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1713817
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
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star this property hansard heading Music: Education more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 19580 on Music: Education, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of non-local authority Music Hubs to pay for employer contribution rates after August 2024. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
star this property uin 23713 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
star this property answer text <p>In light of the increase in employer contributions to the Teacher’s Pension Scheme (TPS) from April 2024, the department will take steps to determine the level of employer liability across all the newly appointed Music Hub Lead Organisations from September 2024. This has not been possible until recently, as applicants were informed of the outcome of the Music Hubs Investment Programme on 8 April 2024. The department will then work with Arts Council England in giving due consideration to the additional pension pressures due to the increase in employer contribution to the TPS. The outcome of this assessment will be published in the coming months.</p><p>The department has already secured £1.25 billion to support eligible settings with the increased TPS employer contribution rate in the 2024/25 financial year. This will mean additional funding of £9.3 million to local authorities for centrally employed teachers, including those employed in local authority based music hubs. The department has now published the details of the additional funding for mainstream schools, high needs and local authorities with centrally employed teachers.</p><p>The department has also committed to providing funding to cover the increase in employer contribution rates for non-local authority hubs for the current academic year to August 2024 and Arts Council England has communicated allocations to the relevant hub lead organisations.</p>
unstar this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 23714 more like this
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less than 2024-04-30T13:42:31.523Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-30T13:42:31.523Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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1588
unstar this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this
1713818
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education remove filter
star this property hansard heading Music: Education more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 19580 on Music: Education, when she plans to announce the funding rates and allocations to cover the increase in employer contribution rates for existing non-local authority Music Hubs until August 2024. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
star this property uin 23714 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
star this property answer text <p>In light of the increase in employer contributions to the Teacher’s Pension Scheme (TPS) from April 2024, the department will take steps to determine the level of employer liability across all the newly appointed Music Hub Lead Organisations from September 2024. This has not been possible until recently, as applicants were informed of the outcome of the Music Hubs Investment Programme on 8 April 2024. The department will then work with Arts Council England in giving due consideration to the additional pension pressures due to the increase in employer contribution to the TPS. The outcome of this assessment will be published in the coming months.</p><p>The department has already secured £1.25 billion to support eligible settings with the increased TPS employer contribution rate in the 2024/25 financial year. This will mean additional funding of £9.3 million to local authorities for centrally employed teachers, including those employed in local authority based music hubs. The department has now published the details of the additional funding for mainstream schools, high needs and local authorities with centrally employed teachers.</p><p>The department has also committed to providing funding to cover the increase in employer contribution rates for non-local authority hubs for the current academic year to August 2024 and Arts Council England has communicated allocations to the relevant hub lead organisations.</p>
unstar this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 23713 more like this
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less than 2024-04-30T13:42:31.56Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-30T13:42:31.56Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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1588
unstar this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this
1713819
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education remove filter
star this property hansard heading Music: Teachers more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings in the report entitled Teacher Labour Market in England: Annual Report, published by the National Foundation for Educational Research in March 2024, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Government meets its Initial Teacher Training targets for music teachers. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
star this property uin 23715 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-03more like thismore than 2024-05-03
star this property answer text <p>Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (PGITT) recruitment represents a subset of entrants to teaching. Targets do not include all routes. For example, they do not include undergraduate courses.</p><p> </p><p>Each year the department also recruits teachers that return to the profession having previously left the state-funded teaching sector, as well as those that were already qualified but are new to the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The last School Workforce Census, which took place in June 2023, showed that 48,000 teachers entered the profession. Around one third of these were made up of those returning to the profession and half were new teachers entering through PGITT routes.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 216 new postgraduate entrants in music, which was 27% of the PGITT target. This is a decline in recruitment from the 2022/23 academic year, in which there were 292 new postgraduate entrants in music or 62% of the PGITT. The PGITT for music increased by 68% in 2023/24, which may partly explain some of the change in performance against the recruitment target.</p><p> </p><p>As of 22 April 2024, 171 candidates have accepted an offer to begin a PGITT course in music in the 2024/25 academic year, which is a 24% increase from the same point last year.</p><p> </p><p>For those intending to train as music teachers in the 2024/25 academic year, the department has introduced a bursary of £10,000 to support and encourage talented trainees to enter the profession. Music trainee teachers can also apply for a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan to support their living costs. Additional funding is available depending on individual circumstances, such as the Childcare Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The department accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations in full for a 6.5% teacher pay award in 2023, which saw the government achieve its manifesto commitment of £30,000 starting salaries for all teachers in England. This is an attractive offer, which forms part of the overall remuneration package for teachers, including a generous employer pension contribution rate of 28.6%.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the department’s financial levers, the department is continuing to invest in attracting the best teachers where they are needed most through the teaching marketing campaign and support services for prospective trainees, as well as its new in-house teacher recruitment journey and associated digital services.</p>
unstar this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
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less than 2024-05-03T11:42:14.573Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-03T11:42:14.573Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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1588
unstar this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this
1713832
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
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star this property hansard heading Music: Universities more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on closures of music (a) departments and (b) courses at universities in each of the last 10 years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
star this property uin 23716 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-01more like thismore than 2024-05-01
star this property answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of music departments, or on the establishment or closure of individual distinct music courses offered by higher education providers (HEPs). However, the department does hold data on the numbers of student enrolments in music courses more generally, and the number of HEPs offering these courses. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which is now part of JISC, is responsible for collecting and publishing data about UK higher education (HE). The latest statistics refer to the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subjects of study for the 2014/15 to 2018/19 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subject of study for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014/15 academic year, there were 102 HEPs that enrolled 24,620 students in music courses. In the 2021/22 academic year, this increased to 120 HEPs enrolling 37,090 students in music courses.</p><p> </p><p>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course. Figures provided are for UK HEPs enrolments for all modes and levels of study, and for all domiciles. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five, in line with HESA rounding conventions. More information on the figures is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students%23rounding-and-suppression-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students#rounding-and-suppression-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The figures from 2019/20 onwards are not directly comparable with previous years due to the introduction of a new subject classification system, called the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS), which replaced the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS3).</p><p> </p><p>Further information on HECoS and JACS can be found via the following: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>, and <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate more like this
star this property answering member printed Luke Hall more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 23717 more like this
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less than 2024-05-01T14:29:46.567Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-01T14:29:46.567Z
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4450
star this property label Biography information for Luke Hall more like this
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1588
unstar this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this
1713833
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education remove filter
star this property hansard heading Music: Universities more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department has on the number of music departments at UK universities in each of the last 10 years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
star this property uin 23717 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-01more like thismore than 2024-05-01
star this property answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of music departments, or on the establishment or closure of individual distinct music courses offered by higher education providers (HEPs). However, the department does hold data on the numbers of student enrolments in music courses more generally, and the number of HEPs offering these courses. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which is now part of JISC, is responsible for collecting and publishing data about UK higher education (HE). The latest statistics refer to the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subjects of study for the 2014/15 to 2018/19 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subject of study for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014/15 academic year, there were 102 HEPs that enrolled 24,620 students in music courses. In the 2021/22 academic year, this increased to 120 HEPs enrolling 37,090 students in music courses.</p><p> </p><p>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course. Figures provided are for UK HEPs enrolments for all modes and levels of study, and for all domiciles. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five, in line with HESA rounding conventions. More information on the figures is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students%23rounding-and-suppression-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students#rounding-and-suppression-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The figures from 2019/20 onwards are not directly comparable with previous years due to the introduction of a new subject classification system, called the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS), which replaced the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS3).</p><p> </p><p>Further information on HECoS and JACS can be found via the following: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>, and <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate more like this
star this property answering member printed Luke Hall more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 23716 more like this
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less than 2024-05-01T14:29:46.607Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-01T14:29:46.607Z
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4450
star this property label Biography information for Luke Hall more like this
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1588
unstar this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this
1713842
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
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star this property hansard heading Assessments: Writing more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the process used by examination boards to award marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar for children who use a scribe in exams. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency St Albans more like this
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Daisy Cooper more like this
star this property uin 23804 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
star this property answer text <p>This is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). The department has asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, to write to the hon. Member for St Albans and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> more like this
unstar this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
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less than 2024-04-30T14:15:11.863Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-30T14:15:11.863Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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4769
unstar this property label Biography information for Daisy Cooper more like this
1713869
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education remove filter
star this property hansard heading Education: Standards more like this
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25259
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the study funded by the Nuffield Foundation entitled A generation at risk: Rebalancing education in the post-pandemic era, published in April 2024. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington more like this
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 23778 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-03more like thismore than 2024-05-03
star this property answer text <p>Predicting GCSE results is very difficult as there are many drivers that can interact in unforeseen ways. However, as the Nuffield Foundation’s report indicates, the pandemic deprived children of the advantages of studying together within the safety and support of their schools.</p><p> </p><p>The pandemic created a unique challenge for teachers, staff, students and families. Minimising its impact on education and tackling the challenges has been the department’s priority from the start. Almost £5 billion was made available specifically for education recovery, with support focussed on those who needed it most, while giving education providers as much flexibility as possible to tailor-make help for their own circumstances. This includes the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), which focuses on disadvantaged pupils and those who have fallen behind, and has seen nearly five million tutoring courses start since it launched in November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The department knows that disadvantaged children and pupils with a special educational need or disability were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The department continues to take a range of steps to give priority support and deliver programmes to help them, including improving the quality of teaching and curriculum resources, strengthening the school system and providing targeted support where needed. The department is also supporting disadvantaged pupils through the pupil premium, which is rising to almost £2.9 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest in cash terms since this funding began.</p><p> </p><p>Further to this, latest results from 2023 show that over 45% of pupils sitting GCSEs achieved a grade 5 or higher in both English and mathematics, which is an increase of more than two percentage points compared with pre-pandemic 2019 levels and almost three percentage points when compared with 2017.</p><p> </p><p>England recently came fourth in primary reading out of 43 countries which tested pupils of the same age in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). Despite disruption from the pandemic, England’s score remained stable and well above the international and European averages.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the department has committed to making schools safe, calm and supportive environments, which promote and support mental wellbeing alongside delivering an excellent education.</p><p> </p><p>Enrichment activities can deepen children’s in-school experience while supporting them to develop their socio-emotional skills. The department is now delivering the vision set out in its Schools White Paper, which states that every child and young person will have access to high-quality extra-curricular provision, including an entitlement to take part in sport, music and cultural opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring and measuring wellbeing in schools strengthens this, which is why the department’s guidance on promoting a whole-school approach to pupil wellbeing includes this as one of its eight key principles. You can find out more here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614cc965d3bf7f718518029c/Promoting_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_and_wellbeing.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614cc965d3bf7f718518029c/Promoting_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_and_wellbeing.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is supporting all state schools and colleges with a grant to train a senior mental health lead. To date 15,100 settings have claimed a grant so far, including more than 7 in 10 state-funded secondary schools.</p><p> </p><p>Intervening early is critical. To expand access to early mental health support, the department is continuing to roll out Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to schools and colleges. MHSTs deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues, support the senior mental health lead (where established) in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approaches and give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaise with external specialist services, to help children and young people get the right support to stay in education. The department is extending coverage of MHSTs to cover at least 50% by the end of March 2025.</p>
unstar this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
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less than 2024-05-03T13:23:32.033Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-03T13:23:32.033Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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4617
unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1713880
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education remove filter
star this property hansard heading Education: Standards more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings in the report by Action for Children in their report entitled Above and beyond, published on 25 April 2024, on the number of children that experience barriers to their education due to issues outside school. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency York Central more like this
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Rachael Maskell more like this
star this property uin 23758 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-01more like thismore than 2024-05-01
star this property answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of providing early and timely help for children to support them to achieve their full potential at school so that they can thrive in adulthood.</p><p>At the last spending review, the department announced over £1 billion toward programmes to improve early help services from birth to adulthood, including delivering on Family Hubs and helping families facing multiple disadvantage through the Supporting Families and Holiday Activities and Food programmes.</p><p>The department’s statutory guidance, titled ‘Working together to safeguard children’, which was updated in 2023, confirms the expectation that local areas should have a range of evidence-based services available to provide early support for children and families who need it.</p><p>In ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, the department announced plans to build on the strengths of early help services through the implementation of Family Help. In the Families First for Children Pathfinder, the department is investigating how multi-disciplinary family help teams can provide targeted support to help children and families overcome challenges at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The department is spending more on children’s mental health services than ever before and working across government to ensure partnerships working across different sectors are delivering for children who need support.</p><p>The department is also continuing to roll out Mental Health Support Teams in education settings and supporting schools and colleges to train senior mental health leads, ensuring that as many young people as possible have access to the support they need.</p><p>Up to an additional £2.3 billion of additional funding a year since 2018/19 has been allocated to expand and transform mental health services. This is with the aim that 345,000 more children and young people will have been able to access NHS-funded mental health support by March 2024.</p><p>The department is making the ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ guidance statutory from September 2024. This sets out how schools, local authorities and other services need to work together to support pupils at risk of poor attendance and how support provided to these families is consistent across the country.</p><p>The department’s package of wide-ranging reforms designed to support schools to improve attendance means there were 440,000 fewer children persistently absent or not attending in 2022/23 compared to 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 23759 more like this
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less than 2024-05-01T14:18:36.377Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-01T14:18:36.377Z
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4761
star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
1713883
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star this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2024-04-25
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education remove filter
star this property hansard heading Education: Standards more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings in the report by Action for Children in their report entitled Above and beyond, published on 25 April 2024 on the number of children that experience barriers to their education due to issues outside school, what steps her Department is taking to provide (a) early and (b) timely help to affected families. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency York Central more like this
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Rachael Maskell more like this
star this property uin 23759 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-01more like thismore than 2024-05-01
star this property answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of providing early and timely help for children to support them to achieve their full potential at school so that they can thrive in adulthood.</p><p>At the last spending review, the department announced over £1 billion toward programmes to improve early help services from birth to adulthood, including delivering on Family Hubs and helping families facing multiple disadvantage through the Supporting Families and Holiday Activities and Food programmes.</p><p>The department’s statutory guidance, titled ‘Working together to safeguard children’, which was updated in 2023, confirms the expectation that local areas should have a range of evidence-based services available to provide early support for children and families who need it.</p><p>In ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, the department announced plans to build on the strengths of early help services through the implementation of Family Help. In the Families First for Children Pathfinder, the department is investigating how multi-disciplinary family help teams can provide targeted support to help children and families overcome challenges at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The department is spending more on children’s mental health services than ever before and working across government to ensure partnerships working across different sectors are delivering for children who need support.</p><p>The department is also continuing to roll out Mental Health Support Teams in education settings and supporting schools and colleges to train senior mental health leads, ensuring that as many young people as possible have access to the support they need.</p><p>Up to an additional £2.3 billion of additional funding a year since 2018/19 has been allocated to expand and transform mental health services. This is with the aim that 345,000 more children and young people will have been able to access NHS-funded mental health support by March 2024.</p><p>The department is making the ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ guidance statutory from September 2024. This sets out how schools, local authorities and other services need to work together to support pupils at risk of poor attendance and how support provided to these families is consistent across the country.</p><p>The department’s package of wide-ranging reforms designed to support schools to improve attendance means there were 440,000 fewer children persistently absent or not attending in 2022/23 compared to 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for children with SEND in Lancashire. more like this
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Cat Smith more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2024-05-03more like thismore than 2024-05-03
star this property answer text <p>Lancashire were last inspected under the previous Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) framework and were issued with a Written Statement of Action (WSoA) with 12 areas of significant weakness. Following their revisit inspection, published in August 2020, Lancashire were moved onto an Accelerated Progress Plan (APP) for five areas of significant weakness which were deemed to have not made sufficient progress. A department Case Lead, alongside a NHS England and a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) adviser, worked with the local authority and monitored their progress against the APP. After a series of reviews and data analysis, in 2021 the decision was taken that based on the evidence provided, that Lancashire had demonstrated clear and sustained progress against the areas highlighted in the accelerated progress plan.</p><p> </p><p>As with all local areas, the department has continued to provide support and challenge to Lancashire through their regional case lead, who seeks regular assurance, through conversations with SEND leads, that they are sustaining the progress made. The department also analyses Lancashire’s position through the annual SEN2 data publication, assessing their data performance and using this information to shape discussions. This progress will be assessed in the next Ofsted and CQC inspection, with all local authorities due to be inspected by the end of 2027.</p><p> </p>
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