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782706

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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 looked-after children in England are subject to (a) Section 20, (b) Section 25, (c) Section 38 and (d) Section 31 of the Children Act 1989.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	111121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>At 31 March 2017, there were 50,470 looked after children who were subject to a care order, of which 40,190 were subject to a full care order under Section 31 and 10,270 were subject to an interim care order under Section 38.</p><p>There were 16,470 looked after children who were voluntarily accommodated under Section 20.</p><p>There were 170 looked after children who were placed in secure accommodation under Section 25.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/11/2017 17:44:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

782653

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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 is taking to ensure that local councils have sufficient funds for children in care.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	111237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015 made available more than £200 billion to local councils for local services up to 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for children’s services is an un-ring-fenced part of the wider local government finance settlement. It is for local councils to determine how to spend their non-ring fenced income on the services they provide, including services for children in care. Local councils increased spending on children and young people’s services to over £9 billion in 2015-16.</p><p>To help local councils redesign their children’s services to achieve higher quality and better value for money, we have invested £200 million since 2014 in our Innovation and Partners in Practice Programmes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2017 14:47:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

789000

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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 her Department is taking to reduce the number of looked-after children being placed 20 miles or more outside the boundary of their local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	113036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The government is clear that the needs of the child are paramount when making decisions about the right care placement. Local councils have a statutory duty to consider the right placement for each child and take into account a number of factors, one of which is placement area. Sometimes circumstances make it the right decision for a local council to identify a placement outside of the child’s local area, for example when a child is at risk from child sexual exploitation, trafficking or gang violence or when they need very specialist care.</p><p> </p><p>Out of area placements require approval from the Director of Children’s Services, and Ofsted will challenge local councils where they believe poor out of area placement are being made. The government is funding Innovation Programme pilots for residential care in areas where demand for residential places outstrips supply. We are also setting up a Residential Care Leadership Board, which will bring together representatives from local councils and providers to explore how to improve commissioning of children’s residential placements. As part of this work we expect the Board to assess data on the use of out of area placements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/11/2017 13:52:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

789235

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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 looked-after children were placed 20 miles or more outside the boundary of their local authority in (a) Redcar and Cleveland, (b) the North East and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	113039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>At 31 March in each of the last five years for which figures are available, the number of looked-after children placed outside their local council boundary and more than 20 miles from their home is given in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Children looked after who were placed outside the boundary of their responsible local council and over 20 miles from home at 31 March<sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2012 to 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar and Cleveland</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>8,160</p></td><td><p>8,430</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>9,890</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Source: SSDA903</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1. England and regional figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Local council figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>3. Figures exclude children whose local council of placement is not known.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/11/2017 13:47:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

805138

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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 looked-after children are (a) UK and (b) non-UK EU nationals.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	118810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not collect information on the nationalities of looked after children.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 19:35:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805148

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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 information her Department holds on the number of public sector children's homes in England; and what the total capacity is of those homes.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	118820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, who will write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 19:48:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805153

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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 looked-after children she has met with since her appointment as Secretary of State.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	118825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education has met many looked-after children and social workers since she was appointed as Secretary of State. She has been on several visits and attended a large number of events where social workers, and in some cases young people and children with a care background, were present.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 118826 question first answered 19/12/2017 20:01:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

821508

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on outcomes for looked-after children.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	122426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government has high ambitions for looked after children and care leavers.</p><p>The forthcoming corporate parenting provisions in the Children and Social Work Act will ensure high quality care and support for these vulnerable young people.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 18:16:49 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 34923 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

828922

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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, with reference to the Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 statistics published in September 2017, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the number of looked-after children who were removed from their placement at the request of their carer due to their behaviour rose from 940 to 1,370 between March 2016 and March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	124531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the reasons looked after children were removed from their placements is published as experimental statistics in the statistical first release <em>‘<em>Children looked after in England including adoption’. </em></em>This information was collected for the first time in 2016 and so comparisons between years should be treated with caution.</p><p> </p><p>The information shows that in 2016, 940 placements in secure units, children’s homes and semi-independent living accommodation were identified as changing because the carer requested the change due to the child’s behaviour. In 2017, this figure was 1,370 but in the same year we saw a drop in placements of that type which ended due to “other” reasons. Feedback from local authorities has identified improved recording of the reasons for placement changes so that more placements are coded under their correct reason rather than “other”. The evidence does not necessarily point to a real increase in the number of placements ending either at the request of the carer due to the child’s behaviour or at the request of the child.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124544 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:02:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

828937

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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, with reference to the Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 statistics published in September 2017, what assessment he has made of reasons for the increase in the number of looked after children placed in care homes, secure units and hostels who were removed from their placement at the request of the child between March 2016 to March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	124544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the reasons looked after children were removed from their placements is published as experimental statistics in the statistical first release <em>‘<em>Children looked after in England including adoption’. </em></em>This information was collected for the first time in 2016 and so comparisons between years should be treated with caution.</p><p> </p><p>The information shows that in 2016, 940 placements in secure units, children’s homes and semi-independent living accommodation were identified as changing because the carer requested the change due to the child’s behaviour. In 2017, this figure was 1,370 but in the same year we saw a drop in placements of that type which ended due to “other” reasons. Feedback from local authorities has identified improved recording of the reasons for placement changes so that more placements are coded under their correct reason rather than “other”. The evidence does not necessarily point to a real increase in the number of placements ending either at the request of the carer due to the child’s behaviour or at the request of the child.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 124531 question first answered 31/01/2018 14:02:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey