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1454764

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide figures to local councils regarding how many school spaces they should make available for Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2022 answer text <p>The department stands with Ukraine. We continue to work across government to ensure we are supporting all arrivals in the UK from Ukraine to give them the same access to education and childcare as a UK citizen.</p><p>The department believes that the best place for all children to be educated is in schools. Local authorities will work with families to enable all children to attend school in the local area as soon as possible, even if these places are not in the immediate vicinity of their accommodation. We understand the challenges of finding suitable school places for new arrivals and will work with local authorities, where necessary, to make this as smooth as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/04/2022 11:29:23 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1454797

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support schools with rising energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	148252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Bristol West to the answer I gave on 22 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-10/138095" target="_blank">138095</a> and on 28 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-23/145876" target="_blank">145876</a>.</p><p>The department recognises that schools will be facing cost pressures in the coming months, particularly due to the increase in energy prices. We are looking carefully at how this will impact schools and considering what additional support we can offer. Cost increases should be seen in the wider context of funding and support for schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/04/2022 15:17:52 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1454816

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the £7,400 income threshold for free school meals in response to the rising cost of living and inflation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	148360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The provision of free school meals (FSM) to children from out-of-work families or those on low incomes is of the utmost importance to this government. Under the benefits-related criteria the department provides a free healthy meal to around 1.7 million children, ensuring they are well nourished and can concentrate, learn and achieve in the classroom.</p><p>Under this government, eligibility for FSM has been extended several times and to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century, including the introduction of universal infant FSM, and further education FSM.</p><p>The department is also permanently extending FSM eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds. This will come into effect for the start of the summer term. We also want to make sure as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming their FSM, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility.</p><p>To support this, the department provides an eligibility checking system to make the checking process as quick and straightforward as possible for schools and local authorities. We have also developed a model registration form to help schools encourage parents to sign up for FSM and provide guidance to Jobcentre Plus advisers so that they can make Universal Credit recipients aware that they may also be entitled to wider benefits, including FSM.</p><p>As announced in the Spring Statement, the government is continuing to provide targeted cost of living support for households most in need. From April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of household essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 148361 question first answered 05/04/2022 15:51:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1454821

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to (a) automatically enrol for free school meals those school children who are eligible and (b) expand the eligibility criteria to include all children who meet the income criteria, regardless of their parents’ circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	148361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The provision of free school meals (FSM) to children from out-of-work families or those on low incomes is of the utmost importance to this government. Under the benefits-related criteria the department provides a free healthy meal to around 1.7 million children, ensuring they are well nourished and can concentrate, learn and achieve in the classroom.</p><p>Under this government, eligibility for FSM has been extended several times and to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century, including the introduction of universal infant FSM, and further education FSM.</p><p>The department is also permanently extending FSM eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds. This will come into effect for the start of the summer term. We also want to make sure as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming their FSM, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility.</p><p>To support this, the department provides an eligibility checking system to make the checking process as quick and straightforward as possible for schools and local authorities. We have also developed a model registration form to help schools encourage parents to sign up for FSM and provide guidance to Jobcentre Plus advisers so that they can make Universal Credit recipients aware that they may also be entitled to wider benefits, including FSM.</p><p>As announced in the Spring Statement, the government is continuing to provide targeted cost of living support for households most in need. From April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of household essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 148360 question first answered 05/04/2022 15:51:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1454828

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available for adoptive parents to ensure they can maintain the cultural, religious and linguistic values of their adopted child's community.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The department’s statutory guidance on adoption makes it clear that all families should help children placed with them to understand and appreciate their background and culture. Where the child and prospective adopter do not share the same background, the prospective adopter will need flexible and creative support.</p><p> </p><p>All adoptive families are entitled to an assessment of support. Adoption agencies should set out in the family’s support plan the training and support they will offer to ensure that child can embrace important cultural, religious or linguistic values of their community, to understand their background and origin.</p><p> </p><p>Our National Adoption Strategy sets out our key aims to driving improvements in all areas of adoption policy, including support for adoptive families.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/03/2022 16:57:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1454829

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children local authorities reported as being placed outside of (a) their local authority area and (b) England in the year January 2020 to December 2020 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after by the locality of the placement are shown in the attached table. The children looked after collection (SSDA903 return) collects information about children who are looked after by local authorities from 1 April to the 31 March each year and these are the time periods presented in the attached table. Figures have been provided for the years ending 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.</p><p>A range of figures on children looked after by placement location in a different format to that provided in the table are published in the table ‘National – Children looked after by placement type, distance and the locality of placement’ in the annual statistical release available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2022 15:35:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 148327_children_looked_after_by_LA_stats.xls title 148327_table
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1454830

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many family hubs he estimates will be established in (a) England and (b) the South East by 2024.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021 Budget, the government announced £82 million to create a network of family hubs. This is part of a wider £300 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies, and children in half of local authorities across England. It builds on the £39.5 million the government had already committed to family hubs to champion the model, including a £12 million transformation fund which will support at least 12 local authorities in England to transform to a family hub model of service delivery.</p><p>Family hubs are a way of joining up locally to improve access to services, the connections between families, professionals, services, and providers, and putting relationships at the heart of family help. They bring together services for children of all ages, with a great Start for Life offer at their core. How services are delivered varies from place to place and the department will work with local authorities eligible for the funds above to establish ambitious plans for their family hubs, considering local circumstance and need. More detail will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2022 15:43:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1454831

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for families to social care support before children enter the care system.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Families access a range of support before children enter the care system, including universal and early help support, and social care services. This is outlined in the statutory guidance, Working Together To Safeguard Children. The guidance is clear on the expectations placed on individuals who work to support children and families and how they need to work together in partnership with others to meet the child and family’s needs. The guidance can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>.</p><p>In each local area, the safeguarding partners should publish a threshold document, which sets out the local criteria for action to assist children and families. This should include the process for early help and the type and level of early help services to be provided, as well as the criteria and processes in place for families when they are referred to children’s social services.</p><p>The department takes robust action when an authority does not meet its requirements to provide support and protect all children and young people. Local authorities rated inadequate by Ofsted receive comprehensive support from the department. Those performing well are supported to share best practice.</p><p>We are clear that nothing is more important than children’s welfare, and those who need help and protection deserve high quality and effective support as soon as a need is identified. We recognise the need to make significant change to the current system to improve the lives and outcomes of those supported by children’s social care. That is why we have launched a bold, broad and independently led review that is looking at the needs, experiences and outcomes of the children and families it supports and what is required to make a real difference to their lives. In doing so, the review will contribute to ambitious and deliverable reforms, taking into account the sustainability of local services and effective use of resources and considering how the social care system responds to the needs of all children who are referred. It will address major challenges, including inconsistencies in nationwide practices and outcomes.</p><p>The Review published its Case for Change in June 2021, setting out the key issues and inviting feedback from parties with an interest in the Review. The Case For Change: Your Feedback was published in October 2021 and the Review’s full report is due to be published this Spring.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/03/2022 16:22:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1454832

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Social Care Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care will be published.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The review is scheduled to share its final recommendations in the spring and the government will respond to the recommendations once the review concludes.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 148367 question first answered 05/04/2022 15:35:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1454833

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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, when the Children’s Social Care Digital Programme guidance will be published.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	148331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Guidance for local authorities on improving case management systems for children's social care services was published by the department on 9 March 2022. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-improving-case-management-systems" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-improving-case-management-systems</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/03/2022 16:48:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi