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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

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

709658

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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, how many children have been (a) put on a child protection plan and (b) put back on a child protection plan within two years of coming off such a plan in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	67371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of children who have been placed on a child protection plan in each of the last five years is available in table A2 of the annual Children In Need statistical publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>We do not hold information in the requested format on the number of the children who came back onto a child protection plan within 2 years of coming off one.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/03/2017 16:20:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

691850

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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 publish the (a) letter sent from the chief social worker to local authorities in October 2016 on the Children and Social Work Bill and (b) responses received.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	64676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The letter sent from the Chief Social Worker to local authorities, regarding the Children and Social Work Bill has been placed in the House library, where it is accessible to members of both Houses.</p><p>The intent of this letter was to provide local authorities with additional information on the Bill and received no direct responses.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2017 17:24:38 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

691848

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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, what meetings her Ministers have had with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Virgin Care on children's social care in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	64675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold records of any meetings about children’s social care between Ministers at the Department for Education and G4S, Serco or Virgin Care in the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/02/2017 13:11:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

691846

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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, pursuant to the Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families' reference to local authorities seeking exemptions during the committee stage of the Children and Social Work Bill on 10 January 2017, if she will publish a list of those local authorities and which exemptions they sought.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	64674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>No formal requests for use of the power can been made while the Children and Social Work Bill is still being considered by parliament, but we have set out some initial examples of ideas by some of our Partner in Practice local authorities. However, there is no automatic presumption they would be granted. Before any exemption would be allowed, applications would need to go through a rigorous scrutiny process as set out in the Bill.</p><p>All of the examples can be found in the published policy statement or Hansard:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/Debates?searchTerm=children%20and%20social%20work%20bill&amp;house=Commons" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/search/Debates?searchTerm=children%20and%20social%20work%20bill&amp;house=Commons</a></p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/files/DEP2016-0760/Power_to_innovate_-_policy_statement.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/files/DEP2016-0760/Power_to_innovate_-_policy_statement.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2017 12:57:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

687971

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its guidance on Key Stage 4 performance tables in qualifications in the technical award category for 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	63921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>We are currently finalising the details of the technical and applied qualifications that will count in the 2019 performance tables. We are hoping to publish the list as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2017 11:32:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

388923

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average sickness absence rate is for local authority child protection social workers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	6382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The sickness absence rates for all children’s social workers in England can be found online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childrens-social-care-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childrens-social-care-workforce</a></p><p> </p><p>Data is only available for the last two years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2015 14:30:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

685487

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Endowment Foundation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds have been given to the Educational Endowment Foundation in each year since its establishment; what underspends by her Department have been repaid to the Treasury in each of the last 10 years; how much was granted for Academies Conversion; on what it has been spent; and how much has been returned to the Treasury.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	63317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) was established in March 2011 with an endowment of £125 million from the Department. Since then, the Department has awarded a further £12 million of funding to the EEF - £10 million in 2012 to support literacy catch-up for children at the transition from primary to secondary school;</p><p>£1 million in 2013 to fund pilot studies that test approaches to engaging teachers with research evidence in ways that have an impact on teaching practice; and £1 million in 2014 to expand research into the most effective ways that character can be taught in schools.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows net underspend based on the Department’s total expenditure (both resource and capital expenditure, aggregated) compared to the budgeted amount permitted to be spent by the Department in that year’s Parliamentary Estimate. The figures are drawn from the audited Statement of Parliamentary Supply in the relevant Department for Education and Skills; Department for Children, Schools and Families; and Department for Education Annual Report and Accounts (‘Resource Accounts’ prior to 2010-11).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net Total outturn compared with Estimate: saving/ (excess)</p></td><td><p>1,955,850</p></td><td><p>776,667</p></td><td><p>563,071</p></td><td><p>307,237</p></td><td><p>272,763</p></td><td><p>105,166</p></td><td><p>1,442,355</p></td><td><p>1,066,887</p></td><td><p>322,239</p></td><td><p>35,249</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Between 2010 and 2016, the Government spent £332m to support schools to become academies. During the same period, there have been nearly 5,000 academies opened. The vast majority of spend has been used for grants to schools to support them to convert to academy status.</p><p> </p><p>The level of grants for sponsored projects has varied since 2010, when the academies programme began to expand under the coalition government. Since this expansion, the costs per sponsored academy have come down significantly, reflecting efficiencies implemented by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Through our careful management of the economy we have been able to protect the core schools budget in real terms. That means schools are receiving more funding than ever before for children’s education, totalling over £40 billion this year.</p><p> </p><p>When the Government launched our Educational Excellence Everywhere white paper, it was clear that we would attend to and reflect on the discussions around it. After listening to the sector, in May 2016 the Department confirmed that it would no longer be pursuing full academisation by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>It remains our ambition that all schools will become academies, but removing the requirement for this to happen by 2022 means that our spending on school support will depend on the new rate of academy conversion. We are monitoring this and will allocate funds according to the expected rate and need. Indicatively, in 2016-17 we expect to spend around £90 million on supporting schools to convert, supporting sponsors to turn around the schools they take on, and supporting strong multi-academy trusts to deliver for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/02/2017 16:02:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

685486

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new early years teachers are expected to be recruited in England in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	63316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department supports growth of the graduate workforce by making early years initial teacher training places available to meet demand from childcare employers. As the sector is mainly made up of private businesses, we do not set recruitment targets for early years teachers. We do, however, offer financial support to employers so that they can release their staff to train as an early years teacher.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently developing a workforce strategy to help remove the barriers to attracting, retaining and developing excellent staff in our early years settings, including what government can do to help grow the graduate workforce.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/02/2017 17:43:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton