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1140099

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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 steps his Department is taking to improve local authority support for vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	912085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>We are providing local authorities with more money to support vulnerable children, with an additional £410 million invested this year across adults’ and children’s social care. Separately, we are investing £84 million over 5 years to drive improvements in children’s services across local authorities, especially through early intervention.</p><p>In 2018, the department introduced a new, tougher Ofsted inspection framework to drive improvement in children’s services. The department intervenes robustly in every local authority judged ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, bringing in experts to assess which improvements will ensure better services. This might include removing service delivery from the council’s control by establishing a trust, giving children’s services a fresh start.</p><p>Since May 2010, 46 local authorities have been lifted out of intervention and have not returned, and the number of inadequate local authorities has reduced from 30 to 19 since July 2017. We aim to continue making these improvements at pace so that, by 2022, less than 10% of local authorities are rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, halving failure rates within 5 years and providing consistently better services for thousands of children and families across the country.</p><p>To get ahead of failure, we are investing an additional £20 million in our regional improvement strategy, working collaboratively with the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Local Government Association, Solace and the rest of the sector to identify local authorities that need additional support. Our Regional Improvement Alliances and high-performing ‘Partners in Practice’ local authorities support those at risk of failure, embedding a system of sector-led improvement with more than 70 local authorities receiving support to date.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 16:46:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1139942

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Norwich South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a good level of development at age five in Norwich South in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	278562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested data is shown in the attached table<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 16:56:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 278562_table_percentage_of_children_achieving_a_good_level_of_development_in _early_years_foundation_stage_profile_teacher_assessments.doc title 278562_table
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1139247

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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, what steps he is taking to assist local authorities to increase the (a) provision and (b) affordability of childcare for disabled children in the school summer holidays.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	277636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to secure sufficient childcare in their area, so far as is practicable, for working parents, or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children).</p><p>Since 2011, all local authorities have a duty to provide a range of short breaks services for disabled children and their families. Responsibility for funding short breaks rests with local authorities. They are best placed and have the freedom to decide how to deliver services, target their resources and priorities, and be flexible to meet the local needs of disabled children and young people.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare was introduced in 2017 to support families with the costs of childcare, for which 1.6 million families are eligible. For every £8 parents pay into an online account, the government pays £2 – up to a maximum contribution of £2,000 per child each year, for children aged up to 12. Parents of disabled children receive extra support (worth up to £4,000 per child, for each year and until their child is 17) which can be used to pay for childcare provision both during term time and in school holidays.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 15:39:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1139336

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
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 effectiveness of teachers of the deaf in teaching deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	277613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information centrally on effectiveness of teachers of the deaf and the quality of support that they provide to deaf children and their families.</p><p> </p><p>In order to teach a class of pupils with hearing impairment, a teacher must hold a mandatory qualification in addition to qualified teacher status.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted, through its inspection of individual schools, considers the extent to which the education that they provide meets the needs of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities. Inspectors will consider the quality of teaching provided to improve learning for pupils, including those with hearing impairments, which may include support provided by teachers of the deaf.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 17:27:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1139361

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for special educational needs his Department has allocated from the public purse to schools in Barnsley in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	277812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required, through their local school funding formulae, to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEND exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and funding for special schools, comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next. Barnsley council is receiving £23.2 million for high needs this year, including its share of the £250 million, which amounted to £1.1 million.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the Dedicated Schools Grant were created. As the Dedicated Schools Grant includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for the Yorkshire and the Humber and Barnsley regions since 2013-14 are set out in the below tables:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> High needs funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1 billion</p></td><td><p>£412.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1 billion</p></td><td><p>£430.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.2 billion</p></td><td><p>£436.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3 billion</p></td><td><p>£442.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3 billion</p></td><td><p>£476.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.4 billion</p></td><td><p>£512.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.5 billion</p></td><td><p>£531.9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> High needs funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£127.1 million</p></td><td><p>£17.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£126.9 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£132.07 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£133.7 million</p></td><td><p>£18.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£137.4 million</p></td><td><p>£21.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£142.9 million</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£148.8 million</p></td><td><p>£23.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 277813 question first answered 22/07/2019 17:40:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1139362

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for special educational needs his Department has allocated from the public purse to schools in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	277813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required, through their local school funding formulae, to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEND exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and funding for special schools, comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next. Barnsley council is receiving £23.2 million for high needs this year, including its share of the £250 million, which amounted to £1.1 million.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the Dedicated Schools Grant were created. As the Dedicated Schools Grant includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for the Yorkshire and the Humber and Barnsley regions since 2013-14 are set out in the below tables:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> High needs funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1 billion</p></td><td><p>£412.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1 billion</p></td><td><p>£430.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.2 billion</p></td><td><p>£436.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3 billion</p></td><td><p>£442.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3 billion</p></td><td><p>£476.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.4 billion</p></td><td><p>£512.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.5 billion</p></td><td><p>£531.9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> High needs funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£127.1 million</p></td><td><p>£17.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£126.9 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£132.07 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£133.7 million</p></td><td><p>£18.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£137.4 million</p></td><td><p>£21.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£142.9 million</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£148.8 million</p></td><td><p>£23.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 277812 question first answered 22/07/2019 17:40:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1138865

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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, what comparative assessment he has made of the opening and closing rates of childcare settings in (a) wealthy areas and (b) disadvantaged areas.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	277241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn to the answer I gave on 16 July 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-07-11/276259/" target="_blank">276259</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 17:03:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1138866

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Early Years Alliance Minds Matter survey, published 2018; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the stress and workload burden in the childcare sector.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	277242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Minds Matter survey, the department awarded a Voluntary and Community Sector grant to the Early Years Alliance, to undertake further work to identify specific causes of paperwork and administration burdens in the sector. This was the main source of stress reported in the survey. Early Years Alliance have conducted a series of focus groups and an online survey. An advisory group comprising sector representatives, membership organisations, Ofsted and department officials is now considering the feedback from the project and next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 17:14:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1138607

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Multi-academy Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that schools take the leading role in deciding whether to (a) form and (b) join a multi-academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	276587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The process to become an academy is school led, with schools’ Local Governing Bodies taking the initiative to apply to their Regional School Commissioners’ office on whether to join an existing academy trust, or form one with partner schools. The only exception to this, where the department takes a leading role, is where a school is judged as ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, as the law requires the Secretary of State to make an order enabling the school to become an academy.</p><p> </p><p>The department aims to ensure that all schools considering becoming academies are able to join strong academy trusts, and this has historically been supported through trust capacity funding. Ultimately, our ambition is for every school that wants to, to benefit from the autonomy and freedom to innovate that academy status offers, and for schools to collaborate through strong academy trusts.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/07/2019 14:43:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1138616

registered interest
date	12/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals: Vegetarianism
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 encouraging schools to expand vegetarian options for school meals.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	276580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Requirements for School Food Regulations (2014), which came into force in January 2015, regulates the food and drink provided at both lunchtime and at other times of the school day. Beyond this, we believe that headteachers, school governors and caterers are best placed to make decisions about their school food policies, taking into account local circumstances and the needs of their pupils. In doing so, we expect schools to make reasonable adjustments for pupils with particular requirements, for example to reflect dietary and cultural needs. School food policies work best when schools discuss them with parents and pupils, so that parents have the opportunity to raise pupils’ particular dietary needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 16:35:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West