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1383778

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Vocational Qualifications: National Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s publication Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth, if he will publish the (a) number of people aged between 16 and 64 that qualified to NVQ4+ in each NUTS2 region in England and (b) gross value added per hour worked in each of those regions in the most recent year for which both sets of data are available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	85253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Nomis data portal provides official labour market statistics. The attached table provides the number of people aged between 16 and 64 that are qualified to NVQ4+ in each Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2 (NUTS2) region in England in 2020 as estimated from the annual population survey.</p><p>Latest data on gross value added per hour worked is published by the ONS and available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/labourproductivity/datasets/subregionalproductivitylabourproductivitygvaperhourworkedandgvaperfilledjobindicesbyuknuts2andnuts3subregions" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/labourproductivity/datasets/subregionalproductivitylabourproductivitygvaperhourworkedandgvaperfilledjobindicesbyuknuts2andnuts3subregions</a>. This data release uses International Territorial Levels as the new UK geographies classification system. This has superseded the NUTS classification system. This transition has not changed the names of regions or the areas covered by them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2021 16:41:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart attachment 1 file name 85253_number_of_people_qualified_to_NVQ4+_in_each_NUTS2_region_table.xls title 85253_table
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1383919

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's announcement of 21 August 2021 that all school settings would be provided with CO2 monitors during the autumn term, how many CO2 monitors have been supplied to schools in Liverpool West Derby constituency as of 1 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	85399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>As of 26 November, the department has delivered 329,231 carbon dioxide monitors to almost all eligible education and childcare settings, backed by £25 million in government funding.</p><p>Special schools and alternative provision were prioritised for the first deliveries, given their higher than average number of vulnerable pupils. Deliveries to these settings are now complete.</p><p>Over 99% of eligible schools, colleges, and the majority of early years settings have now received their allocation of CO2 monitors. Final deliveries will be made before the end of term, enabling all settings to identify areas where ventilation can be improved and provide reassurance that existing measures are working.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of settings by ward or parliamentary constituency. However, further information can be found on the fortnightly statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 85400 85401 85402 question first answered 06/12/2021 11:44:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1383920

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's announcement of 21 August 2021 that all school settings would be provided with CO2 monitors during the autumn term, how many CO2 monitors have been supplied to schools in England as of 1 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	85400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>As of 26 November, the department has delivered 329,231 carbon dioxide monitors to almost all eligible education and childcare settings, backed by £25 million in government funding.</p><p>Special schools and alternative provision were prioritised for the first deliveries, given their higher than average number of vulnerable pupils. Deliveries to these settings are now complete.</p><p>Over 99% of eligible schools, colleges, and the majority of early years settings have now received their allocation of CO2 monitors. Final deliveries will be made before the end of term, enabling all settings to identify areas where ventilation can be improved and provide reassurance that existing measures are working.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of settings by ward or parliamentary constituency. However, further information can be found on the fortnightly statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 85399 85401 85402 question first answered 06/12/2021 11:44:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1383921

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's announcement of 21 August 2021 that all school settings would be provided with CO2 monitors during the autumn term and that special schools would receive them from September 2021, how many CO2 monitors have been supplied to special schools in Liverpool West Derby as of 1 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	85401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>As of 26 November, the department has delivered 329,231 carbon dioxide monitors to almost all eligible education and childcare settings, backed by £25 million in government funding.</p><p>Special schools and alternative provision were prioritised for the first deliveries, given their higher than average number of vulnerable pupils. Deliveries to these settings are now complete.</p><p>Over 99% of eligible schools, colleges, and the majority of early years settings have now received their allocation of CO2 monitors. Final deliveries will be made before the end of term, enabling all settings to identify areas where ventilation can be improved and provide reassurance that existing measures are working.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of settings by ward or parliamentary constituency. However, further information can be found on the fortnightly statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 85399 85400 85402 question first answered 06/12/2021 11:44:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1383922

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's announcement of 21 August 2021 that all school settings would be provided with CO2 monitors during the autumn term, and that special schools would receive them from September 2021, how many CO2 monitors have been supplied to special schools in England as of 1 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	85402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>As of 26 November, the department has delivered 329,231 carbon dioxide monitors to almost all eligible education and childcare settings, backed by £25 million in government funding.</p><p>Special schools and alternative provision were prioritised for the first deliveries, given their higher than average number of vulnerable pupils. Deliveries to these settings are now complete.</p><p>Over 99% of eligible schools, colleges, and the majority of early years settings have now received their allocation of CO2 monitors. Final deliveries will be made before the end of term, enabling all settings to identify areas where ventilation can be improved and provide reassurance that existing measures are working.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of settings by ward or parliamentary constituency. However, further information can be found on the fortnightly statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/co2-monitors-cumulative-delivery-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 85399 85400 85401 question first answered 06/12/2021 11:44:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1383353

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
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, if the Government will provide additional support to local authorities to meet increased demands for statutory assessments for Education and Health Care Plans for children, beyond specific support from the Department for Education and Ofsted to manage historical backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities is responsible for local government funding, including funding necessary to support local authorities to meet their statutory duties with regards to all children's services, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.</p><p>This year, local authorities have access to £51.3 billion to deliver their core services, including SEND services. Local authorities have the flexibility to spend according to local needs and priorities, including to undertake education, health and care needs assessments.</p><p>The autumn 2021 Spending Review delivered an additional £4.7 billion for the core schools' budget by financial year 2024-25. That includes an additional £1.6 billion for schools and high needs in financial year 2022-23, on top of the funding we announced last summer. The department will confirm in due course how this additional funding for 2022-23, and for the two subsequent years, will be allocated for schools and high needs. Increasing funding for schools should help to reduce the demand for statutory assessment, thereby reducing the burden on local authorities.</p><p>We have introduced the ‘safety valve’ intervention programme for those local authorities with the very highest percentage dedicated schools grant deficits. The programme requires the local authorities involved to develop substantial plans for reform to their high needs systems, with support and challenge from the department, to rapidly place them on a sustainable footing, including appropriately managing demand for education. The department will help these local authorities with additional funding over time to contribute to their historic deficits, contingent on delivery of reforms and targets set out in published agreements.</p><p>The department will continue to work with other government departments, including the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to ensure the Spending Review reflects the needs of children’s services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/12/2021 17:04:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1383450

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres and Family Hubs: Staff
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 early years practitioners working in (a) children's centres and (b) family hubs.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	84431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>Children’s Centres are required to provide access to early education and childcare (either by providing services on site or by providing advice and assistance on gaining access to services elsewhere). The majority of children’s centres do not provide early education and childcare on site.</p><p>In January 2021, there were 2,341 staff working in Sure Start Children’s Centres that provided funded early education, as set out in the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2021’ release, which can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/36b29c63-0881-4bfe-a0e9-ade8580ca511" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/36b29c63-0881-4bfe-a0e9-ade8580ca511</a>.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the total number of early years practitioners working in children’s centres and family hubs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/12/2021 14:44:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1383517

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce future plans for primary PE and sport premium funding.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	84349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>The department is considering arrangements for the primary PE and sport premium for the 2022-23 academic year and beyond and will confirm the position as early as possible in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/12/2021 14:43:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1382826

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Capacity
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 with local authorities to ensure that children and young people under deprivation of liberty safeguards are found appropriate placements in social care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>All children should live in settings that meet their needs and keep them safe. This is particularly important for looked after children who have been deprived of their liberty for their own safety or the safety of others. These children and young people are often some of the most vulnerable in society and we must do all that we can to keep them safe.</p><p>The department is clear that where a looked after child is deprived of their liberty, they are very likely to require a placement providing care and accommodation. Such accommodation must be registered as a children’s home, as required by the Care Standards Act 2000. Children’s homes are subject to robust registration and inspection requirements by Ofsted to ensure that they meet the needs of the children they accommodate, and they must follow the national standards. Ofsted can take action against children’s homes where they are not delivering the quality of care and accommodation for children that the department expects.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty under section 22G of the Children Act 1989 to take steps that secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation within the authority’s area which meets the needs of children that the local authority are looking after, and whose circumstances are such that it would be consistent with their welfare for them to be provided with accommodation that is in the local authority’s area (‘the sufficiency duty’).</p><p>However, the department recognises that local authorities sometimes find it difficult to identify suitable placements for looked after children, particularly for those with more complex needs. In July 2021, the government launched a new capital funding programme to support local authorities to establish new children’s homes provision via expansion, refurbishment or new building work. The department will contribute up to £19.5 million over two years, with the funding to be matched by local authorities. In addition, as part of Spending Review 2021, the government announced a further investment of £259 million to maintain capacity and expand provision in secure and open residential children’s homes. We will announce more details on this funding shortly.</p><p>The department has been working closely with Ofsted, which has taken a number of steps to support local authorities in establishing and registering new provision swiftly, for instance, prioritising applications for registering children’s homes in an emergency. Further detail on Ofsted’s approach to prioritising applications can be found in their guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-childrens-homes-in-an-emergency-as-a-direct-result-of-covid-19-pandemic-fast-track-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-childrens-homes-in-an-emergency-as-a-direct-result-of-covid-19-pandemic-fast-track-applications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/12/2021 16:13:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382842

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the inclusion of sustainability in The National Standard for early years learning and childcare providers in Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including sustainability in the inspection criteria for early year settings.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	83462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 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><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/12/2021 17:00:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard