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1167686

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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 many (a) looked after children and (b) children in need there are by (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	8240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after by local authority were published in the local authority tables (Table LAA1) of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018’, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>. The 2018/19 statistics on children looked after will be released on 5 December 2019.</p><p>The latest figures on children in need by local authority were published on 31 October 2019, in the statistical release ‘Characteristics of children in need: 2018 to 2019’, which is available at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2018-to-2019</a>. Table B1 shows the number of children in need at 31 March by local authority (column S).</p><p>The department does not collect information on looked after children or children in need by Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 16:13:39 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167688

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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 many and what proportion of children were (a) looked-after and (b) assessed as being in need by local authority children's services rated (i) inadequate, (ii) requires improvement, (iii) good and (iv) outstanding in each year since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	8242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to my right hon. Friend and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:33:00 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167689

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of ending independent inspections of local authority children's services on the effectiveness of the safeguarding of young people by those services.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	8243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>A uniquely independent and balanced assessment of all local authority children’s social care departments is provided by Ofsted and, as such, the inspectorate is an important driver of standards and accountability in the system. Where Ofsted inspectors use their powers to take a focussed look at the lived experience of children in a given area, and find a local authority is failing (‘inadequate’) to protect children or promote their welfare, the government is then able to take quick and decisive action to intervene and make services safe as quickly and decisively as possible. In recent years, we have seen an improvement in the performance of local authority children’s social care services, with 48% of local authorities now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, compared to 36% at the end of 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:25:07 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167714

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2019 to Question 284 on Private Education: West Midlands, how many applications for the cross-sector partnerships grant there have been for (a) independent school-non-selective state school partnerships and (b) independent school-selective state school partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	8298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The total planned value of the cross-sector partnerships grant is £219,500.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently inviting bids and schools have been asked to submit proposals by 3pm on 29 November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>As the bidding window is still open, the Department is unable to publish the number or type of applications received. Future decisions about the award of the grant will be taken by ministers post-election.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 8297 question first answered 05/11/2019 15:19:23 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1167713

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 Question 284 on Private Education: West Midlands, what the value is of the cross-sector partnerships grant.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	8297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The total planned value of the cross-sector partnerships grant is £219,500.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently inviting bids and schools have been asked to submit proposals by 3pm on 29 November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>As the bidding window is still open, the Department is unable to publish the number or type of applications received. Future decisions about the award of the grant will be taken by ministers post-election.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 8298 question first answered 05/11/2019 15:19:23 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1167687

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	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, what the initial Ofsted ratings were for local authority children’s services; and what the most recent Ofsted rating was for each of those authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	8241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The attached table includes inspection dates and Ofsted ratings for local authority children’s services under the previous Single Inspection Framework and the current Inspections of Local Authority Children’s Service framework. In recent years, we have seen an improvement in the performance of local authority children’s social care services, with 48% of local authorities now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, compared to 36% at the end of 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:18:36 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 8241_Local_Authority_Ofsted_Rating.xls title 8241_Table
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167700

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils there were at each independent school in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will publish the name and address of each of those schools.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
	uin	8288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes figures on the number of independent schools and pupils attending them in the annual 'Schools, Pupils and Characteristics' release. Figures for the national and local authority levels are provided in tables 1a, 1b and 1c of the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019</a>.</p><p>The underlying data file includes figures for individual schools including school name, school type, parliamentary constituency and location. Full addresses can be found at the Get Information About Schools website here: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>The Oxford Analytics October 2018 report, 'The Impact of Independent Schools on the UK Economy', estimated that independent schools provide an annualised taxpayer cost saving of £3.5 billion, compared to the cost of educating all pupils in the state sector.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 8287 question first answered 05/11/2019 15:09:12 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1167699

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children attend an independent school in each (a) local authority and (b) constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
	uin	8287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes figures on the number of independent schools and pupils attending them in the annual 'Schools, Pupils and Characteristics' release. Figures for the national and local authority levels are provided in tables 1a, 1b and 1c of the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019</a>.</p><p>The underlying data file includes figures for individual schools including school name, school type, parliamentary constituency and location. Full addresses can be found at the Get Information About Schools website here: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>The Oxford Analytics October 2018 report, 'The Impact of Independent Schools on the UK Economy', estimated that independent schools provide an annualised taxpayer cost saving of £3.5 billion, compared to the cost of educating all pupils in the state sector.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 8288 question first answered 05/11/2019 15:09:12 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1167651

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Referral Units: Walsall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timescale is for the completion of the proposed rebuild project of New Leaf Pupil Referral Unit in Walsall.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	8270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The New Leaf Centre is a local authority maintained Pupil Referral Unit. Walsall local authority is responsible for the building project, so the department is unable to confirm timescales.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted judged the school as inadequate following an inspection in April 2018. As a result, an Academy Order was issued by the Regional School’s Commissioner (RSC) on 28 June 2018. The Forward Education Trust were approved as sponsor of the school by the RSC in April 2019. The department is working closely with the local authority and the Forward Education Trust regarding the site issue.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:00:22 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1167712

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 284 on Private Education: West Midlands, how many people who are employed by the unit on promoting cross-sector partnerships attended (a) a selective secondary school (b) a non-selective secondary school in the (i) state and (ii) independent education sector.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	8296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The System Partnerships Unit (SPU) works across several policy and regional delivery teams within the Department. There are two central SPU staff members, within Departmental policy teams, at Grade 7 and SEO, although they also have other non-SPU related duties. In order to protect individuals’ personal information, the Department can not disclose information on educational background.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the central staff, there are delivery leads in each of the eight Regional School Commissioner (RSC) regions who have a wide range of school improvement duties, of which supporting partnerships is one part. As such, they are employed by the RSCs rather than as part of a central unit.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 8294 8295 question first answered 05/11/2019 14:47:39 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill