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443231

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443235

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448274

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
	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 are currently subject to Staying Put arrangements in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	24560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday during the year ending 31 March 2015, who are eligible for care leaver support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford Borough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NE Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">15*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. England total has been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>x. Figures not shown in order to protect confidentiality.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Since the publication of PQ 24560, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets has notified the Department of a correction to their figure for the ‘Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday’. Tower Hamlets submitted data stating this figure as 0, when it should have been 15 (rounded).</ins></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:37:18 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2016 09:56:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 42550 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780446

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered foster carers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) with the information requested.<ins class="ministerial"> A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:03:59 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2018 09:15:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 19649 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

479567

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-UK children of each nationality are currently looked after in (a) foster care and (b) residential homes.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	31551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the nationality of looked after children. Information is available on their ethnic origin and this has been published in national table A1 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption, 2014 to 2015’, which is attached and available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/03/2016 17:24:23 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name PQ31551_Children_Looked_After_2014_2015.xlsx title Children looked after - 2014 to 2015
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

166549

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new foster carers have been recruited in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and what measures her Department takes to monitor recruitment patterns.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	216340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Data on the number of new foster carer households approved during the year has been collected by Ofsted since 2011-12. The numbers that were recruited in 2011-12 for each local authority area are included in the attached table. Equivalent local authority figures for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are due to be published in January 2015, although national figures are already available for 2012-13. [1] Ofsted did not collect this data prior to 2011-12 and consequently the data for earlier years are not available.</p><p>The Department for Education is supporting local authorities and independent fostering agencies through initiatives to promote recruitment and retention and broaden the range of foster carers, in line with their local assessments of the demand for foster carers.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release" target="_blank">www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 02/12/2014 17:11:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 216340 workbook 2.12.14.xls title Applications_from_prospective_fostering_households
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1183122

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers and Children in Care: Supported Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the members of the working group on draft quality standards for unregulated supported accommodation for children in care and leaving care are.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	25609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>As part of the public consultation on reforms to unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers, a task and finish group has been established. It is chaired by Sir Alan Wood and has been asked to:</p><p>1. Support the development and drafting of new national standards for semi-independent provision for children in care;</p><p>2. Further develop our evidence regarding the use of these placements for U16s; and</p><p>3. Advise on what should be taken account of when considering the implementation of the results of the consultation.</p><p>Those asked to attend the group represent some of those directly involved in the delivery of the proposed reforms – including providers, commissioners and inspectors as well as those who advocate for young people. This includes representatives from:</p><ul><li>Association of Directors of Children’s Services</li><li>Independent Children’s Home Association</li><li>Association of Chief Police Officers</li><li>National Youth Advocacy Service</li><li>Ofsted</li><li>Commissioning Alliance</li><li>Partners in Practice Local Authorities</li><li>Local Government Association</li><li>Providers of unregulated accommodation</li></ul><p> </p><p>Throughout the consultation we are seeking the views of as many people as possible who are affected by the proposed reforms. This group is one way of achieving that. We are continuing to work with children and young people, local authorities, social workers and providers to seek their views and discuss the proposals.</p><p>The consultation is open until 8 April 2020 and we welcome responses from anyone who wishes to contribute. The task and finish group’s work, including supporting development of new minimum standards, will be informed by consultation responses and it will report after the consultation has closed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 10/03/2020 16:03:05 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251499

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Residential Care Leadership Board
	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 replace the Residential Care Leadership Board; and for what reasons that Board was abolished.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	114751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The Residential Care Leadership Board is no longer being convened because the board’s remit of responding to recommendations made in Sir Martin Narey’s 2016 Review of Residential Children’s Care, has been successfully completed. The department is taking steps to ensure that we draw on sectoral expertise through a range of different forums to address current issues affecting the sector, not least in our response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The government has committed to undertaking a bold, broad and independently led care review. This will launch as soon as possible and will support improvements in the children’s social care system.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/11/2020 14:24:10 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251500

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptions have (a) been completed and (b) broken down in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	114752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the number of all children in England who are adopted.</p><p>The latest figures on the number of children in England who have been adopted from care are published in table H1 of the statistical release, entitled ’National tables: Children Looked after in England including adoptions 2018-19’, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019</a>. Figures for the reporting year ending 31 March 2020 will be published later this year.</p><p>The department does not collect information on adoptions that were disrupted. National figures on numbers of children who started to be looked after, and who had a previous permanence arrangement, including adoption orders, are available in table C1 of the above release. However, these figures were collected for the first time in 2014 and should be treated with caution. The information is based on self-declaration and, for several children, the previous permanence arrangement is not known.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/11/2020 14:25:27 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251502

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	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 the barriers to increasing the number of adoptions.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	114753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The department assess and address barriers to increasing adoption numbers on a regular basis. One barrier has been in recruiting the right adopters for the children waiting. To address this, the government is investing £1 million in adopter recruitment during the 2020-21 financial year, with a focus on generating an increase in people of all backgrounds coming forward to adopt children who wait the longest. This includes funding the cross-sector national recruitment campaign, #YouCanAdopt. Launched in September 2020, a key aspect of this campaign is its inclusivity. It aims to break down perceived barriers to adoption, encouraging more adopters of diverse backgrounds to step forward.</p><p>The COVID-19 outbreak has introduced new challenges for adoption. Early in the outbreak, we introduced regulatory flexibilities to ensure adoption processes could continue despite the lockdown restrictions and some of these changes remain in place. For example, this includes the flexibility relating to health assessments for prospective adopters. This allows agencies to proceed to stage 2 of the assessment process without a health check, as long as those checks are completed before the end of that stage. Where new challenges have arisen with the announcement of a second lockdown, further regulatory changes have been introduced. This includes exemptions to allow adoption introductions to continue during the new lockdown, alleviating delays for children moving to their new loving homes.</p><p>The COVID-19 outbreak has also introduced barriers in progressing adoption cases through the courts. However, adoption is included in the list of priorities for the courts, which have been encouraged to make use of hybrid courts (a combination of virtual and physical hearings) to progress cases where possible. The department continues to work closely with the Ministry of Justice, the judiciary, The Association of Directors for Children’s Services and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service on these issues.</p><p>We know that some prospective adopters have concerns about what support will be available to them. The core Adoption Support Fund (ASF) has provided £177 million since 2015 to help pay for essential therapeutic services for over 62,000 adoptive and eligible special guardianship families. The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence published a report in July 2019, and our own independent evaluations of the Fund have concluded that the ASF was having a positive transformative effect on the lives of children and families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/11/2020 14:26:22 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton