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1467676

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that traumatised children and young people who perpetrate serious child on adult violence are placed in a safe residential placement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>A safeguarding approach is paramount for children at risk of committing violence. It is important that services provide wrap-around support, both to reduce harm and prevent children entering the criminal justice system.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring there are enough places for their young people in care, including in foster care and children’s homes. They might provide places themselves or commission them from other providers. Children’s homes provide care for some of the most vulnerable and traumatised children who may be at risk of causing harm to themselves and others.</p><p>The 2021 Spending Review announced £259 million capital funding for both secure and open children’s homes up until 2025. This will enable local authorities to expand their provision to reduce out of area placements, provide for children with complex needs, and promote innovative practice to maintain placement stability or prevent children from entering the care system. The second wave of bidding is open to all local authorities in England.</p><p>The department is currently working with a local authority in South Yorkshire awarded funding in the first wave to create additional provision for children in their area, increasing available services for therapy and support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 13182 question first answered 09/06/2022 16:53:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467677

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide additional residential provision for children who are at serious risk to themselves or family members in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>A safeguarding approach is paramount for children at risk of committing violence. It is important that services provide wrap-around support, both to reduce harm and prevent children entering the criminal justice system.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring there are enough places for their young people in care, including in foster care and children’s homes. They might provide places themselves or commission them from other providers. Children’s homes provide care for some of the most vulnerable and traumatised children who may be at risk of causing harm to themselves and others.</p><p>The 2021 Spending Review announced £259 million capital funding for both secure and open children’s homes up until 2025. This will enable local authorities to expand their provision to reduce out of area placements, provide for children with complex needs, and promote innovative practice to maintain placement stability or prevent children from entering the care system. The second wave of bidding is open to all local authorities in England.</p><p>The department is currently working with a local authority in South Yorkshire awarded funding in the first wave to create additional provision for children in their area, increasing available services for therapy and support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 13181 question first answered 09/06/2022 16:53:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467714

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Leeds City College: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for making a decision on funding for Leeds City College to replace the Enfield site and College House with a new building in Mabgate.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	13059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Leeds City College and the project to replace the Enfield site and College House, with a new building in Mabgate, was announced as ‘approved in principle’ following the college’s successful application to the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund. Department officials have met with the college to seek further assurance on some elements of their plans to help ensure the investment is value for money and will provide appropriately sized facilities to support local demand for further education and vocational training.</p><p>A decision will be made in due course and notified to the college. We expect this to be in the next two weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/06/2022 12:02:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1467781

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education Capital Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the Government’s £1.5 billion FE Capital Transformation Programme has been (a) allocated to capital projects or (b) remains unallocated as at 6 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	13090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Further Education Capital Transformation Programme (FECTP) is delivering the department’s £1.5 billion commitment to upgrade further education (FE) college estates.</p><p>In August 2020, the department allocated £200 million to all FE colleges and designated institutions in the first phase of the FECTP. This enabled colleges to undertake immediate remedial work and upgrade the condition of their estates.</p><p>In April 2021, the department announced it is working with 16 colleges, which are some of the most in need of support, to upgrade and revitalise their estates. In April 2022, the department announced that up to £405 million of funding is being provided to a further 62 colleges that were successful in bidding for funding through the FE Capital Transformation Fund.</p><p>The department will provide an update on plans for delivering the remainder of the £1.5 billion of funding later this year, including a confirmation on how much funding remains to be invested.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/06/2022 13:38:31 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1467782

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) condition of the FE college estate.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	13091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Further Education (FE) Condition Data Collection took place in 2019. It is a visual survey that collects detailed condition, contextual and building management data for every FE college in England. Independent building survey organisations assessed elements of each building and graded them A, performing as intended, to D, immediate remedial action or replacement.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/06/2022 12:06:42 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1467793

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education Capital Transformation Fund
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 impact of increased material costs on the adequacy of funding made available through the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	13092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>On 4 April 2022, the department announced the colleges that were successful in the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund bidding process.</p><p>Each college has received a grant offer from the department. Most colleges will also be contributing match funding. It is for colleges to manage their condition improvement project within the available budget.</p><p>The department will monitor progress across all college projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/06/2022 12:08:22 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1467157

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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 recent estimate he has made of the (a) number of children in care provided by (i) private companies and (ii) local authorities and (b) average cost differential between those two provisions.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	11555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold specific data on the number of children in care placed with private providers or local authorities. Ofsted publishes data on the number of places available in children’s homes or foster care that are provided by local authorities or private companies, but not the proportion of places taken up by children.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 March 2021, private companies ran 83% of children’s homes (2,032) in England, providing 78% (7,555) of places. Local authorities ran 14% (339) of children’s homes, providing 16% (1,643) of places. Twenty-three of these local authority homes were run by organisations that provide the children’s services function of the council, including trusts. Voluntary providers ran 91 homes (4%), providing 501 places (5%).</p><p> </p><p>There were 13 secure children’s homes in England as of 31 March 2021, offering 234 places in total. 12 of these homes are run by local authorities and one by a voluntary organisation.</p><p>Local authorities provided 64% (29,500) of foster placements in England as of 31 March 2021, with the remaining 36% (15,800) provided through independent fostering agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The recent children’s social care market study completed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) considered evidence of cost differentials between private providers and local authority run children’s homes (excluding secure children’s homes) and foster care. Their analysis found that for children’s homes, the cost to local authorities to provide their own placements was no lower than procuring these through private providers. However, the analysis also found indicative evidence that for fostering placements, local authorities could provide some placements more cheaply in-house as opposed to purchasing them through private providers.</p><p> </p><p>The department has welcomed the report and is carefully considering the CMA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/06/2022 10:27:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1467184

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Exchanges: Taiwan
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 improve and expand education partnerships between the UK and Taiwan.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	11774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s longstanding policy on Taiwan has not changed. We have no diplomatic relations with Taiwan but a strong, unofficial relationship, based on dynamic commercial, educational and cultural ties, which we will continue to grow. Taiwan is the world’s 21st largest economy and the UK’s 28th largest trading partner.</p><p> </p><p>Taiwan has set out plans to become a bilingual society in Mandarin and English by 2030. We are supporting this ambition by helping their efforts to ensure higher education can be taught in English, improve standards in teaching, learning and assessment of English, and build greater education links in both directions.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 08/06/2022 11:10:52 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1467200

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
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 27 May 2022 to Question 5498, what school sites were officials in his Department referring to when they stated in emails to officials at 10 Downing Street dated 30 March 2022 and 4 April 2022 that some school sites are a risk to life.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	11875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Twickenham to the answer I gave on 27 May 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-19/5498" target="_blank">5498</a>. There are no open school or college buildings where the department is aware of an imminent risk to life. Very occasionally, we will need to support a responsible body, such as an academy trust, which takes a decision to close part, or all, of a school for safety reasons, while the necessary remedial works are carried out.</p><p>Given the age and design life of some schools, the department expects that some school buildings will need to be replaced in future. For this reason, we have launched a 10-year School Rebuilding Programme which will deliver 500 rebuilding and refurbishment projects at schools across England, transforming education for hundreds of thousands of pupils. We also provide annual condition funding to schools and those responsible for school buildings, to ensure schools remain safe and in good working order. Since 2015, £13.1 billion in condition funding has been allocated, including £1.8 billion committed for the 2022/23 financial year. Allocations are informed by consistent data on the condition of schools, and we also provide extensive guidance on safe and effective management of the school estate.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2022 16:42:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1467223

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holodomor: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the Ukraine Holomodor in the National Curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	11887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The national curriculum is a framework which sets out the content the department expects schools to cover in each subject. The department believes teachers should use their expertise to determine how they teach their pupils, and to make choices about what they teach.</p><p> </p><p>Pupils can be taught about the Holodomor in the 1930s as part of the history curriculum, which gives teachers the freedom to use specific examples when teaching about the history of Britain and the wider world. For example, the Holodomor could be taught as part of the statutory key stage 3 theme, ‘challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day’.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2022 16:51:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson