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1466318

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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 he will make it his policy to (a) require local authorities to ask parents who request an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) form whether or not English is their first language and (b) offer additional language support to parents throughout the EHCP process.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	10016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires local authorities to have regard to the importance of the child or young person, and the child’s parents, participating as fully as possible in decisions, and being provided with the information and support necessary to enable participation in those decisions. All local authorities must have arrangements for information and advice and should ensure that advice and guidance for children and young people is tailored appropriately for them. All local authorities must publish a local offer about all their services. One of the requirements of local offers is that they must be accessible to the local population, which does include ensuring access those for whom English is not their first language. The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) code of practice also makes clear that the format of an education, health and care (EHC) plan is agreed locally. Local authorities must decide on the languages that EHC plans are available in, depending on local need.</p><p>In addition, it is the department’s aim, through the proposals set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper to provide parents and carers with a clearer understanding of the support that should be available to meet their child’s needs. This includes a proposal to standardise the EHC plan process to drive consistency in how needs are identified and assessed. The public consultation for the Green Paper is due to close on 22 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/06/2022 15:11:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1466319

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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 he will make it his policy to require upper tier local authorities and clinical commissioning groups to provide parents of children with special educational needs or disabilities with a list of potential sources of financial support to which they might be entitled.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	10017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities must provide information on personal budgets as part of their local offer. This should include a policy on personal budgets that sets out a description of the services across education, health and social care that currently lend themselves to the use of personal budgets, how that funding will be made available, and clear and simple statements of eligibility criteria and the decision-making processes. Personal budgets are optional for the child’s parent or the young person, but local authorities are under a duty to prepare a budget when requested. Local authorities must provide information about organisations that may be able to provide advice and assistance to help parents and young people to make informed decisions about personal budgets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/06/2022 16:56:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1466320

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest period of time between a pre-tribunal settlement for education, health and care provision being agreed and a settlement order being signed for each upper tier local authority.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	10018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold or collect information on the period of time between a pre-tribunal settlement for education, health and care provision being agreed and a settlement order being signed.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/06/2022 10:11:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1547654

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England employ a (a) play or (b) creative arts therapist.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	101784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The 2022 Schools White Paper set out the Government’s plan for all schools to provide safe, calm and supportive school environments, with targeted academic, pastoral and specialist support, helping children and young people to fulfil their potential.</p><p>It is for schools to decide what support they provide, taking into account the needs of their pupils.</p><p>The roles of staff employed by schools is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November. The data can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>Data from the November 2022 census is currently being collected and will be published in the summer of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2022 17:56:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1242352

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
	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 ensure that children with special educational needs unable to attend school receive the education that they are statutorily entitled to receive during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	102181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>We now expect the vast majority of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to be back in their education setting and receiving the right support and provision they need.</p><p>In a circumstance where a child cannot attend school, including if they need to self-isolate, their teachers are best-placed to know how the pupil’s needs can be most effectively met to ensure they continue to make progress even if they are not able to be in school. The requirement for all schools to use their best endeavours to secure the special educational provision called for by the pupils’ SEND remains in place.</p><p>Where a pupil has provision specified within their education, health and care plan, it remains the duty of the local authority and any health bodies to secure the delivery of this in the setting that the plan names. However, in a situation where this is difficult to do so, including where a child or young person is self-isolating, the decisions on how provision can be delivered should be informed by relevant considerations. These considerations include the types of services that the pupil can access remotely, such as online teaching and remote sessions with different types of therapists. These decisions should be considered on a case by case basis, avoiding a one size fits all approach.</p><p>Additionally, the department published a temporary continuity direction on 1 October, which makes it clear that schools have a legal duty to provide remote education for all state-funded, school-aged children who are unable to attend school due to COVID-19 in line with guidance and the law. This will come into effect from 22 October and more details are available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/remote-education-temporary-continuity-direction-explanatory-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/remote-education-temporary-continuity-direction-explanatory-note</a>.</p><p>Alongside the Direction, we also published a further remote education support package which is designed to help schools and colleges build on and deliver their existing plans in the event that individuals or groups of pupils, including those with SEND, are unable to attend school because of COVID-19, in line with guidance and the law. This adds to existing support, including resources available from Oak National Academy which includes specialist content for pupils with SEND.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/10/2020 10:34:47 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1242839

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
	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 for children to be permitted to miss a day of school to celebrate (a) Eid and (b) Yom Kippur without that absence affecting their attendance records.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	102935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>A parent of a compulsory school-aged child who is registered at a school has a legal duty to secure that child’s regular attendance. The law recognises that there are certain circumstances in which a parent cannot be guilty of not securing their child’s regular attendance at school, and religious observance is one of those circumstances.</p><p>The law also specifies how attendance should be recorded. Where a pupil of compulsory school age is unable to attend school on a day exclusively set apart for religious observance by the religious body to which the pupil’s parents belong, the pupil’s absence must be recorded as an authorised absence.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/10/2020 16:07:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1243928

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Migrants
	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 ensure that children from families that have no recourse to public funds can access free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	104190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>We have temporarily extended free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups of people who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). This extension includes children of families receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and is subject to a maximum income threshold of £28,500 for families outside of London and £31,200 for families inside of London.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 104191 104192 question first answered 22/10/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1243932

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Migrants
	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 ensure that families who have no recourse to public funds can access free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	104191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>We have temporarily extended free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups of people who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). This extension includes children of families receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and is subject to a maximum income threshold of £28,500 for families outside of London and £31,200 for families inside of London.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 104190 104192 question first answered 22/10/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1243936

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	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, what assessment he has made of the effect of Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 on the accessibility of free school meals for asylum-seekers.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	104192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>We have temporarily extended free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups of people who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). This extension includes children of families receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and is subject to a maximum income threshold of £28,500 for families outside of London and £31,200 for families inside of London.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 104190 104191 question first answered 22/10/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1244247

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Outdoor Recreation: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of safely reopening outdoor activity centres during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	104772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s educational visits advice is in line with guidance from Public Health England, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and will be reviewed again in November 2020. It can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>The Department continues to work with representatives of the tour industry, devolved administrations, trade unions and other government departments as it works towards the November review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2020 17:07:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper