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825463

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department for Health, (b) school leaders, (c) teaching unions and (d) other professional bodies on the conclusion of the Ofsted Care Quality Commission report, C Report, Local area SEND inspections: one year on, regarding the adequacy of the knowledge and skills of school staff to identify accurately children and young people that need further assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	123604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department for Education (DfE) have written to all local authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) whose areas have been inspected under the Ofsted/Care Quality Commission (CQC) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) inspection framework; and have written again, after 12 months, to those areas identified by the inspections as having significant weaknesses. These letters follow up the key points raised in the inspection reports, a summary of which is reflected in the one year on report.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided, since April 2014, over £300 million to support local authorities, working with their partners, including health and schools, to implement the SEND reforms; and we are in the process of procuring further support for 2018-2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have funded training and a SEND leadership programme to support local authorities and health services to deliver their SEND services, which included training on joint commissioning. To improve the knowledge and skills of school staff on good SEND practice we have funded a school improvement programme. This includes a ‘what works’ resource, drawing on evidence-based practice on SEND in good and outstanding schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>Where local area performance, such as the commissioning of services, is a particular concern, officials from the DfE working closely with partners, including Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, have engaged with local areas to provide support and challenge, and have seen a proactive and positive response.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123606 123617 question first answered 26/01/2018 12:44:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

825465

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Ofsted Care Quality Commission report, Local area SEND inspections: one year on, published in October 2017, on commissioning of health services for young people up to the age of 25.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	123606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department for Education (DfE) have written to all local authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) whose areas have been inspected under the Ofsted/Care Quality Commission (CQC) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) inspection framework; and have written again, after 12 months, to those areas identified by the inspections as having significant weaknesses. These letters follow up the key points raised in the inspection reports, a summary of which is reflected in the one year on report.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided, since April 2014, over £300 million to support local authorities, working with their partners, including health and schools, to implement the SEND reforms; and we are in the process of procuring further support for 2018-2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have funded training and a SEND leadership programme to support local authorities and health services to deliver their SEND services, which included training on joint commissioning. To improve the knowledge and skills of school staff on good SEND practice we have funded a school improvement programme. This includes a ‘what works’ resource, drawing on evidence-based practice on SEND in good and outstanding schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>Where local area performance, such as the commissioning of services, is a particular concern, officials from the DfE working closely with partners, including Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, have engaged with local areas to provide support and challenge, and have seen a proactive and positive response.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123604 123617 question first answered 26/01/2018 12:44:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

825478

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to meet the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to discuss the recommendations of the Ofsted Care Quality Commission Report, Local area SEND inspections: one year on, published in October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	123617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department for Education (DfE) have written to all local authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) whose areas have been inspected under the Ofsted/Care Quality Commission (CQC) Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) inspection framework; and have written again, after 12 months, to those areas identified by the inspections as having significant weaknesses. These letters follow up the key points raised in the inspection reports, a summary of which is reflected in the one year on report.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided, since April 2014, over £300 million to support local authorities, working with their partners, including health and schools, to implement the SEND reforms; and we are in the process of procuring further support for 2018-2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have funded training and a SEND leadership programme to support local authorities and health services to deliver their SEND services, which included training on joint commissioning. To improve the knowledge and skills of school staff on good SEND practice we have funded a school improvement programme. This includes a ‘what works’ resource, drawing on evidence-based practice on SEND in good and outstanding schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>Where local area performance, such as the commissioning of services, is a particular concern, officials from the DfE working closely with partners, including Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, have engaged with local areas to provide support and challenge, and have seen a proactive and positive response.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123604 123606 question first answered 26/01/2018 12:44:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

862144

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to review Ofsted guidance to enable inspectors to evaluate a school's medical conditions policy and the effective implementation of that policy as part of a routine inspection; and whether he has received any representations on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	132563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Ofsted’s corporate strategy, published in September 2017, sets out a programme of work to inform planned changes to the education inspection framework from September 2019. Guidance to school inspectors is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not received any representations on this matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2018 16:40:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

864300

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require schools to make available online their medical conditions policies under the statutory guidance for children with medial conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	132784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>All governing boards should ensure that the schools policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff.</p><p> </p><p>We keep the statutory guidance, ‘supporting pupils in schools with medical conditions’, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>, under review and plan to host a roundtable with the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance where issues such as this will be discussed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 13:45:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

864327

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people who have been identified as having special educational needs or disability were (a) eligible for free school meals and (b) included in the Children in Need census in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	132811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is in the public domain. We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs, including those who are also eligible for and claiming free school meals in England in the annual ‘Special educational needs in England’ statistical release which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p><p>We publish results from the Children in Need census in the annual ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistical release which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need#characteristics-of-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need#characteristics-of-children-in-need</a>.</p><p>The number and proportion of children in need who have special educational needs are included in the Outcomes Tables, which were first published in 2012. We will publish the latest figures for 2017 on 28 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132812 question first answered 23/03/2018 14:58:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

864328

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What the average proportion of children in mainstream education who were diagnosed with special educational needs or disability was in each year between 2010 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	132812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is in the public domain. We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs, including those who are also eligible for and claiming free school meals in England in the annual ‘Special educational needs in England’ statistical release which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p><p>We publish results from the Children in Need census in the annual ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistical release which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need#characteristics-of-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need#characteristics-of-children-in-need</a>.</p><p>The number and proportion of children in need who have special educational needs are included in the Outcomes Tables, which were first published in 2012. We will publish the latest figures for 2017 on 28 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132811 question first answered 23/03/2018 14:58:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

904728

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transition support for children in need.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	144402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to preparing vulnerable children for adult life and recognises the challenges and importance of transition. The statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children, makes it clear that when children on child protection plans reach the age of eighteen, local authorities should consider whether support services are still required. For children leaving care, the offer of support from local authorities now extends to twenty-five.</p><p>We are already delivering a major programme of reform, as set out in Putting Children First (2016). We are working to improve the quality of the workforce, develop and spread innovative practice, and improve the quality of local authority children’s services. We are also using the Department for Education’s Social Care Innovation Programme to trial programmes to improve the quality of support for adolescents.</p><p>On 16 March the government launched a review into the outcomes of children in need and opened a call for evidence. We will consider the full range of views we receive in response to the call for evidence, including any around transition support and the way this is planned by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 143761 144977 question first answered 22/05/2018 16:56:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

834718

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 123617, when (a) he or (b) officials of his Department last met with the teaching unions to discuss the recommendations of the OFSTED Care Quality Commission Report on Local Area SEND inspections.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	126165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The joint Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections play an important role in helping to ensure that the reforms of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system deliver better outcomes for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Department officials attended a meeting of teacher union SEND leads on 16 July 2017 to discuss the findings to date of the CQC local area inspections. Ofsted/CQC subsequently published their report summarising the findings of their inspections, Local area SEND inspections: one year on, in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/02/2018 12:04:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

834719

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 123606, on special educational needs, what the timescale is for an announcement on the procurement of further support for 2018-20; and whether such funding will be part of his Department's current budget allocation.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	126166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>On 15 December 2017, the department published ‘Invitations to Tender’ for two new contracts to support the ongoing delivery of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms over the next two years. The first was to support strategic participation by children and young people with SEND and their parents. The second was to provide strategic support to the workforce in mainstream and special schools.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 January 2018, the department published a tender for a third contract, to provide families with access to independent advice and support.</p><p> </p><p>Tender documentation was made available via the department’s Contracts Finder website at the links below:</p><p> </p><p>Workforce: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5df96cf3-b759-4526-bb1e-f54bb02d9cda" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5df96cf3-b759-4526-bb1e-f54bb02d9cda</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Strategic participation by children and young people with SEND and their families: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f9fc153-7901-45a0-bed0-7d0357693216" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f9fc153-7901-45a0-bed0-7d0357693216</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information, Advice and Support services for children and young people with SEND and their parents: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/154f602a-ce17-4643-9716-0f3f813353b5" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/154f602a-ce17-4643-9716-0f3f813353b5</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Tender documents included an indicative timetable stating that, subject to successful contract discussions and clarifications, we hoped to commence the contracts from 2 April 2018. An announcement about the successful bidders will be made at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for these contracts will be part of this department's current budget allocation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/02/2018 13:36:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith