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91403

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014 my Rt hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 13/10/2014 16:29:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91404

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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, when Ofsted will make recommendations on the role of inspections in monitoring specialist education support services for children with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	208892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education asked Ofsted to carry out a study to identify best practice amongst local authorities to prepare for the special educational needs reforms in order to understand whether there is a need for an inspection framework to drive improvements. The findings from the study and the recommendations are a matter for Ofsted. We understand that Ofsted will publish its findings and recommendations from the study by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 25/09/2014 13:30:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

91405

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many safeguarding concerns Ofsted has identified in early years settings in the last year; and in what proportion of inspections have such concerns been raised.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/10/2014 13:29:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91406

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of early years settings have not been assessed by Ofsted within the 47 month limit.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/10/2014 13:26:29 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91407

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years settings have not been inspected by Ofsted in the last (a) four years, (b) five years and (c) six years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/10/2014 13:28:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91408

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of inspected settings of early years providers were judged (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) failing in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, will write to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/10/2014 13:27:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91409

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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, with reference to her Department's press release dated 14 June 2014, entitled New freedoms to help local areas to support vulnerable children, when she plans to publish new regulations on powers to delegate social core functions for vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Relevant Care Functions) (England) Regulations 2014 came into force on 10 September 2014 and are published online at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/2407" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/2407</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:19:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91410

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of child sexual exploitation action plans by local safeguarding children's boards.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11 question first ministerially corrected 20/10/2014 16:41:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 21507 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91411

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that teaching and guidance is given in schools to ensure that children understand caste discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	209042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Schools are encouraged to teach their pupils about the diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom through the citizenship national curriculum for KS4. Pupils should also be taught about the need for mutual respect and understanding. Pupils may also be taught about diversity and equality through the non-statutory personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education will shortly be publishing new guidance on promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development of pupils, highlighting the importance of pupils gaining knowledge and understanding of different cultures. Schools may achieve this through their whole school ethos as well as teaching of curriculum subjects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 25/09/2014 16:31:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91412

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local safeguarding children's boards have failed inspections on their child sexual exploitation action plans.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11 question first ministerially corrected 20/10/2014 16:41:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 21593 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton