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969240

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on funding a programme of training for people jointly commissioning services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.​
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	171491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting children with speech, language and communication needs. We have a special educational needs and disability (SEND) school workforce contract in place which provides strategic support to the workforce in mainstream and special schools. This enables schools to deliver high quality SEND provision which meets the needs of an increasingly broad range of special educational needs (SEN). The contract will monitor any gaps in provision and propose ways to meet these gaps through working with relevant SEN organisations including those who commission services. This contract will run until March 2020.</p><p>I recognise the importance of support in schools for spoken language, which underpins the development of reading and writing. Early support for language development is also important. Therefore, as part of our drive to improve social mobility through education, we announced in our action plan ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ that the department is working with Public Health England and the Department for Health and Social Care to improve early language outcomes for disadvantaged children. ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-social-mobility-through-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-social-mobility-through-education</a>.</p><p>We want to help provide health visitors with additional tools and training to identify and support children’s early speech, language and communication needs. We will do this by taking the following actions. Firstly, we will develop training and guidance to support these professionals, targeted to those areas of the greatest need. We will also develop an ‘early language assessment tool’ to help health visitors identify emerging language needs so that the right support can be put in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 171492 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:47:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

969241

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Speech and Language Disorders: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to address delayed language through the use of evidence-based intervention and training programmes.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	171492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting children with speech, language and communication needs. We have a special educational needs and disability (SEND) school workforce contract in place which provides strategic support to the workforce in mainstream and special schools. This enables schools to deliver high quality SEND provision which meets the needs of an increasingly broad range of special educational needs (SEN). The contract will monitor any gaps in provision and propose ways to meet these gaps through working with relevant SEN organisations including those who commission services. This contract will run until March 2020.</p><p>I recognise the importance of support in schools for spoken language, which underpins the development of reading and writing. Early support for language development is also important. Therefore, as part of our drive to improve social mobility through education, we announced in our action plan ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ that the department is working with Public Health England and the Department for Health and Social Care to improve early language outcomes for disadvantaged children. ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-social-mobility-through-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-social-mobility-through-education</a>.</p><p>We want to help provide health visitors with additional tools and training to identify and support children’s early speech, language and communication needs. We will do this by taking the following actions. Firstly, we will develop training and guidance to support these professionals, targeted to those areas of the greatest need. We will also develop an ‘early language assessment tool’ to help health visitors identify emerging language needs so that the right support can be put in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 171491 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:47:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

969281

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2018 to Question 168003, if he will publish the number of academy schools awaiting rebrokering by the academy trust from which they are being transferred.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	171526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>It is our practice to publish the details of academy transfers when they have been completed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 16:48:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

963995

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Nisai Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that schools are adequately funded to deliver the Nisai learning programme.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	169783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>It is for schools and local authorities (for children in alternative provision or with education, health and care plans) to decide what support will best meet the needs of pupils, taking account of their individual needs.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided an additional £140 million in high needs funding in 2018-19 and will provide an additional £120 million in 2019-20. Previously underfunded local authorities will see increases in 2019-20 of up to 6% compared to what they planned to spend in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>In Cheshire East, the local authority will receive £34.1 million in high needs funding in 2018-19, 2% more than in 2017-18. Figures for each local authority can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are also monitoring the impact of our national funding formula for high needs on local authority spending decisions, and are keeping the overall amount of funding for high needs under review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 12:19:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

963996

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support existing programmes aimed at helping to ensure that the views of disadvantaged children in (a) London and (b) other parts of England are taken into consideration by decision-making organisations.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	169167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>My department is committed to hearing the views of service users, which includes disadvantaged children.</p><p>Recently, we have developed a number of ways for young people to be involved in shaping the Opportunity Areas programme.</p><p>In Norwich, for example, a youth board challenges the programme strategy. The youth board has also developed interventions for the area. It is hosting a celebration event in September to ‎share their experiences of living in Norwich and to discuss what social mobility means to them.</p><p>We also fund a number of research projects, in London and elsewhere, that involve disadvantaged children. These include our pilots on free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 12:15:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

964006

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the eligibility of survivors of modern slavery for publicly-funded education; what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the application of the Immigration Rules to institutions which provide education for survivors of modern slavery; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	169676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Under international law, all children have the right to an education. Children and young people who are the survivors of modern slavery will normally be in local authority care while their immigration status is under consideration.</p><p>Such ‘looked-after children’ must be given highest priority for admission to English state-funded schools and young people in this situation are eligible for funding for 16-19 education or training in England.</p><p>To meet the eligibility requirements for student support for higher education in England, a student should normally be resident in England, have ‘settled’ status or a recognised connection with the UK and have been a resident of the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the three years prior at the start of the course. Exceptions are made for students who have been granted refugee status following a successful asylum claim, including the proportion of that group who have been confirmed as victims of modern slavery.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State regularly meets Cabinet colleagues to discuss a variety of issues.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 12:12:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

964031

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Government has removed its target of increasing the number of early years teachers; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of removing that target on the educational achievements of disadvantaged children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	168978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The department has never had a target for recruiting early years teachers. The Early Years Initial Teacher Training Programme has always been a demand-led programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 08:36:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

964121

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Enfield Southgate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) children and (b) children eligible for free school meals attained a Good Level of Development at age five in Enfield, Southgate constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	169680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is shown in Annex A, which is attached.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 12:28:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name Annex_A_169680_Table_of_pupils_with_good_development_level_in_early_years_foundation_stage_assessments.xls title Annex_A_169680_Development_in_early_years
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

964173

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report, Keep on Caring published by the Government in July 2016, when his Department plans to undertake a review the implementation of the policy of staying put.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	169796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The department keeps the Staying Put policy under constant review by monitoring data from local authorities showing take-up amongst young people, engagement with the sector and looking at information from Ofsted inspections of local authorities. Staying Put was also considered as part of the independent fostering review undertaken by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers, published in February 2018.</p><p>Staying Put has been welcomed by care leavers and the sector. It is recognised by them as a positive initiative and has helped thousands of care leavers to transition more smoothly from care to independence, providing continuity of relationships and care arrangements. The department will continue to gather information from the national rollout of Staying Put and in light of this, refine policy as required.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 07:59:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

964206

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children eligible for free school meals attained adequate levels of school readiness in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the Liverpool City Region, and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is provided in Annex A, which is attached.</p><p> </p><p>For completeness, figures have been provided for the two key Early Years Foundation Stage Profile indicators. These are the number of children achieving a Good Level of Development, which is the measure more widely used to assess school readiness, and the number of children achieving at least the expected level in all 17 Early Learning Goals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 17:52:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name Annex_A_for_169058_table_showing_children_eligible_for_free_school_meals_and_school_readiness_levels (2).xls title Table_for_169058_of_children_eligible_for_FSM
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead