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1463475

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	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 proposal in the SEND Review to provide a tailored list of settings for parents of children with disabilities, what steps the Government plans to take to help ensure that that proposal does not affect choice of support for children, particularly those with complex disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	3590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The SEND and AP green paper sets out the government's proposals to improve the outcomes and experiences of children and young people with SEND and their families. The proposals aim to drive national consistency in how needs are assessed, identified, and met across education, health and care through the introduction of national standards. These standards are intended to set out the full range of support for meeting all needs, including those of children and young people with more complex needs. The standards will also include guidance and best practice on reasonable adjustments for disabled children.</p><p>As part of our proposals, our aim is to provide parents and carers with a clearer understanding of the support that should be available to meet their child’s needs and support them to make an informed choice about which education provider they would like their child to attend. Where specialist provision is required, the department is consulting on proposals for a simplified process where parents and carers will be supported to express an informed preference for a suitable placement from a tailored list of providers that are appropriate to meet their child’s needs. The expectation is that all schools on the list will be able to meet the child’s special educational needs as identified in their education health and care needs assessments. This aims to give parents and carers clarity on what is available locally which may still include mainstream, special, independent or out of borough provision where appropriate in order to meet the child’s needs. Our intention is that this will lead to greater transparency about what is available for children and young people in their local school and greater clarity about how it can be provided. The department also aims for this to improve the choice offered to parents and carers by suggesting options they may not have otherwise considered.</p><p>All of the proposals within the green paper are currently open to a full public consultation and the department will be listening carefully to all views expressed to ensure policies secure the departments ambitions to improve outcomes and parental confidence in the system. The department is committed to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to take part in the consultation and encourages everyone to do so.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 3592 3795 question first answered 24/05/2022 12:52:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1486482

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the form entitled Model articles of association for academy trusts, published on 3 January 2013, whether it remains his policy that the maximum aggregate number of votes exercisable by local authority associated persons should not exceed 19.9 per cent of the total number of votes exercisable by Members in general meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Nick Gibb
	uin	30971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The most recent model articles of association for use by mainstream academies, last updated on 30 June 2021 states:</p><p> </p><p>“Notwithstanding the number of Members from time to time, the maximum aggregate number of votes exercisable by Local Authority Associated Persons shall never exceed 19.9% of the total number of votes exercisable by Members in general meeting and the votes of the other Members having a right to vote at the meeting will be increased on a pro-rata basis.”</p><p> </p><p>This remains the department’s policy position, and we have no plans to change this approach for most types of academy trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The department is testing an approach to allow local authorities to establish new multi academy trusts, where there is a need, to which the above limit on local authority Associated Persons shall not apply. We will, however, require at least one member to be independent of any association with the local authority. We will work with a small number of local authorities to test the concept. Local authority-established multi-academy trusts will be subject to the same oversight and, where necessary, intervention as all trusts. More information about this policy can be found in the registration of interest document, here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-established-mats-registration-of-interest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-established-mats-registration-of-interest</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/07/2022 16:55:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

1491644

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies and Maintained Schools: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will lay a report before Parliament on the physical condition and safety of (a) maintained schools and (b) academies in England.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	42001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The department published a report on the condition of the school estate in England in May 2021, entitled ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey – Key Findings’. The report can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>. We plan to publish the underlying school level building condition data, collected in the Condition Data Collection programme, later this year.</p><p>Local authorities, academy trusts and governing bodies are responsible for the management of the physical condition and building safety in schools, using their local knowledge, and understanding of their school estate. This includes carrying out the appropriate surveys, condition checks and fire safety inspections on an on-going basis.</p><p>Last year, the department wrote to all responsible bodies in England to remind them of their responsibilities to manage their school estate effectively, maintain it in a safe working condition, and to comply with all relevant regulations. The department supports responsible bodies to keep school buildings safe and fit for purpose with an extensive range of guidance. This guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/good-estate-management-for-schools-gems-what-s-new" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/good-estate-management-for-schools-gems-what-s-new</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2022 08:39:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1483523

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Community Schools
	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 estimate of the cost of converting all remaining community schools to academy status.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	25985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The current academisation rate is 46.2% of all state-funded schools, which represents 9,990 academies and free schools compared to 11,623 local authority maintained schools. Of these academies, 54% are in trusts with fewer than ten schools and fewer than 7,500 pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The average costs of converting community schools to academy status, and of forming trusts of at least ten schools or 7,500 pupils, will vary significantly. This is because the cost depends on the circumstances of each school and trust at the time, such as whether the school is converting via the sponsored or converter route.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 25986 question first answered 19/07/2022 17:02:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1490306

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of primary schools under the control of a multi-academy trust that are judged outstanding by Ofsted that retain that status once they have been moved to the control of another multi-academy trust.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	38809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department has not made an estimate of this number. Schools rated outstanding by Ofsted very rarely move between multi-academy trusts, meaning there would be too few schools from which to make such an estimate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:13:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1377848

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on women of the policy of forced adoption during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	73855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The government has great sympathy for those affected by historical adoption practices. Our hearts go out to the parents and children of those involved. Although from a modern perspective these practices are clearly wrong, they took place at a time when society shared very different values.</p><p><br> Thankfully society today takes a very different attitude to single parents. Lessons of the time have been learned and led to significant changes to legislation and practice. Single parents are now supported to help ensure that children and their families stay together, and children are only removed permanently by a court, without the consent of the parents, if it is satisfied that the child is suffering significant harm or is likely to suffer significant harm.</p><p> </p><p>Parents now have legal representatives appointed to support them, to ensure their views are heard and that evidence put forward can be challenged. In addition, NHS maternity services now have robust policy guidance and processes in place to safeguard care for vulnerable women and babies.</p><p> </p><p>A range of help and support is available for those affected by historical adoption practices. For example, they can access intermediary services, provided by local authorities, voluntary adoption agencies and registered adoption agencies, to help them trace their birth children or birth parents and establish whether contact is possible. Birth relatives and adopted adults can also add their details to the Adoption Contact Register at the General Register Office to find a birth relative or an adopted person.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that none of the above can change the heartbreak and impact of things done in the past and repeat again our deepest sympathy for all those affected.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/11/2021 12:25:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1378444

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the adoption letterbox contact system; and what steps he is taking to improve the experience of communication between adoptive and birth families.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	75070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have a legal duty to provide a comprehensive adoption service.</p><p>This specifically includes “Assistance, including mediation services, in relation to arrangements for contact between an adoptive child and a natural parent, natural sibling, former guardian or a related person of the adoptive child.”</p><p>As set out in our recently published ‘Adoption Strategy: achieving excellence everywhere’ we will be working with local authorities and regional adoption agencies to improve support around contact with birth relatives, including that which has started via social media. Further information on this can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-strategy-achieving-excellence-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-strategy-achieving-excellence-everywhere</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/11/2021 15:18:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1388091

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of adoption placements which have been unsuccessful in England in 2020-21 by region.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	93829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on all adoption breakdowns. We do hold information on the numbers of children who return to care who had had a previous permanence arrangement.</p><p>Figures by region on the number of children who started to be looked after who had a previous permanence arrangement under an adoption order, are shown in the table. National figures are available in table C1 of the statistical release Children Looked After in England (including Adoption) year ending 31 March 2021 at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions</a>.</p><p>National figures showing the reasons why a child changed placement from a fostering arrangement during a year are also available in the same statistical release in table B4 via the above link. The figures in the attached table show this breakdown by region.</p><p>There are many factors that contribute to instability and placements ending in an unplanned way. Since April 2015 we have been collecting the ‘reason for placement changes’ as part of the children looked after data return submitted by local authorities. This helps us to better understand why children move, at a national and local level. However, it is not possible to make a full interpretation of whether these placements were successful or not from the categories described.</p><p>Some placement moves are necessary, particularly when part of a plan to find a longer term or permanent home for a child. Planned moves are often in the best interests of the child - a first placement may be organised at short notice due to an emergency and may not be a perfect fit, or a child may need a short-term placement for specialist care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 93828 question first answered 06/01/2022 17:10:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 93828_93829_looked_after_children_fostered_adopted.xls title 93828_93829_table
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1400334

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to make it mandatory for every adopted child to have a long-term, costed and deliverable support plan in place at adoption.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	98979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our national adoption strategy ‘Achieving Excellence Everywhere’, published in July 2021, makes clear our ambition to support regional adoption agency leaders to ensure that support for adopted children and families is provided throughout childhood and in the transition into adulthood, whenever it is required. We recognise the importance of such support plans being in place even before the child moves into their adoptive family.</p><p>The adoption strategy focuses on the clear need to find families for children, not children for families, and for recruitment campaigns to focus particularly on seeking adopters for those children who often wait the longest. The strategy also sets out a range of ways to improve matching. As well as promoting existing methods and tools to secure matches for children without delay, we want to see new processes and procedures put in place to speed up the sharing of adopters across regions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 98980 question first answered 11/01/2022 14:28:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1400335

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that every local authority has a published (a) strategy on how it identifies at the earliest stage children who are likely to wait longer for adoption and (b) process for seeking to match those children with a family in a timely manner.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	98980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our national adoption strategy ‘Achieving Excellence Everywhere’, published in July 2021, makes clear our ambition to support regional adoption agency leaders to ensure that support for adopted children and families is provided throughout childhood and in the transition into adulthood, whenever it is required. We recognise the importance of such support plans being in place even before the child moves into their adoptive family.</p><p>The adoption strategy focuses on the clear need to find families for children, not children for families, and for recruitment campaigns to focus particularly on seeking adopters for those children who often wait the longest. The strategy also sets out a range of ways to improve matching. As well as promoting existing methods and tools to secure matches for children without delay, we want to see new processes and procedures put in place to speed up the sharing of adopters across regions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 98979 question first answered 11/01/2022 14:28:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell