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	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71090, how much spending was forecast to be spent on education for 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of announcements in the Autumn Statement 2015; and how much was allocated to institutions offering education to 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of those announcements.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	1097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Following the 2015 Autumn Statement, the department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in the 2016-17 financial year was £5.9bn. High needs funding is included in this figure but funding for student support is not. The funding allocations for institutions in the 2016/17 academic year can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

731237

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
	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 improve the (a) quality of attachment between parents and children aged under five, (b) home learning environments for children aged under five and (c) mental health of new and expectant mothers in low-income households.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Parents play a vitally important role in their child’s early development and learning.</p><p>The What to Expect When Guide, funded by the Department for Education (DfE), sets out the development milestones at each age in key areas to help parents support their children. <a href="http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/what-to-expect-when-a-parents-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/what-to-expect-when-a-parents-guide/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) statutory framework requires that early years settings must engage parents and carers in guiding their child’s development at home. In 2017, the Department awarded grants totalling almost £1.7m to voluntary and community sector organisations. These grants support work with disadvantaged communities to improve the take-up of free early education places for 2-year olds, and work with parents to create a positive home learning environment.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is leading a programme of work to ensure that at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period by 2020/21. £60m has been committed to improve the provision of specialist perinatal community services across England between 2016/17 and 2018/19, promoting equality of access across the communities they serve.</p><p>Increasing capability across the specialist perinatal mental health workforce is also a key objective. Targeted funding of £1.2m in 2017/18 will enable the training of mental health, maternity and primary care staff, increasing awareness and skills related to perinatal mental health.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:11:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731245

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the consultation on the future of Sure Start children's centres.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all children – regardless of background – get the best possible start in life. Children’s centres are part of this.</p><p>We will set out our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:04:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731599

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	College of West Anglia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in Worksop Town football academy in 2015-16 were assessed for student support; and how many received financial support during their studies.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:53:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

731450

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government's policy is on supporting children from low income families to meet their developmental milestones prior to starting primary school.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Every child deserves the best possible start in life – that is why all three- and four-year-old children and the least advantaged two-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours a week of high-quality early education to prepare them for school and improve their life chances. In addition, three and four year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds are eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium, worth over £300 a year per child, to help them achieve better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of funding, the new Early Years National Funding Formula allocates additional money for three and four year olds to local authorities with higher levels of deprivation, as measured by the incidence of children accessing Free School Meals. Local authorities are then required to use a ‘deprivation supplement’ to channel extra funding to providers operating in more deprived areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 349 question first answered 30/06/2017 13:07:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731451

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make additional funding available in areas of high deprivation to improve early years provision so that children from low income families do not fall behind their peers prior to starting primary education.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Every child deserves the best possible start in life – that is why all three- and four-year-old children and the least advantaged two-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours a week of high-quality early education to prepare them for school and improve their life chances. In addition, three and four year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds are eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium, worth over £300 a year per child, to help them achieve better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of funding, the new Early Years National Funding Formula allocates additional money for three and four year olds to local authorities with higher levels of deprivation, as measured by the incidence of children accessing Free School Meals. Local authorities are then required to use a ‘deprivation supplement’ to channel extra funding to providers operating in more deprived areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 348 question first answered 30/06/2017 13:07:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731452

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 children have gone into care in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>This information is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Children who started to be looked after<sup>1,2,3</sup> and children who were taken into care during the year<sup>4</sup> ending 31 March</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2012 to 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></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><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Children who started to be looked after:</p></td><td><p>28,390</p></td><td><p>28,970</p></td><td><p>30,730</p></td><td><p>31,340</p></td><td><p>32,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which were children who were taken into care<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>10,140</p></td><td><p>11,150</p></td><td><p>10,950</p></td><td><p>10,840</p></td><td><p>11,780</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><em>Source: SSDA903</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2. Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, but include children who were previously looked after under and agreed series of short term placements but have changed to become looked after under a different legal status (e.g. care order) in the year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>4. A children starts to be looked after when they are provided with local authority accommodation. Of these, a child is deemed to have been ‘taken into care’ if they start to be looked after under an interim or full care order, or if they are detained for child protection under a police protection order, emergency protection order or child assessment order.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further breakdowns of children who started to be looked after can be found in Table C1 of the statistical first release <em>Children Looked After in England including Adoption: 2015 to 2016 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:30:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 350 press lines.docx title Press lines
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731453

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been provided in each of the last five years to fund children's care services.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not provide a specific amount to Local Authorities for spending on children’s social care. Local authorities have had £232.6bn of revenue funding available for their services from Revenue Support Grant, council tax and retained business rates over the past 5 years, as shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority retained business rates (after safety net and levy)</p></td><td><p>10,871</p></td><td><p>11,201</p></td><td><p>11,658</p></td><td><p>11,974</p></td><td><p>14,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Council tax requirement (excl parish precepts)</p></td><td><p>23,004</p></td><td><p>23,575</p></td><td><p>24,325</p></td><td><p>25,637</p></td><td><p>27,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue Support Grant</p></td><td><p>15,175</p></td><td><p>12,675</p></td><td><p>9,509</p></td><td><p>7,184</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities to determine how to spend this and other sources of income on the services they provide, including services for children in care, taking account of local need and priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority spend, on children in care and adoption services, has increased over the last five years. The most recent five years we have data for are in the table below and are published as part of the Department’s Section 251 collection.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million (gross rounded)</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority spend on looked after children and adoption services</p></td><td><p>3,384</p></td><td><p>3,496</p></td><td><p>3,661</p></td><td><p>3,769</p></td><td><p>3,942</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: 2011-12 and 2012-13 figures are not directly comparable due to changes in the categories included between the two years.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:13:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731454

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 increase the number of people willing to foster children in care.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to looking at the foster care system through the National Fostering Stocktake. This is now underway and will be taking a wholesale look at the challenges and issues facing the foster care system in England.</p><p> </p><p>Part of this review will look at the recruitment and retention of foster carers, ensuring that we have the right foster carers in the right places and exploring how we can ensure foster carers have the support and skills they need to meet the needs of the children in their care.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:05:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731546

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Basic Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the teaching of literacy and numeracy in the early years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. The EYFS can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a>.</p><p>For literacy, the EYFS requires early years practitioners to encourage children to link sounds and letters, through the use of phonics, and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest. For teaching numeracy, practitioners provide children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measure</p><p>Through the recent primary assessment consultation, we are exploring the content of the early learning goals (ELGs) specified in the EYFS, including those relating to literacy and numeracy. The consultation closed on 22 June, and a Government response will be issued in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:57:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner