, intellectual development and communication needs of babies and children, and know how to adapt education and care to support children at different stages of development.</li><li>Demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and be able to use and evaluate distinctive approaches to engage and support them.</li><li>Know when a child is in need of additional support and how this can be accessed, working in partnership with parents and/or carers and other professionals.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage framework requires providers to have arrangements in place to support children with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities and to identify a member of staff to act as SEN Co-ordinator. This framework can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/596629/EYFS_STATUTORY_FRAMEWORK_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/596629/EYFS_STATUTORY_FRAMEWORK_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where it is identified that a child may have SEN, the setting should adopt the graduated approach that is outlined in the SEND Code of Practice – assessing the child’s needs, planning suitable support, implementing that support and reviewing it regularly to ensure it remains appropriate to the child’s needs. This document can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/02/2019 14:51:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1062079

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he next plans to review the Children (Performances and Activities) Regulations 2014; if he will hold discussions with representatives of Brass Bands England as part of such a review; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	222054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The government has no current plans to review the Children (Performance and Activities) Regulations 2014, which came into force on 6 February 2015.</p><p>Whenever there is a future review and consultation, Brass Bands England would be welcome to contribute to it.</p><p>Department officials are always happy to meet sector organisations that wish to raise any questions about the legislation and associated guidance, and will contact Brass Bands England to offer them a meeting.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/02/2019 14:44:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1062093

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Greater London
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 12 February 2019 to Question 218343, if he will publish the criteria by which The Hoo site was determined to be unsuitable for Abacus Belsize Primary School in Belsize Park.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	222059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Following an extensive site search, the department purchased the Hampstead police station for Abacus Belsize Primary School. The Hoo site has been judged unsuitable because the existing listed building on the site is not large enough to cater for a school of this size without a new build extension and considerable remodelling.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/02/2019 14:34:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1061013

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations in the Office of the Schools Adjudicator's annual report 2017-18 on (a) the prevalence of off-rolling and (b) home-educating parents registering with their local authority.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	221785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department will give careful consideration to the findings within the Chief Adjudicator’s annual report as it endeavours to ensure that the admissions system continues to work effectively for parents, pupils and schools.</p><p>Pupils leave school rolls for many reasons including: permanent exclusion, moving to another school, or changes of circumstances (as when a pupil moves to a new area). All schools must notify the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register.</p><p>Statutory guidance on exclusions is also clear that ‘informal’ or ‘unofficial’ exclusions are unlawful, regardless of whether they occur with the agreement of parents or carers. Any exclusion of a pupil, even for short periods of time, must be formally recorded.</p><p>A consultation and call for evidence on elective home education was held by the Department between April and July 2018. This included the issue of registration of children by local authorities. The responses received are still being considered, and a government response document outlining next steps will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2019 17:33:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1061055

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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, how many third-party social work providers have been registered with Ofsted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	221672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/02/2019 17:50:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1061080

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of looked-after children whose ethnicity is any other white background in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	221613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This information requested is shown in the attached table.</p><p>Further information on the ethnic breakdown of looked-after children is published in the statistical releases ‘Children looked-after in England including adoption’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 221618 question first answered 19/02/2019 17:50:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 221613, 221618 Children_looked_after_at_31_March.xlsx title 221613_221618_Children_looked_after_at_31_March
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1061113

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's guidance to schools on supporting students affected by self-harm.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	221575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has taken a range of actions to help schools and colleges to respond to and prevent self-harm. Training for teachers on self-harm is available through MindEd, a free online portal which has been developed with Government funding to provide information on mental health problems to all professionals working with young people. The Government is also funding the offer of mental health awareness training to all schools. From September 2020, Relationships, Sex and Health Education will be compulsory. This will include content on mental health and wellbeing as well as the rules and principles for keeping safe online, how to recognise harmful content and risks.</p><p> </p><p>Schools and colleges must also have regard to the statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The Department requires all school and college staff to receive appropriate safeguarding and child protection training, so they know what to do if they suspect a child is at risk of harm, including self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance to schools cannot be sufficient on its own. Where more serious problems occur, schools and colleges need specialist support. The Government has made available an additional £1.4 billion in England to transform children and young people’s mental health services. The commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan will build on this, including by providing mental health support teams to work directly with schools and colleges, and expanding timely, age appropriate crisis services.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/02/2019 17:10:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1061121

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the total number of looked-after children whose ethnicity is Any other white background in each of the last nine years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	221618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This information requested is shown in the attached table.</p><p>Further information on the ethnic breakdown of looked-after children is published in the statistical releases ‘Children looked-after in England including adoption’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 221613 question first answered 19/02/2019 17:50:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 221613, 221618 Children_looked_after_at_31_March.xlsx title 221613_221618_Children_looked_after_at_31_March
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson