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720371

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, how many applications for education, health and care plans were (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	70416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The data requested for the 2016 calendar year will be published in the<em> ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England: 2017’ </em>statistical first release on 25<sup>th</sup> May 2017.</p><p>Comparable data for the 2015 calendar year can be found in Table 2 of the<em> ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England: 2016’ statistical first release: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016</em></a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/04/2017 13:41:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

713446

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to support parents with special needs children to access appropriate education that meets the individual needs of those children.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act 2014, regulations made under that Act, and the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice introduced significant reforms to the SEND system in England. The reforms need time to bed in, and we are providing local areas with support to allow them to implement them effectively. We are also gathering feedback from a wide range of individuals and organisations. In due course, and in the light of that feedback, we will review the existing Code and regulations.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 28/03/2017 15:43:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

686083

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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, how many special needs assessments were undertaken in each school in England in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	63538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/02/2017 16:12:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

661658

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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 steps her Department is taking to ensure special needs places are available for all children who have a statement of need; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	58188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>We will invest at least £200 million in places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities that have education, health and care plans. We will distribute this funding to local authorities in England to support them to provide new places and improve facilities in both mainstream and special schools. This is over and above the basic need funding that we allocate to local authorities to support them to provide new school places. Local authorities are also free to use basic need funding to invest in places for pupils with special needs and disabilities where they identify that to be where the need is greatest.</p><p> </p><p>We will allocate this funding to local authorities in England and we will say more about this in 2017. Education is a devolved matter, meaning that the Northern Ireland Assembly is responsible for pupil place policy in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/01/2017 15:10:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

649448

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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 waiting time was for a child to receive a special educational needs and disability assessment and diagnosis in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	55944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/12/2016 15:25:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

642233

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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 steps she is taking to ensure that (a) Warrington Borough Council and (b) other local authorities are fully funded to implement the Government's educational reforms to provision for children and young people with special needs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	54179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>To ensure that local authorities were fully funded to implement the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) reforms, the Government provided them with a £70million SEND Reform Grant in 2014-15, aimed at helping them to prepare for their new statutory duties. Warrington Borough Council’s share of this grant amounted to £223,867.</p><p> </p><p>Through the ‘SEND Implementation Grant’, additional implementation funding of £45.2million was provided in 2014-15; £31.7million was provided in 2015-16 and £35.8million was provided in 2016-17. Warrington Borough Council’s shares of these allocations were £177,094 in 2014-15; £106,362 in 2015-16 and £119,606 in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to direct implementation funding for local authorities, the Government has provided:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£45million between 2014-15 and 2016-17 for Independent Supporters to help parents and young people through the process of education, health and care assessment and planning;</li><li>£5million for local authorities to increase opportunities for work experience and supported internships in 2015-16;</li><li>£6.75million between 2014-15 and 2016-17 to provide grant support for every Parent Carer Forum in England;</li><li>funding for a network of nine lead authorities in 2015-16 and 2016-17 to coordinate peer support; and</li><li>funding for a delivery consortium of voluntary and community sector organisations providing specialist advice and support to local authorities and their partners.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to funding the SEND Implementation Grant, Independent Supporters and Parent Carer Forums for 2017-2018.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 25/11/2016 13:14:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

599421

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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, how many pupils with special educational needs in schools in England (a) have an education, health and care plan and (b) are educated in a special school.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	47943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>As of January 2016, the number of pupils with special educational needs in schools for whom local authorities maintain an education, health and care (EHC) plan in England was 59,270; of which, 26,229 were in special schools.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics providing the number of children and young people with special educational needs for whom local authorities maintain an EHC plan broken down by establishment type can be found in Table 1 of the ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2016’ statistical first release, which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/10/2016 13:35:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

598226

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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, if she will review the implementation of new SEND system by local authorities; and what assessment she has made of how transitional funding is being used in each area to benefit children with (a) autism and (b) other special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	47690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department is monitoring implementation of the reforms and transition to the new system closely. Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission began inspecting local area effectiveness in meeting their special educational needs and disability (SEND) duties in May. All areas will be inspected over a five year period and the findings published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-area-send-inspection-outcome-letters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-area-send-inspection-outcome-letters</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also draws on a wide range of research, surveys and data as well as feedback from our professional SEND Advisers and funded voluntary sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has issued £113million in funding between 2014-15 and 2016-17 through the SEND Implementation Grant to support local authorities to carry out the SEND reforms. It is the responsibility of local authorities to make best use of this funding to support them to fulfill their duties. The Department has also funded the Autism Education Trust (£650,000 in 2016-17) to deliver autism training to education professionals in England. The Trust has trained more than 100,000 education staff since 2012. The training offered by the Autism Education Trust incorporates the learning from previous work by Ambitious about Autism on strategies for supporting transition from school to college, and the contract also covers a service provided by the National Autistic Society that provides information and advice to parents and professionals on exclusions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made an assessment of how the new system of support for children with SEND is meeting the needs of those with autism in particular. However, there have been a number of significant changes to the SEND system which particularly benefit children and young people with autism. This includes the publication of ‘local offers’ of SEND services by local authorities, the introduction of streamlined education, health and care needs assessments and plans, and new statutory protections for young people aged 16-25 in further education.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Department’s Free Schools programme, there are now nineteen special free schools open across England, including several that are specifically for children with Autism, such as the Rise free school in Hounslow, the Lighthouse free school in Leeds and the National Autistic Society’s Church Lawton free school in Cheshire. There are a further fourteen special free schools due to open in the future, seven of which will specialise in provision for children with autism, including the Heartlands Autism free school in Haringey and a second National Autistic Society free school, the Vanguard free school in Lambeth. Several of the other schools will offer some places for children with autism.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 47691 question first answered 13/10/2016 14:50:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

535209

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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, how many children and young people who are either educated at home or not in employment, education or training are recorded within the statistics and analysis on statements of special educational needs and education, health and care plans in England published on 26 May 2016; and under which categories such children and young people are recorded.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	42301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The number of children and young people with a statement or education, health and care (EHC) plan who are educated at home is not specifically collected in the ‘Statements and EHC plans England: 2016’ publication[1]. However, as these children and young people will be included in the total number of children and young people with statements and EHC plans, local authorities are likely to have included these children and young people in the ‘other arrangements made by the local authority’ or ‘other arrangements made by the parent’ category.</p><p>The number of children and young people with statements or EHC plans who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is not specifically collected in this statistical first release. Where young people have a statement or EHC plan and are NEET, they will be included in one of the other categories, e.g. ‘other arrangements made by local authority’ or ‘awaiting provision’.</p><p>There is not an exhaustive list of arrangements included in the category of ‘Other – arrangements made by the local authority in accordance with Section 319 of the Education Act 1996 or Section 61 of the Children and Families Act 2014’. The published SEN 2016 guide for local authorities[2] completing this part of the collection is as follows:</p><p>‘Section 319 of the Education Act 1996 empowers an authority to provide education for children with special educational needs “other than in school”. This may include education in centres run by social services or at home. Children would not normally be on another school register.</p><p>‘Section 61 of the Children and Families Act 2014 empowers an authority to provide education for children and young people with special educational needs “other than in school, post-16 institutions, etc”. This may include education in centres run by social services or where the local authority has named home education on an EHC plan.’</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-survey-2016-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-survey-2016-guide</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 42302 question first answered 18/07/2016 13:02:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

535210

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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 establishment types and educational provision arrangements are included within the category of other arrangements made by local authority used in the statistics and analysis on statements of special educational needs and education, health and care plans in England published on 26 May 2016.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	42302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The number of children and young people with a statement or education, health and care (EHC) plan who are educated at home is not specifically collected in the ‘Statements and EHC plans England: 2016’ publication[1]. However, as these children and young people will be included in the total number of children and young people with statements and EHC plans, local authorities are likely to have included these children and young people in the ‘other arrangements made by the local authority’ or ‘other arrangements made by the parent’ category.</p><p>The number of children and young people with statements or EHC plans who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is not specifically collected in this statistical first release. Where young people have a statement or EHC plan and are NEET, they will be included in one of the other categories, e.g. ‘other arrangements made by local authority’ or ‘awaiting provision’.</p><p>There is not an exhaustive list of arrangements included in the category of ‘Other – arrangements made by the local authority in accordance with Section 319 of the Education Act 1996 or Section 61 of the Children and Families Act 2014’. The published SEN 2016 guide for local authorities[2] completing this part of the collection is as follows:</p><p>‘Section 319 of the Education Act 1996 empowers an authority to provide education for children with special educational needs “other than in school”. This may include education in centres run by social services or at home. Children would not normally be on another school register.</p><p>‘Section 61 of the Children and Families Act 2014 empowers an authority to provide education for children and young people with special educational needs “other than in school, post-16 institutions, etc”. This may include education in centres run by social services or where the local authority has named home education on an EHC plan.’</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2016</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-survey-2016-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-survey-2016-guide</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 42301 question first answered 18/07/2016 13:02:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan