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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

872349

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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, with reference to the report of the Children’s Society, Crumbling Futures, published in March 2018, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that 16 and 17 year olds referred to children’s services are receiving (a) a full assessment of their needs and (b) adequate support.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	134263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>Our statutory guidance, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, is clear that every child, up to the age of 18, who has been referred into local authority children’s social care should have an individual assessment to respond to their needs. Assessments should be carried out in a timely manner reflecting the needs of the individual child.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to ascertain the child’s wishes and feelings and take account of them when planning the provision of services. Any provision identified as being necessary through the assessment process should, if the local authority decides to provide such services, be provided without delay.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/04/2018 12:12:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

882296

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young women who were absent from school as a result of not being able to afford feminine hygiene products.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	135447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Our Sex and Relationships Education guidance encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Schools are best placed to assess the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance.</p><p> </p><p>We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5 billion of additional funding this year alone. Moreover, as a government, in this round of the Tampon Tax Fund we will provide £1.5 million for the ‘Let’s Talk. Period.’ Project, which will distribute sanitary products to young women and girls in need across England.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring that any action to support disadvantaged pupils is based on robust evidence. We have sought to establish whether there has been any rigorous national assessment of the prevalence of period poverty or its impact on attendance, however none appears available. We reached out to school stakeholders in July 2017 through the Association of School and College Leaders forum asking for contributions on the issue and received a very limited response. As promised in the House, we have reviewed our absence statistics and our recently published analysis shows no evidence that period poverty has a significant nation-wide impact on school attendance. We do want to find out more; this is why we intend to place questions on these issues in the department’s 2018 surveys for pupils and senior school leaders.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 135325 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:40:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft