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443231

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/01/2016
	date	07/01/2016
	date tabled	07/01/2016
	ddp created	07/01/2016 20:42:21
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	12/01/2016 18:31:04 23/03/2016 12:17:02
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	identifier	21475
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	12/01/2016 17:58:50
	question first ministerially corrected	23/03/2016 11:45:47
	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.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 21475
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21475
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443235

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/01/2016
	date	07/01/2016
	date tabled	07/01/2016
	ddp created	07/01/2016 20:42:25
	ddp modified	20/01/2016 12:21:40
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	identifier	21474
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	12/01/2016 17:58:50
	question first ministerially corrected	14/01/2016 15:09:36
	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.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 21474
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21474
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448274

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/02/2016
	date	27/01/2016
	date tabled	27/01/2016
	ddp created	27/01/2016 23:33:07
	ddp modified	01/02/2016 18:09:06
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
	house id	1
	identifier	24560
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	01/02/2016 17:37:18
	question first ministerially corrected	24/02/2016 09:56:51
	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.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 24560
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24560
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 01/02/2016 17:37:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780446

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/11/2017
	date	30/10/2017
	date tabled	30/10/2017
	ddp created	31/10/2017 01:03:00
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	31/10/2017 01:10:19 19/01/2018 09:47:02
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	identifier	110271
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/11/2017 17:03:59
	question first ministerially corrected	19/01/2018 09:15:36
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 110271
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	110271
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 02/11/2017 17:03:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1183122

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/03/2020
	date	05/03/2020
	date tabled	05/03/2020
	ddp created	05/03/2020 17:31:01
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	05/03/2020 17:39:53 10/03/2020 16:35:04
	hansard heading	Care Leavers and Children in Care: Supported Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	25609
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/03/2020 16:03:05
	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.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 25609
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	25609
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 10/03/2020 16:03:05 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251499

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/11/2020
	date	12/11/2020
	date tabled	12/11/2020
	ddp created	12/11/2020 18:34:16
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	13/11/2020 15:05:21 20/11/2020 14:56:14
	hansard heading	Residential Care Leadership Board
	house id	1
	identifier	114751
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/11/2020 14:24:10
	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.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 114751
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114751
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 20/11/2020 14:24:10 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251500

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/11/2020
	date	12/11/2020
	date tabled	12/11/2020
	ddp created	12/11/2020 18:34:19
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	12/11/2020 18:53:49 20/11/2020 14:57:12
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	identifier	114752
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/11/2020 14:25:27
	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.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 114752
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114752
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 20/11/2020 14:25:27 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251502

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/11/2020
	date	12/11/2020
	date tabled	12/11/2020
	ddp created	12/11/2020 18:34:25
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	12/11/2020 18:53:55 20/11/2020 14:58:14
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	identifier	114753
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/11/2020 14:26:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the barriers to increasing the number of adoptions.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 114753
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114753
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 20/11/2020 14:26:22 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1365328

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/11/2021
	date	02/11/2021
	date tabled	02/11/2021
	ddp created	02/11/2021 21:43:38
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	02/11/2021 21:51:09 08/11/2021 12:58:11
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	identifier	68100
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/11/2021 12:26:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the future use of social outcomes partnerships in supporting looked-after children.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 68100
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	68100
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>At present, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has no plans to expand the future use of Social Outcome Partnerships/Social Impact Bonds within the context of children who are Looked After.</p><p>The department has previously engaged with the model in 2018, as part of the government’s commitment to supporting care leavers to live independent lives. The department has commissioned three projects, as part of the Care Leavers Social Impact Bond programme, to deliver support to care leavers, aged 16-25. These projects are yet to receive a full evaluation.</p><p>In May 2021 a summary report was published by the department, which documents current experience with Social Outcome Partnerships/Social Impact Bonds: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1003308/CSC_Summary_report_20210629_TH.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1003308/CSC_Summary_report_20210629_TH.pdf</a>.</p> question first answered 08/11/2021 12:26:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1365329

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2021
	date	02/11/2021
	date tabled	02/11/2021
	ddp created	02/11/2021 21:43:41
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	02/11/2021 21:51:12 08/11/2021 12:58:08
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	identifier	68101
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/11/2021 12:26:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of social outcomes partnerships to support looked-after children.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 68101
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	68101
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>At present, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has no plans to expand the future use of Social Outcome Partnerships/Social Impact Bonds within the context of children who are Looked After.</p><p>The department has previously engaged with the model in 2018, as part of the government’s commitment to supporting care leavers to live independent lives. The department has commissioned three projects, as part of the Care Leavers Social Impact Bond programme, to deliver support to care leavers, aged 16-25. These projects are yet to receive a full evaluation.</p><p>In May 2021 a summary report was published by the department, which documents current experience with Social Outcome Partnerships/Social Impact Bonds: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1003308/CSC_Summary_report_20210629_TH.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1003308/CSC_Summary_report_20210629_TH.pdf</a>.</p> question first answered 08/11/2021 12:26:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton