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765392

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Families: Counselling
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 improve support for early intervention family counselling.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	105655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2017 answer text <p>The government’s statutory guidance, <em>Working Together to Safeguard Children</em>, is clear about the importance that we attach to preventative services. Providing help early, before issues and problems escalate, is more effective in promoting the welfare of children than reacting later. <em>Working Together </em>sets out that local agencies should work together to assess local needs for early help support and should design and deliver services to meet these needs. This includes delivering family counselling services where appropriate. It is right that decisions about the provision of services, including preventative, early help services, are taken locally by agencies that are best placed to plan provision, taking account of local needs and circumstances.</p><p>The Department for Education’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme was launched in October 2013 to catalyse the development of more effective ways of supporting vulnerable children to build evidence of what works. The Innovation Programme is supporting projects that deliver family group conferencing involving the family and extended family members to help make decisions about the best way to support the family and take care of their child. Leeds City Council has been funded through the Innovation Programme to embed restorative practice across children’s services, including introducing an entitlement to family group conferences. Over 600 family group conferences, led by trained co-ordinators were held in 2016, bringing extended family and friends together to find solutions to issues that affect young people and support them in implementing these solutions. The use of family group conferencing has led to savings of c£755 per family resulting from reduced average time spent in the social care system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/10/2017 10:53:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

756749

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that PhD students will be eligible for 30-hours free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	7551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>30 hours free childcare is an entitlement for working parents of 3- and 4-year-olds. It aims to help working parents with the costs of childcare so that they can take up paid work if they want to, or work additional hours. PHD students will not, therefore, be eligible for the additional hours.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does recognise the value of parents continuing in, or returning to, education and provides support to those enrolled in recognised education courses through other schemes such as the Childcare Grant, which offers parents support with up to 85% of their childcare costs depending on their household income.</p><p> </p><p>All 3- and 4-year-olds are also eligible for 15 hours of funded early education a week. PHD students who work in addition to their studies and meet the income requirements will be eligible for the additional hours.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2017 16:31:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

747560

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regional schools commissioners.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	2522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As civil servants, the Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are subject to the civil service performance management framework. The RSCs are accountable to the National Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter.</p><p> </p><p>RSC performance is also monitored against a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Performance against these KPIs is published annually. The latest report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-annual-report-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-annual-report-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a>. The next report is due to be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the RSCs provide regular updates to the Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Lord Nash, together and individually, on specific cases.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/07/2017 15:26:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

715101

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last reviewed the list of accepted occupations for passport application and photo countersignatories; and whether she plans to increase the number of accepted occupations on that list.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	69739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The current policy, which requires the countersignatory to be a person of professional standing, is not prescriptive in relation to acceptable professions. The current list of recognised professions on Gov.UK is intended to be purely illustrative to assist the public, and it is therefore unnecessary to expand this list.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/04/2017 08:31:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

682385

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Cambridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many (a) Case Assurance and Audit Unit and (b) legacy cases her Department has records of people who reside in Cambridge.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	62499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>Data on the numbers of asylum seekers specifically in Cambridge cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost because checks of individual records would be required.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/02/2017 17:09:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

674336

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to accommodate unaccompanied child refugees in the areas of local authorities that have offered to do so.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	60294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has, and continues to, work closely with partners within the UK and across Europe to ensure the timely and effective transfer of children to the UK under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. The date on which an unaccompanied child refugee arrives in a local authority will depend on both when the child is brought to the UK, which will be agreed with the country in which they currently reside, and on the availability of a placement in the local authority that has agreed to participate in the National Transfer Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 60292 question first answered 24/01/2017 13:32:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

674338

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, at what date unaccompanied child refugees will arrive in Cambridge.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	60292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has, and continues to, work closely with partners within the UK and across Europe to ensure the timely and effective transfer of children to the UK under the Dublin Regulation and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. The date on which an unaccompanied child refugee arrives in a local authority will depend on both when the child is brought to the UK, which will be agreed with the country in which they currently reside, and on the availability of a placement in the local authority that has agreed to participate in the National Transfer Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 60294 question first answered 24/01/2017 13:32:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

674339

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many unaccompanied child refugees will be brought to the UK in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	60293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>We will continue to meet our obligations under the Dublin Regulation and more unaccompanied children will be transferred to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act in the coming months. An announcement will be made in due course on the total number of children to be transferred to the UK under the Immigration Act.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/01/2017 11:33:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

628975

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the cost to travellers of the Registered Traveller scheme relative to similar schemes in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The details of the Registered Traveller Service are regularly reviewed; we remain aware of similar schemes in operation and their costs and benefits and are confident that the UK’s Registered Traveller Service offers good value for money.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:43:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

626045

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will add care staff to the shortage occupation list.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	51091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Tier 2, the route for skilled non-EEA workers, is reserved for graduate level occupations only. Nurses, including those working in social care, are included on the Shortage Occupation List. Care workers do not meet the minimum skills requirement for Tier 2.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 15:44:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner