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143458

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they provide to local authorities who want to make greater use of school premises for the benefit of the community outside school times.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Education Act 2002 gives school governing bodies the power to run community services without the need to consult or obtain permission from local authorities. Schools have the freedom to use their estates for community facilities and can provide integrated services such as health services, childcare or adult education and work in partnership with other providers as a resource for the whole community. We do not provide support for local authorities as this is a matter for schools.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/11/2014 12:32:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

417477

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Education Funding Agency did not consult all relevant partners when purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Consultation with any partners or tenants is a matter for the vendor of the building rather than the Education Funding Agency as purchasers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417478

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Education Funding Agency became involved in purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham; what price they paid for the building; and who received the purchase monies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency first visited the property and began negotiations on 8 July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The purchase price was £1,500,000 (exclusive of VAT).</p><p>The vendor, Birmingham Metropolitan College, received the purchase monies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:05:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417479

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Department is responsible for ensuring that the project regarding the change of ownership and function of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham, complies with financial rules under the European Regional Development Fund.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) was not party to the original funding agreement with the European Regional Development Fund and therefore ensuring relevant consultation and compliance is a matter for the vendor rather than the purchaser.</p><p><br> EFA legal team confirmed that the title contained no caution or charge in respect of the European Regional Development Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417480

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions took place, and with which organisations, about the proposal to lift the restrictive covenants regarding community access in respect of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The property was purchased subject to restrictions on title relating to community access. No restrictive covenants regarding community access have been removed or amended and therefore no consultation was necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417481

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguarding arrangements are in place for the free school that will operate in part of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>All schools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. Ofsted has completed a pre-registration inspection at this school and advised that this school is likely to meet all the independent school standards when it opens, including those relating to the welfare, health and safety of its pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Trust is preparing a management plan so that the school will be able to operate independently from the other occupants in the premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The September 2015 pupil intake will be located on the second floor which is not co-habited by others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:20 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

592951

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timetable for the announcement of successful bids for the pilot scheme for capital loans to multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL2077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We will notify multi-academy trusts (MATs) who have applied for the MAT capital loan pilot of their outcomes shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/10/2016 16:25:39 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

625818

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many requests for directions to admit a child to an academy the Education Funding Agency has received from councils since its establishment on 1 April 2012; and how many such directions were issued in the last four years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has received 121 requests for directions to admit a child to an academy from Local Authorities since its establishment on 1 April 2012 to 31 October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>These requests have resulted in the EFA issuing 15 directions to admit over the same period.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 14:52:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

626803

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of children in schools currently graded by OFSTED as good or outstanding, which were graded as requiring improvement or inadequate in 2010, are in (1) academies, and (2) other state-maintained schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The table attached shows the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools that were judged to be good or outstanding in their most recent inspection broken down by the previous inspection result and whether they are (1) academies or (2) other state-funded schools.</p><p>Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for responses to written parliamentary questions. The table has therefore been attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/11/2016 16:30:23 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL2881_number_and_percentage_of_pupils_currently_in_good_or_outstanding_schools_in_academies_and_ maintained_schools.xls title attachment - table
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

641843

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the circumstances under which an institution may either lose degree-awarding powers, or lose the right to a university title.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Under current guidance[1], some types of degree-awarding powers (i.e. for institutions in the further education sector and institutions that are not funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England) are made on a six-yearly renewable basis. Therefore, these powers are not automatically renewed.</p><p>As set out in published guidance[2], in circumstances such as a change of ownership or control, an assessment is made of any provider with university title or degree-awarding powers to determine whether the change would affect the continuing eligibility of that provider to hold university title or degree-awarding powers.</p><p> </p><p>[1] ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526813/BIS-15-525-degree-awarding-powers.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers</a>’</p><p>[2] ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526813/BIS-15-525-degree-awarding-powers.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers</a>’ and ‘Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title’</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_and_Process_for_applying_for_Taught_Degree_Awarding_Powers_and_Research_Degree_Awarding_Powers.pdf title Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria 2 file name Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_and_Process_for_applying_for_University_Title_and_University_College_Title.pdf title Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_a question first answered 06/12/2016 16:35:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

641844

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any English institutions have had their degree-awarding powers or university title removed, other than indirectly via merger with other institutions, between 1990 and 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>No English institutions have had their degree-awarding powers or university title removed during this period, other than indirectly via merger with other institutions or through similar structural changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/12/2016 15:24:13 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

641846

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an institution in England which does not have formal degree-awarding powers and which does not receive public funds can call itself a university; and if not, under which legislation this is prevented.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The criteria for obtaining University Title in England are not legislative, but are set out in departmental guidance (‘Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title’ is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, by searching for its title). These are the same regardless of whether a provider is publicly funded or not. One of the criteria is having taught degree-awarding powers. It is therefore not possible to obtain University Title without having degree-awarding powers.</p><p>If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the criteria have been met and that a provider’s preferred name is not likely to be confusing, the next steps will vary depending on the constitution of the organisation and/or its funding status. In general:</p><p>- Publicly funded higher education providers can obtain University Title from the Privy Council under either Section 77 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or Section 39 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. This usually takes the form of amendments to the provider’s governing documents to reflect the new name.</p><p>- Alternative Providers cannot obtain University Title via the Privy Council, but can instead do so under the Companies Act. The criteria as set out in the guidance still apply. “University” is a sensitive word under company law<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, which means permission from the Secretary of State under the Companies Act 2006, following a non-objection letter from the Department for Education, is required before it can be used in a business or company name.</p><p>There are limited circumstances where a business may be permitted to use the word “university” in their company or business name, without obtaining University Title. For example, a student union may be given such permission. However, the use of a name in this way does not convey the status of a university.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Company, Limited Liability Partnerships and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3140)</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/12/2016 15:25:57 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

641847

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how a university is defined in current English legislation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The term “university” is not defined in legislation. The criteria and processes for obtaining University Title are set out in published guidance, ‘Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title’, which the department maintains and updates as necessary.</p><p>There are some references in legislation. Section 77(4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 provides that any educational institution that includes the word “university” in its name and is permitted to do so in accordance with section 77(1) is to be treated as a university for all purposes, unless in that name ”university” is immediately followed by the word “college” or “collegiate”. Section 39 of the Education Reform Act 1988 prohibits an institution from unauthorised use of the word “university” in its name in relation to any educational services it offers.</p><p>There is also a partial definition of “university” in Section 90(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and in Section 235 of the Education Reform Act 1988.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/12/2016 15:26:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

651843

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any legal restrictions on the ability of an organisation or institution operating in England to use the term "university" as part of its title.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>There are two legislative restrictions in place. “University” is a sensitive word under company law<sup>[1]</sup>, which means permission from the Secretary of State under the Companies Act 2006, following a non-objection letter from the Department for Education, is required before it can be used in a business or company name. Also, under section 39 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, an institution cannot offer educational services under a name which includes “university” unless authorised by Act or Royal Charter or approved by the Privy Counsel.</p><p>[1] Company, Limited Liability Partnerships and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3140)</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 13/12/2016 14:27:06 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

686745

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of devolving skills provision and funding to local areas in order to ensure that the industrial strategy is a success for all parts of the country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL5330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Mayoral Combined Authorities will be able to use their devolved Adult Education Budget to align their skills support with opportunities in the local labour market, and offer more bespoke solutions to individuals with multiple needs. We are committed to ensuring we have a strong skills system that can drive increases in productivity, improvements in social mobility and help make a success of Brexit. This will be essential to the success of our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 22/02/2017 13:25:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

709537

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, and if so how, they will support the Women’s Local Government Society Project <i>From Suffrage to Citizenship</i> which will commemorate the centenary of the suffrage of women through the Representation of the People Act 1918.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL5944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>We will be providing £5m funding for projects to celebrate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which extended voting rights to women for the first time.</p><p>This support will help mark the decisive step in the political emancipation of women in this country and encourage more women to engage in democracy.</p><p>The funding will be for projects that will help build a legacy for the future, by celebrating the upcoming centenary, as well as educating young people about its significance. Details of how organisations can apply for funding, what size grants will be available and when the scheme will start will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 22/03/2017 16:52:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

1002078

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the announcement in Budget 2018, how much of the £400 million capital payment to schools will be allocated to schools in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is allocating an additional £400 million capital funding to schools in 2018-19. This funding is in addition to the £1.4 billion of condition allocations already provided this year to those responsible for maintaining school buildings.</p><p> </p><p>A calculation tool will be published by December that will enable schools to estimate their own allocation. The Department plans to publish the final allocations for all schools in England in January and expects an average size primary school to receive £10,000 and an average size secondary school to receive £50,000.</p><p> </p><p>The additional funding will be allocated to: maintained nurseries, primary and secondary schools, academies and free schools, special schools, pupil referral units, non-maintained special schools, sixth-form colleges, and special post-16 institutions that have eligible state-funded pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/11/2018 11:52:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

166547

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Guardianship Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special guardianship orders have been granted in each year since their inception.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	216338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education collect annual figures from local authorities of the number of children who leave care under a Special Guardianship Order. Special Guardianship was introduced as a new permanence option for children that offered greater security than foster care, but without the absolute legal severance from their birth family. Overall, it is good news that thousands of additional children are now living in a permanent family as a result of more SGOs being used.</p><p>The table below shows these figures since 2007 when SGOs first started to be made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Looked After Children who</p><p>leave care under an SGO***</p></td><td><p>Overall number of children</p><p>who have an SGO[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>2,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td><td><p>4,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,770</p></td><td><p>4,911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>***NB – rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>The Department for Education Statistical First Release on ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption’ contains data for the last 5 years. Figures quoted cover financial years 1<sup>st</sup> April – 31<sup>st</sup> March [2].</p><p> </p><p>[1] The Ministry of Justice collect information of all children with a Special Guardianship Order, only figures for the last 3 years are available. Figures quoted cover calendar years – 1<sup>st</sup> January – 31<sup>st</sup> December.</p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 02/12/2014 17:18:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

166548

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Guardianship Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research she has commissioned into the efficacy of special guardianship orders; what findings she has made about who are using these orders; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	216339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has recently published a comprehensive research study investigating local authorities’ responses to special guardianship and the experiences of special guardianship families. A copy of the full report is available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigating-special-guardianship" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigating-special-guardianship</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 02/12/2014 16:54:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

166549

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new foster carers have been recruited in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and what measures her Department takes to monitor recruitment patterns.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	216340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Data on the number of new foster carer households approved during the year has been collected by Ofsted since 2011-12. The numbers that were recruited in 2011-12 for each local authority area are included in the attached table. Equivalent local authority figures for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are due to be published in January 2015, although national figures are already available for 2012-13. [1] Ofsted did not collect this data prior to 2011-12 and consequently the data for earlier years are not available.</p><p>The Department for Education is supporting local authorities and independent fostering agencies through initiatives to promote recruitment and retention and broaden the range of foster carers, in line with their local assessments of the demand for foster carers.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release" target="_blank">www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 02/12/2014 17:11:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 216340 workbook 2.12.14.xls title Applications_from_prospective_fostering_households
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

170378

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's financial commitment is to the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court project; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	218666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has been a strong supporter of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court model since 2008, and has worked closely with the team to grow the model and secure its sustainability. With regard to further financial commitment, I refer the Hon Member to the reply given to him on 14 July in <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-07-09/204870/" target="_blank">PQ 204870</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:46:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

170380

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of foster carers; and what recent estimate she has made of the number of foster carers required.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	218668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Our evidence at national level suggests that there is no overall shortage of foster carers. However, some local authorities report local difficulties, including shortages of particular types of foster carer such as those able to accommodate sibling groups and children with complex needs and challenging behaviours.</p><p>The Government is investing £750,000, over the period 2013 -15, in an innovative programme to help local authorities and their partners address issues and barriers in recruiting the range of foster carers needed to meet the needs of all looked-after children.</p><p>The Government's wider programme of reform for fostering aims to further support effective recruitment and retention of foster carers through: improving the assessment and approval process for new foster carers, facilitating effective delegation of parenting decisions to foster carers, and awarding £90,000 to Research in Practice to develop training on foster care for social workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:40:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

225155

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Runaway Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have gone missing from (a) residential children's homes and (b) foster care in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	226410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of children who went missing from children’s homes and foster placements in the year ending 31 March 2013 is published in the ‘Children’s Homes Data Pack’[1]. Analysis for other years has not been undertaken and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-homes-data-pack" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-homes-data-pack</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/03/2015 15:55:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

225156

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to outsource child safeguarding functions from local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	226411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Where a local authority is judged to be failing in its provision and delivery of children’s services, the Secretary of State has a discretionary power to intervene under the Education Act 1996, as applied by section 50 of the Children Act 2004. This may include directing the local authority to review its children’s services operations and commissioning procedures, and this may include the delivery of specified functions by another body.</p><p> </p><p>The powers under part 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and associated regulations are quite different and provide for local authorities to be able to delegate children’s social care functions, including safeguarding functions, to third parties on a voluntary basis. The Department for Education has no plans to instruct any local authorities to delegate their functions under these provisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/03/2015 15:48:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

381875

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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, if she will place in the Library a list of all local authority children's services departments in intervention; and what the dates and results were of each such service's last Ofsted inspections.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	2997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>This table lists the 21 authorities currently in Departmental intervention as a result of being found ‘inadequate’ for children’s services provision by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of last Ofsted inspection</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Ofsted Inspection</strong></p><p><strong>Result</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>13/03/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>02/07/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Requires Improvement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>03/06/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>13/01/2015</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Requires Improvement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>13/03/2013</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>28/01/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>03/03/2015</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>24/02/2015</p></td><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>08/10/2012</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>06/09/2014</p></td><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston Upon Thames</p></td><td><p>03/06/2013</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>29/04/2014</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>02/06/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>07/01/2013</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>14/01/2013</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>25/02/2013</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>30/09/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Requires Improvement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>16/09/2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>27/01/2015</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>19/11/2013</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>20/01/2015</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>I am happy to also place this information into the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/06/2015 15:51:02 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386603

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	College of Social Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the College of Social Work is planned to close.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	5025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The College of Social Work is an organisation independent from government and the decision to close the College was taken by the College Board, not government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Despite plans for the government to continue funding in 2015-16, the College has been unable to secure sufficient membership from the profession and it is operating at a substantial loss.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, the Department for Education has allocated a total of £4,251,274 to the College. The government has provided over £8.2 million of grant and contract funding since 2009. No decision has yet been made as to which organisations will assume the functions provided by the College of Social Work after its closure.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5026 5027 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:46:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386604

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	College of Social Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds her Department has allocated to the College of Social Work to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	5026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The College of Social Work is an organisation independent from government and the decision to close the College was taken by the College Board, not government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Despite plans for the government to continue funding in 2015-16, the College has been unable to secure sufficient membership from the profession and it is operating at a substantial loss.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, the Department for Education has allocated a total of £4,251,274 to the College. The government has provided over £8.2 million of grant and contract funding since 2009. No decision has yet been made as to which organisations will assume the functions provided by the College of Social Work after its closure.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5025 5027 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:46:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386605

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who she plans will assume the functions relating to advising on social worker training provided by the College of Social Work after its closure.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	5027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The College of Social Work is an organisation independent from government and the decision to close the College was taken by the College Board, not government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Despite plans for the government to continue funding in 2015-16, the College has been unable to secure sufficient membership from the profession and it is operating at a substantial loss.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, the Department for Education has allocated a total of £4,251,274 to the College. The government has provided over £8.2 million of grant and contract funding since 2009. No decision has yet been made as to which organisations will assume the functions provided by the College of Social Work after its closure.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5025 5026 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:46:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386606

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Child Protection Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the remit of the Child Protection Taskforce is.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	5028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The role of the Child Protection Taskforce is to drive forward fundamental reform in order to protect the most vulnerable children. It will be responsible for leading improvements across police, social services and other agencies, focusing on transforming social work and children’s services. Ministers are currently considering how best to consult experts and identify the resources required for the successful delivery of the taskforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5029 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:45:23 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386607

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Child Protection Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who she plans will advise the Child Protection Task Force on child protection; and what resources the Government has allocated to its work.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	5029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The role of the Child Protection Taskforce is to drive forward fundamental reform in order to protect the most vulnerable children. It will be responsible for leading improvements across police, social services and other agencies, focusing on transforming social work and children’s services. Ministers are currently considering how best to consult experts and identify the resources required for the successful delivery of the taskforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 5028 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:45:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

390751

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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, how many children in care have been placed in children's homes outside their local authority area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	7603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of children who have been placed in children’s homes outside their local authority area in each of the last five years, 2010 to 2014, is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of children accommodated in children homes outside council boundary at 31 March</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,730</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is published in table A3 of the statistical first release “Children looked after in England including adoption”, which is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2015 14:32:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

390752

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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 steps she has taken to reduce the number of children in care placed out of their home local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	7604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Looked-after children should only be placed far from home where this is in their best interests. To improve practice in this area the Government has amended regulations so that:</p><ul><li>the Director of Children’s Services must approve that the decision to place a child at a distance from their home is the best decision for the child and that there will be ongoing support for them;</li><li>the local authority making the placement must consult with the authority in which the home is located before making the decision to place the child there. This consultation should include the quality of the home and the services available for the child.</li></ul> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2015 09:44:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

43363

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	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 assessment he has made of the implementation of The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. [R]
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	192341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted routinely checks school websites before inspections. If a parent, or other party, believes that a school is not complying with the requirements, they are entitled to raise this with the governing body. If their complaint is not resolved and they believe that the school has failed to discharge its duty or acted unreasonably, they can raise their complaint with the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

436217

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	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, how many people have been appointed as prospective adopters in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	19260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of prospective adopters receiving approval was first collected from all adoption agencies during the year ending 2013.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 this data was collected by Ofsted and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a></p><p>Since 2014, the data has been collected as part of the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly adoption survey and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a></p><p>The number of children who received an adoption decision maker (ADM) decision that the child should be placed for adoption during each of the last five years is published in table E4 of the “Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers)” Statistical First Release (SFR), published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last five years are provided in table 2 below:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Table 2 – Number of ADM decisions during the year ending 31 March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA903 data collection</em></p><br /><p>Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a></p><br /><p>During 2014-15, we provided a grant of £199,520 for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering in order to provide training to social workers. This grant included training for social workers on fostering for adoption.</p><br /><p>We do not collect information centrally on which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19261 19262 19263 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

436218

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	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, how many children have been subject of concurrent planning for adoption in each of the last six years in each local authority; and what funding her Department has provided to (a) carers and (b) the British Association for Adoption and Fostering in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	19262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of prospective adopters receiving approval was first collected from all adoption agencies during the year ending 2013.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 this data was collected by Ofsted and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a></p><p>Since 2014, the data has been collected as part of the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly adoption survey and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a></p><p>The number of children who received an adoption decision maker (ADM) decision that the child should be placed for adoption during each of the last five years is published in table E4 of the “Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers)” Statistical First Release (SFR), published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last five years are provided in table 2 below:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Table 2 – Number of ADM decisions during the year ending 31 March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA903 data collection</em></p><br /><p>Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a></p><br /><p>During 2014-15, we provided a grant of £199,520 for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering in order to provide training to social workers. This grant included training for social workers on fostering for adoption.</p><br /><p>We do not collect information centrally on which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19260 19261 19263 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

436219

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	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, which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party; and what the name is of each such contractor.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	19263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of prospective adopters receiving approval was first collected from all adoption agencies during the year ending 2013.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 this data was collected by Ofsted and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a></p><p>Since 2014, the data has been collected as part of the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly adoption survey and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a></p><p>The number of children who received an adoption decision maker (ADM) decision that the child should be placed for adoption during each of the last five years is published in table E4 of the “Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers)” Statistical First Release (SFR), published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last five years are provided in table 2 below:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Table 2 – Number of ADM decisions during the year ending 31 March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA903 data collection</em></p><br /><p>Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a></p><br /><p>During 2014-15, we provided a grant of £199,520 for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering in order to provide training to social workers. This grant included training for social workers on fostering for adoption.</p><br /><p>We do not collect information centrally on which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19260 19261 19262 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

436221

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	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, how many children have been approved for adoption in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	19261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of prospective adopters receiving approval was first collected from all adoption agencies during the year ending 2013.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 this data was collected by Ofsted and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a></p><p>Since 2014, the data has been collected as part of the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly adoption survey and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a></p><p>The number of children who received an adoption decision maker (ADM) decision that the child should be placed for adoption during each of the last five years is published in table E4 of the “Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers)” Statistical First Release (SFR), published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last five years are provided in table 2 below:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Table 2 – Number of ADM decisions during the year ending 31 March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA903 data collection</em></p><br /><p>Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a></p><br /><p>During 2014-15, we provided a grant of £199,520 for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering in order to provide training to social workers. This grant included training for social workers on fostering for adoption.</p><br /><p>We do not collect information centrally on which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19260 19262 19263 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

436732

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Japanese Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase the study of Japanese in schools.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	19314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The government supports the efforts of the Japan Foundation to help schools teaching Japanese. Since September 2014, maintained primary schools in England must teach a modern or ancient foreign language to pupils at key stage 2 (ages 7 to 11). Schools can choose which language or languages to teach and should enable pupils to make substantial progress in one language by the end of primary school.</p><p>The government took action in 2010 to halt the decline in the number of school children taking language GCSEs by including it within the English Baccalaureate. This has had a positive effect on the take up of languages in schools. The proportion of the cohort in state funded schools entered for a modern foreign language has risen from 40 per cent in 2010 to 49 per cent in 2015. The government’s goal is that, in time, at least 90 per cent of pupils enter GCSEs in the EBacc subjects of English, maths, science, humanities and languages.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2015 14:42:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

438910

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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, which children's services departments have (a) been judged as inadequate by Ofsted and (b) had outside commissioners take over responsibility for those services from local authorities in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Since December 2010, Ofsted has inspected local authorities under the following frameworks: Safeguarding and Looked after Children; local authority arrangements for the protection of children; local authority arrangements for children looked after; local authority adoption agencies; and single inspection of services for children in need of help and protection, looked after children and care leavers, including a review of the Local Safeguarding Childrens Boards (LSCB).</p><p>During this period, the following local authorities have been rated as ‘inadequate’:</p><p>Barnsley, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackpool, Buckinghamshire, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cornwall, Coventry, Cumbria, Darlington, Devon, Doncaster, Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Kingston upon Thames, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leicester City, Manchester, Medway, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Rochdale, Rotherham, Salford, Sandwell, Slough, Somerset, Sunderland, Surrey, Sutton, Torbay, Walsall, Waltham Forest, West Berkshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire.</p><p>Commissioners have been appointed in Birmingham, Doncaster, Rotherham, Slough, and Sunderland. Depending on the needs in each Council, commissioners have played a range of roles, including establishing chidren’s social care Trusts; exercising executive control over services; and ensuring effective improvement plans are in place.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2016 16:46:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

438911

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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, which sponsors have expressed an interest forming trusts to take over the responsibilities of local authority children's services departments judged as inadequate.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>In 2016, the Secretary of State for Education will host a round table to explore how charities, local authorities, and others can best support the establishment of children’s service’s trusts, including the option of sponsorship.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2016 16:30:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

438912

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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, which high performing children's services departments have provided assistance to other local authorities with such departments judged as inadequate since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010, Hampshire County Council, Essex County Council, Leeds City Council, and Achieving for Children (a social enterprise company created by Kingston and Richmond Councils to provide their children's services) have all provided assistance, through formal arrangements brokered by the Department for Education, to local authorities that have been judged inadequate by Ofsted. A range of support has been provided by Councils outside of those arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2016 16:45:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

438913

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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, how many concurrent planning arrangements for children have been authorised in each of the last six years in each local authority.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer to Written Question 19262, published on 14 December 2015, which is as follows:</p><br /><p>‘Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a>’</p><br /><p>Data prior to 2013 is not available.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2016 16:51:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

44026

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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, if he will list all (a) primary and (b) secondary schools which have successfully implemented the School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 to date. [R]
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	192810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not assessed implementation levels centrally and therefore lists of schools are not available. However, Ofsted checks school websites routinely before inspections.</p><p>If a parent, or other party, believes that a school is not complying with the requirements, they are entitled to raise this with the governing body. If their complaint is not resolved and they believe that the school has failed to discharge its duty or acted unreasonably, they can raise their complaint with the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

443228

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Council Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on local authorities offering council tax discounts to in-house foster carers but not to independent or agency foster carers looking after children in care from that authority; and what information she holds on which authorities have such arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The arrangement of foster care placements is the duty of local authorities. The regulatory framework for the provision of foster care placements is clear that local authorities must have access to sufficient placements to meet the needs of the children they look after.</p><p>The framework referred to above is clear that foster carers should not be economically disadvantaged as a consequence of carrying out their role on behalf of the local authority.</p><p>There is no specific provision for foster carers in council tax legislation. However, local authorities are able to grant council tax reductions to any individuals or groups as they see fit.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/01/2016 17:36:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443231

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443234

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been given to Local Safeguarding Children Boards in each year since 2010; and whether her Department plans to institute a nationally-defined funding formula for such boards.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) are funded through contributions from their partners as agreed locally, including local authorities, health services and the police. LSCBs publish details of these contributions in their annual reports, but these figures are not collated centrally. The Government does not provide ring-fenced funding for LSCBs.</p><p>On 14 December 2015, the Prime Minister announced that there would be a review of LSCBs. This review has now commenced and will report by the end of March 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/01/2016 17:43:57 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443235

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448274

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care are currently subject to Staying Put arrangements in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	24560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday during the year ending 31 March 2015, who are eligible for care leaver support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford Borough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NE Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">15*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. England total has been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>x. Figures not shown in order to protect confidentiality.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Since the publication of PQ 24560, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets has notified the Department of a correction to their figure for the ‘Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday’. Tower Hamlets submitted data stating this figure as 0, when it should have been 15 (rounded).</ins></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:37:18 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2016 09:56:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 42550 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448275

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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, when she plans to publish the findings of the review into children's residential care undertaken by Sir Martin Norey.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	24591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>This review is being led independently by Sir Martin Narey. The review is currently expected to report to Government in spring 2016 and its findings will be published after this.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:28:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45236

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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, if he will list all academy sponsors with 10 or more academies. [R]
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	193818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Sponsors with 10 or more academies are:</p><p> </p><p>· Academies Enterprise Trust (AET)</p><p>· Academy Transformation Trust</p><p>· ARK Schools</p><p>· Cabot Learning Federation</p><p>· CfBT Education Trust</p><p>· Clifton Diocese</p><p>· David Ross Education Trust (DRET)</p><p>· Diocese of Salisbury Academies</p><p>· Diocese of Wakefield</p><p>· E-ACT</p><p>· Elliot Foundation</p><p>· Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust</p><p>· Harris Federation</p><p>· Kemnal Academy Trust, The (TKAT)</p><p>· Northern Education Trust</p><p>· Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Education Service (NRCDES)</p><p>· Oasis Community Learning</p><p>· Ormiston Academies Trust</p><p>· Outwood Grange Academies Trust</p><p>· REAch2 Academy Trust</p><p>· School Partnership Trust Academies (SPTA)</p><p>· The Education Fellowship Trust</p><p>· The Griffin Schools Trust</p><p>· The Primary Academies Trust</p><p>· United Learning</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	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb