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45536

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date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews have been (a) commissioned and (b) published since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>302 serious case reviews (SCRs) have been commissioned by local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and notified to the Department for Education since June 2010. 114 have been published.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Serious case reviews</p><p>commissioned</p></td><td><p>Serious case reviews</p><p>published<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 June 2010 to 31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>136 SCRs are currently in progress. 30 SCRs have been notified as not for publication due to compelling reasons related to the welfare of the children directly related to these cases.</p><p> </p><p>22 SCRs have been completed and have not yet been published due to outstanding police investigations, criminal proceedings and welfare issues.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up a national panel of independent experts who will advise and challenge LSCBs on any case where an LSCB has concerns about the publication of an SCR report and/or intends not to publish an SCR report.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Overview reports only. These figures do not include executive summaries published during this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45537

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what interaction the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has had with the Local Safeguarding Children's Board Network.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews has met the chair of the Association of Independent Local Safeguarding Children Board Chairs, twice, most recently on 10 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45544

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has met; and if he will publish the minutes of that Panel's meetings.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews has met on the following dates:<br><br></p><p>1. 25 July 2013</p><p>2. 9 September 2013</p><p>3. 11 November 2013</p><p>4. 13 January 2014</p><p>5. 10 February 2014</p><p>6. 10 March 2014</p><p>The key output of the panel meetings is letters from the panel to Local Safeguarding Children Boards making recommendations on the cases put to them, about the application of the SCR criteria, the appointment of reviewers and the publication of SCR reports. The letters refer to sensitive material not in the public domain and would not therefore be routinely publishable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45545

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with members of the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and I had a meeting with the members of the panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45546

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to whom the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews is accountable; and what the terms of reference of that Panel are.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The members of national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews (SCR) were appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and are ultimately accountable to him, though they operate independently.</p><p>The role of the panel is set out in ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013)' as follows: <br><em><br></em>“The role of the panel will be to support Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in ensuring that appropriate action is taken to learn from serious incidents in all cases where the statutory criteria are met and to ensure that those lessons are shared through publication of final SCR reports. The panel will also report to the Government their views of how the SCR system is working”.</p><p>The panel's remit will include advising LSCBs about:<br>1. application of the SCR criteria;</p><p>2. appointment of reviewers; and</p><p>3. publication of SCR reports.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45656

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber were adopted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	194260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The number of looked after children in Yorkshire and the Humber who were adopted in the years ending 31 March 2009 to 2013 is shown in the table below. Information at constituency level is not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of looked after children in Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This information has been taken from table LAE1 of the Statistical First Release “Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England (including adoption and care leavers) - year ending 31 March 2013”. This Statistical First Release also includes information at local authority level and can be found on the Department's website via the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

45657

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what systems his Department has in place to monitor the implementation of the Government's commitment to give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education co-ordinates the UK's submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), on behalf of other Government Departments and the devolved administrations, for the Committee's five-year review of implementation of the UNCRC in the UK. This report will be submitted shortly and will include examples of action taken to ensure that new policies and legislation which impact on children are compliant with the UNCRC.</p><p>The Department has undertaken child's rights impact assessments for the key policy and legislative changes in recent years, notably in respect of the Education Act 2011 and the Children and Families Act 2014. We also ensure that children's rights issues are considered as part of the Home Affairs Committee clearance process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe