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1717180

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average annual cost per child of an education, health and care plan was in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	25685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information. <br> <br> However, the department is reforming the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system so that, where children require an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan and specialist provision, they get access to the support they need and parents do not face an adversarial system to secure this. Through Multi-Agency Panels, templates and supporting materials for the EHC plan process, tailored lists and strengthened mediation arrangements, the department’s SEND reforms focus on:</p><ul><li>Improving the quality of EHC plans and making the process more consistent.</li><li>Reducing conflicts through better co-production.</li><li>Improving the outcomes of children and young people.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The department is also significantly increasing the high needs budget, which is worth £10.54 billion by 2024/25 and worth 60% more than in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 20/05/2024 15:51:15 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1717166

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire County Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s meeting with Hertfordshire County Council on 18 April 2024 on SEND services, what progress has been made on improving the services provided by that local authority.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	25716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member for St Albans to my answer of 20 May 2024 to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-05-08/25358" target="_blank">25358</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On April 18, departmental officials met Hertfordshire local authority officials to discuss progress with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) improvement and they were satisfied with the local area's progress so far against its improvement plan. For example, the local authority has recruited over 100 new employees and caseloads have reduced. The local authority has also established a SEND Academy to induct and train new employees. However, further improvement is necessary, and the department will continue to monitor progress closely to ensure that services improve for children and families in Hertfordshire.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 20/05/2024 15:50:25 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1716807

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Confucius Institutes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) universities on the future of Confucius Institutes.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Andrew Western
	uin	25598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The government takes seriously any concerns about overseas interference in the UK’s higher education (HE) sector, including through Confucius Institutes, and regularly assesses the risks facing academia. The department has taken action to remove any direct or indirect government funding from Confucius Institutes in the UK, but currently judge that it would be disproportionate to ban them.</p><p> </p><p>The department works closely with Cabinet colleagues and other government departments to support the HE sector. ​Most recently, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education met a group of Vice Chancellors on 25 April to discuss research security in universities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/05/2024 15:48:06 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1717179

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Care Standards Act 2000, what the annual spend on children's homes was in each of the last 20 years.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	25684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Spend on children’s homes takes place at a Local Authority (LA) level. Annual LA expenditure statistics based on Section 251 (Outturn) returns are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p><p>Within this release, expenditure on children looked after in residential care shows the spend on children’s homes. Residential care expenditure includes expenditure on residential care in voluntary children’s and registered children’s homes as defined in the Children Act 1989, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/contents" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/contents</a>.</p><p>The latest publication on 25 January 2024 providers cumulative expenditure data for LAs in England from the 2015/16 to 2022/23 financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 20/05/2024 15:46:03 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1716579

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on improving SEND services at Hertfordshire County Council.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	25358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The department issued an improvement notice to Hertfordshire Council in February of this year to ensure that the local area makes improvements quickly and effectively.</p><p>The local authority has appointed Dame Christine Lenehan, a former director at the council for disabled children, as the independent chair of the partnership’s multi-agency improvement board.</p><p>Departmental officials are continuing to support and challenge Hertfordshire's special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) improvement. The department has appointed a specialist professional SEND adviser to provide additional advice and support to the local SEND leaders, until such time as my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is satisfied this is no longer required. The department has also procured expert support for the local area partnership from the council of disabled children and the national development team for inclusion.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission will visit in early 2025 for formal monitoring, with a full reinspection taking place in summer 2026.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 20/05/2024 15:37:47 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1717165

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating information sharing requirements for academies in line with requirements for local authority maintained schools.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	25660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Academies are held to a high level of accountability and transparency.</p><p>Academies are required to follow the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2014 as they are independent schools. Under these regulations the proprietor of an academy must ensure that an annual written report of each registered pupil’s progress and attainment in the main subject areas taught is provided to the parents of that registered pupil, except that no report need be sent where the parent has agreed otherwise. Academy trusts enter into Funding Agreement with my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, which contains a clause concerning information sharing requirements relating to assessments. It provides that the academy trust must report on assessments as the Secretary of State requires, or provide any information on assessments, on the same basis that maintained schools are required to provide the information.</p><p>The department has no plans to change these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/05/2024 15:03:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1717985

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Suffolk Coastal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers there were in Suffolk Coastal constituency in (a) 2019 and (b) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	26135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in each school, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication. The publication can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As at November 2022, and according to the latest data available, there were over 468,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes the highest number of FTE teachers since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>As at November 2019, there were 570 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in the Suffolk Coastal constituency.</p><p>School workforce figures for 2024 have not been collected yet. In November 2022, and according to the latest data available, there were 568 full-time equivalent teachers in state funded schools in the Suffolk Coastal constituency. Figures for November 2023 will be published in June 2024.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/05/2024 14:58:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1716809

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay and Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with education sector trades unions on the provision of funding for (a) an above-inflation pay rise for staff in that sector and (b) increased levels of staffing in the 2024-25 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	25594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>Teachers’ and leaders’ pay in England is set based on recommendations from the independent School Teachers’ Review Body. Last year, after following this process, the government announced the largest pay award in three decades, which shows that the department is delivering for teachers. Over the last two years, teachers and leaders have seen pay increases of more than 12% on average. The government also met its manifesto commitment for at least £30,000 starting salaries for teachers across the country.</p><p>There are 468,400 teachers in full time employment in England, which is an increase of 2,800 since last year and an increase of 27,000 since 2010 when the school workforce census began.</p><p>The department also continues to work closely with trade unions on the issues that matter to the sector, from workload to recruitment and retention.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/05/2024 12:09:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1717176

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost was of educating a pupil in a (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	25681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The department holds data on funding levels. However, it does not hold data on the specific local authority level costs of educating primary and secondary pupils.</p><p>The published dedicated schools grant (DSG) for 2024/2025 includes information on the amount of core schools funding allocated by the department nationally as well as to each local authority. The published information can be found here: <a href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025" target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025</a>. The published information includes the amount of funding allocated in respect of primary and secondary pupils in mainstream schools, referred to as the ‘primary schools unit of funding’ and ‘secondary schools unit of funding’.</p><p>In addition to the funding from the DSG, schools may also receive additional school funding from other grants in the 2024/25 financial year, including:</p><ul><li>The teachers’ pay additional grant 2024 to 2025. More information is available at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pay-additional-grant-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pay-additional-grant-2024-to-2025</a>.</li><li>The teachers’ pension employer contribution grant 2024. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-employer-contribution-grant-2024-for-schools-high-needs-settings-and-local-authorities-2024-to-2025/teachers-pension-employer-contribution-grant-tpecg-2024-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-employer-contribution-grant-2024-for-schools-high-needs-settings-and-local-authorities-2024-to-2025/teachers-pension-employer-contribution-grant-tpecg-2024-methodology</a>.</li><li>The pupil premium grant 2024 to 2025. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2024-to-2025</a>.</li></ul><p>Additional grants provided on an academic year basis include:</p><ul><li>The PE and Sport premium grant 2023 to 2024. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-2023-to-2024</a>.</li><li>The Universal infant free school meals funding 2023 to 2024. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-infant-free-school-meals-uifsm-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-infant-free-school-meals-uifsm-2023-to-2024</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/05/2024 12:04:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1717178

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent by each local authority on home to school transport for children with (a) special educational needs and (b) an education, health and care plan in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	25683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 requires local authorities to submit information about their education expenditure to the department. They must include information about their expenditure on home-to-school travel for children with special educational needs (SEN), but they are not required to specify whether each child has an Education Health and Care plan.</p><p>The information collected from local authorities is published on GOV.UK and can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>. Local authority gross expenditure on SEN transport covering the 2012/13 to 2022/23 financial years can be viewed using the create a table function. This is set out in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/05/2024 12:01:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 25683_attachment_SEN_transport_expenditure.xlsx title 25683_attachment_SEN_transport_expenditure
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean