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905443

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date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the means by which local authorities are funded for the statutory services they provide to children.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	144888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is an un-ring-fenced part of the wider local government finance settlement, to give local authorities the flexibility to focus on locally determined priorities and, of course, their statutory responsibilities, including children’s social care. Over the five year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20 councils will have access to more than £200 billion to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including children’s services. In February, Parliament confirmed the 2018-19 settlement for local government, providing a real terms increase in resources available to local government - £44.3 billion in 2017-18 to £45.1 billion in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s fair funding review of relative needs and resources will develop a robust, up-to-date approach to distributing funding across all local authorities in England at local government finance settlements, including for children’s services. We are working towards implementation in 2020/21, while keeping this date under review as our work progresses.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the review, the Department for Education and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government have jointly commissioned a data research and collection project on the cost and demand pressures for children’s services, to understand local authorities’ relative funding needs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 143748 question first answered 22/05/2018 16:52:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

905450

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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 assessment he has made of the quality of transitions for children in need into adulthood.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	144977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to preparing vulnerable children for adult life and recognises the challenges and importance of transition. The statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children, makes it clear that when children on child protection plans reach the age of eighteen, local authorities should consider whether support services are still required. For children leaving care, the offer of support from local authorities now extends to twenty-five.</p><p>We are already delivering a major programme of reform, as set out in Putting Children First (2016). We are working to improve the quality of the workforce, develop and spread innovative practice, and improve the quality of local authority children’s services. We are also using the Department for Education’s Social Care Innovation Programme to trial programmes to improve the quality of support for adolescents.</p><p>On 16 March the government launched a review into the outcomes of children in need and opened a call for evidence. We will consider the full range of views we receive in response to the call for evidence, including any around transition support and the way this is planned by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 143761 144402 question first answered 22/05/2018 16:56:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

905573

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to increase support for teenagers with ADHD in schools.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	144967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Our new contract, which will be delivered by the Whole School Send Consortium, brings together schools, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) sector organisations and experts to ensure schools are equipped to deliver high-quality teaching that supports children with all kinds of SEND including those with ADHD.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2018 16:31:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

905649

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
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 11 May 2018 to Question 137063, what data was collected on the educational backgrounds of applicants to be Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	144926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In line with other public appointments, applicants to be Chair of the Social Mobility Commission were not asked about their educational background. However, all applicants were asked to complete a diversity monitoring form. This is a standard form used for public appointments across government. The form asked the applicant to declare the following information:</p><ul><li><p>Gender</p></li><li><p>Disability status</p></li><li><p>Ethnicity</p></li><li><p>Age band</p></li><li><p>Sexual orientation</p></li><li><p>Religion or belief</p></li><li><p>Principal place of residence</p></li><li><p>Main employment and occupational sector</p><p>Applicants’ declarations were anonymised upon receipt and not considered as part of their application.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2018 15:17:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

905662

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children are being looked after as a result of their parents or guardians being deemed homeless.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	144920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2018 14:10:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

905664

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions children subject to special guardianship orders and adoption orders have been placed into local authority care under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	144921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on all the occasions when special guardianship placements or adoptions have broken down. A research report, ‘Beyond the adoption order’, was published in 2014 and gave a one-off insight into adoption breakdown. This report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a>.</p><p> </p><p>National statistics on numbers of children in England starting to be looked after who had a previous permanence arrangement, whether a special guardianship order or adoption order, are available at the bottom of Table C1 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These figures were collected for the first time in 2014 and should be treated with caution as the information is based on self-declaration and for a large number of children the previous permanence arrangement is not known.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 144922 question first answered 21/05/2018 15:06:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

905665

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Special Guardianship Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) adoptions and (b) special guardian placements have broken down in the each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	144922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on all the occasions when special guardianship placements or adoptions have broken down. A research report, ‘Beyond the adoption order’, was published in 2014 and gave a one-off insight into adoption breakdown. This report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a>.</p><p> </p><p>National statistics on numbers of children in England starting to be looked after who had a previous permanence arrangement, whether a special guardianship order or adoption order, are available at the bottom of Table C1 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These figures were collected for the first time in 2014 and should be treated with caution as the information is based on self-declaration and for a large number of children the previous permanence arrangement is not known.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 144921 question first answered 21/05/2018 15:06:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

905685

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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, with reference to page 17 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy, published in March 2017, when his Department plans to undertake a consultation on amending the regulations for Early Years Teacher Status.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	144965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We have carried out a consultation, including engagement with relevant stakeholders such as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, unions and bodies representing the interests of governing bodies of schools, school and college leaders and teachers.</p><p> </p><p>We are now considering consultees’ feedback and will make an announcement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2018 16:26:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin