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886355

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2018 to Question 134364, on runaway children, how many looked-after children placed in children’s homes (a) inside and (b) outside the borough of the authority responsible for their care were reported missing.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	136550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children in children’s homes by the location of the placement is shown in the attached table.</p><p>These statistics are experimental statistics based on data collected for the first time in 2015 and should be treated with caution as local councils’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and any assessment of trends should take this into account. The information provided does not mean that the number of children going missing is increasing in the volumes indicated in the table.</p><p>Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:42:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 136550_Table.pdf title missing_incidents_in_children’s_homes
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

872404

	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	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 26 March 2018 on Eligibility Threshold for Free School Meals, when his Department plans to publish the evidential basis for the number of children that will benefit from a taxpayer-funded free school meal by 2022 under universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>We have published an explanation of the methodology by which we calculated the figures published in our consultation response on free school meals eligibility, which you can find at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-technical-analysis-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-technical-analysis-note</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 15:43:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

873563

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to his oral contribution of 26 March 2018, Official Report, column 505, when his Department plans to publish the evidential basis on which 50,000 more children would be eligible for free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	134677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>We have published an explanation of the methodology by which we calculated the figures published in our consultation response on free school meals eligibility, which you can find at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-technical-analysis-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-technical-analysis-note</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 15:45:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 52196 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

874888

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Year 3 and above who will be affected by the new means-tested entitlement for free school meals in households on universal credit with work-related earnings of more than £7,400 a year.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	135189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>Our new criteria for free school meals eligibility will increase the number of children eligible by around 50,000 children by 2022. Due to the generous protections we will provide, all children receiving free school meals at the point the threshold is introduced, and all those who gain eligibility during the rollout of Universal Credit, will continue to receive free school meals until the end of Universal Credit rollout. After this point, those children who were protected – should they still be in school – will continue to be protected until the end of their current phase of education. Our protection arrangements will also cover pupils in receipt of benefits-related free school meals in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, as well as those in Year 3 and above.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/04/2018 16:55:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 52197 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

882201

	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	Foster Care: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of foster care allowances in covering the cost of raising children.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	135272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>There has been no recent assessment of the adequacy of National Minimum Allowances for foster parents in covering the cost of raising children.</p><p> </p><p>‘Foster Care in England’, the independent review of the fostering system and the Education Select Committee made a number of recommendations relating to the support foster parents receive, including financial support. We are carefully considering the recommendations made by both reports and the government response will be published in spring this year.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:55:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882207

	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	Carers: Finance
	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 5 April 2018 to Question 134169, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient provision and adequate criteria in place to provide sufficient financial support to kinship carers.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	135278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Every local authority is required to have a published policy which presents their approach to providing support to children living with family and friends, regardless of whether or not they have been looked after by a local authority. The policy should be clear, regularly updated and made freely and widely available.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have recently written to a number of local authorities where their policy was not readily available or appeared out of date, to remind them of their statutory duty to have this policy in place and to ensure it is accessible to all their family and friend carers. Local authorities are required to have in place clear eligibility criteria in relation to the provision of support services, including financial support to children living with family and friends.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:52:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

882242

	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	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to assess whether (a) students and (b) parents of students with (i) autism and (ii) specific learning difficulties are satisfied with the accommodation by education providers of the educational needs of those students.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	135342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The department does not collect information on the satisfaction of students with autism or specific learning difficulties nor their parents regarding education providers. Students on special educational needs (SEN) Support are entitled to a termly review of the support provided. Those who have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans have a right to a review of their plan by the local authority at least annually.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for students who are disabled, and to ensure that disabled students are not at a substantial disadvantage compared with their peers. This duty is anticipatory – it requires thought to be given in advance to what disabled students may require and what adjustments might be needed to prevent that disadvantage.</p><p>Students’ and parents’ views of services are an important part of the Ofsted CQC SEND inspections, which started in May 2016 and will see every local area inspected by 2021. Inspections look at the effectiveness of services, including education providers, in identifying and meeting needs and improving outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that education staff are well placed to support students with autism and specific learning difficulties. The department has funded the Autism Education Trust (AET) since 2011 to deliver autism awareness training for early years, school and post-16 education staff. To date, the AET has provided training for more than 150,000 education staff. Training is available for all those who work in educational settings, not just teachers. The AET has also published national autism standards for educational settings and a competency framework for those working with children and young people with autism. A two-year extension to the contract with the AET was recently confirmed, worth £1.45 million.</p><p>In addition to work with the AET, the department works to ensure that all schools meet the needs of students with SEN and disabilities, including those with autism and specific learning difficulties, through Initial Teacher Training and the Teachers’ Standards. Each school, including Academies and Free Schools, must have a SEN co-ordinator (SENCO) who must hold qualified teacher status, and usually they must undertake the Masters level National Award in SEN co-ordination within three years of being appointed.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also funding the Education and Training Foundation in 2018-19 to improve the capacity of the Further Education sector to support students with SEND. This includes an analysis of training needs about specific conditions such as autism.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the department will shortly be awarding a 2 year contract to provide strategic support to the workforce in mainstream and special schools to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEN and disability.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 135344 135548 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:19:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

882243

	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	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the provision of study coaches for students with (a) autism and (b) specific learning difficulties.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	135344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The department does not collect information on the satisfaction of students with autism or specific learning difficulties nor their parents regarding education providers. Students on special educational needs (SEN) Support are entitled to a termly review of the support provided. Those who have Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans have a right to a review of their plan by the local authority at least annually.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for students who are disabled, and to ensure that disabled students are not at a substantial disadvantage compared with their peers. This duty is anticipatory – it requires thought to be given in advance to what disabled students may require and what adjustments might be needed to prevent that disadvantage.</p><p>Students’ and parents’ views of services are an important part of the Ofsted CQC SEND inspections, which started in May 2016 and will see every local area inspected by 2021. Inspections look at the effectiveness of services, including education providers, in identifying and meeting needs and improving outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that education staff are well placed to support students with autism and specific learning difficulties. The department has funded the Autism Education Trust (AET) since 2011 to deliver autism awareness training for early years, school and post-16 education staff. To date, the AET has provided training for more than 150,000 education staff. Training is available for all those who work in educational settings, not just teachers. The AET has also published national autism standards for educational settings and a competency framework for those working with children and young people with autism. A two-year extension to the contract with the AET was recently confirmed, worth £1.45 million.</p><p>In addition to work with the AET, the department works to ensure that all schools meet the needs of students with SEN and disabilities, including those with autism and specific learning difficulties, through Initial Teacher Training and the Teachers’ Standards. Each school, including Academies and Free Schools, must have a SEN co-ordinator (SENCO) who must hold qualified teacher status, and usually they must undertake the Masters level National Award in SEN co-ordination within three years of being appointed.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also funding the Education and Training Foundation in 2018-19 to improve the capacity of the Further Education sector to support students with SEND. This includes an analysis of training needs about specific conditions such as autism.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the department will shortly be awarding a 2 year contract to provide strategic support to the workforce in mainstream and special schools to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEN and disability.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 135342 135548 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:19:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

882244

	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	Special Educational Needs
	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 trends in the level of educational attainment of students with (a) autism and (b) specific learning difficulties since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	135346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The department publishes pupil attainment data, split by a range of characteristics, including special education needs SEN status and the primary type of need, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and specific learning difficulties. Figures for key stage 2[1] and key stage 4[2] attainment are available. Direct comparisons between measures, across years, is not possible due to the methodological changes that have occurred in the production of these figures.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2</a>. Select the revised publication for each year and then download the national tables. For 2017 open ‘table N8a’, for 2016 open table ‘N8’, for 2012-15 open ‘table 9a’ in the 2015 publication and for 2010-11 open ‘table 8’ in the 2011 publication.</p><p> </p><p>[2] For 2010-14, access this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a>, open the ‘national and local authority tables’ and open ‘table 1’. For 2015-17, access this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a> and open the revised publication for each year (first three links), open the ‘characteristics national tables’ and then open ‘table CH1’ in each publication.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:49:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

882249

	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	Special Educational Needs: Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to make primary and secondary schools autism friendly.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	135358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) has funded the Autism Education Trust (AET) since 2011 to deliver autism awareness training for early years, school and post-16 education staff. To date, the AET has provided training for more than 150,000 education staff. The training is available for all those who work in schools, not just teachers. The AET has also published national autism standards for educational settings and a competency framework for those working with children and young people with autism. We have recently confirmed a two-year extension to the contract with the AET worth £1.45 million.</p><p>We have provided funding to a range of organisations leading on different kinds of SEND to develop resources and training to equip the school workforce, including on autism. A SEND review tool to help schools identify priorities and build school-to-school approaches to improvement is now available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/commissioning-a-send-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/commissioning-a-send-review</a>. This is supported by a number of tools to address any weaknesses identified by a review, available at <a href="http://www.sendgateway.org.uk" target="_blank">www.sendgateway.org.uk</a>. We will shortly be awarding a two-year contract to provide strategic support to the workforce in mainstream and special schools, from foundation stage to sixth form, to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND.</p><p> </p><p>Schools also have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for pupils who are disabled, which would include those on the autistic spectrum, and to ensure that disabled pupils are not at a substantial disadvantage compared with their peers. This duty is anticipatory, it requires thought to be given in advance to what disabled children and young people may require and what adjustments might be needed to prevent that disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:46:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel