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1055820

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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 steps his Department is taking to increase the number of specialist teachers for deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>I am determined that all children and young people, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, receive the support they need to achieve the success they deserve.</p><p>I met with the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) on 21 November to find out more about their concerns and officials are engaging directly with NDCS to better understand the issues raised regarding the number of teachers of the deaf.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/02/2019 16:42:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1052455

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food
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 ensure the supply of food to schools in the event that UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority. However, a responsible government must plan for every eventuality, including a no deal scenario. The government has been working to plan arrangements that ensure goods can continue to flow into the UK without significant delays from additional controls and checks. We are continuously engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to support industry preparedness, and will continue to work with food suppliers to prepare for a no deal departure from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/02/2019 16:52:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1052235

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of free school projects that were cancelled after receiving government funding and (b) the total cost to the public purse of cancelled free school projects in each year since the introduction of free schools.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The primary objective of the department in all cases is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer. Where we have had concerns over the long-term success and viability of a proposed free school that has not yet opened, we take swift and decisive action to cancel the project. As a result, since the start of the programme, we have cancelled 30 free school proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes revenue and capital costs associated with cancelled free school projects on a regular basis through its annual accounts and on GOV.UK. Of the cancelled projects with costs published to date, the total cost to the public purse has been £6,762,381. This total does not include free school projects that were withdrawn by the proposer during the pre-opening period.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/02/2019 11:36:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 99838 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1051311

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of academy chains that have (a) gone into administration and (b) collapsed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Our latest records show that no academy trust has gone into administration. Where there is a risk to public funds, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will intervene in a proportionate manner to avoid financial issues affecting school provision.</p><p> </p><p>The ESFA has a robust intervention strategy to support an academy trust, which is a company limited by guarantee and subject to company law, to reach a stronger financial position. Intervention actions range from supporting and building trust capacity through to issuing a Financial Notice to Improve, or in the most serious cases, terminating a funding agreement, after schools have been transferred to another trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 17:46:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1043021

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 the improvement of local authority-run services for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	209746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act (2014) introduced a range of additional duties for local authorities in relation to services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>We have invested heavily in training and support for local authorities to take on their new responsibilities and improve their services. This includes funding training and resources on education, health and care planning; leadership skills; joint commissioning of services; and effectively engaging with children, young people and their families to deliver a service that meets their needs. We are also working with IPSEA (Independent Parental Special Education Advice) to deliver legal training for local authorities on the implications of the SEND reforms, and are funding peer support via a network of local authority regional coordinators.</p><p>High needs funding has risen by £1 billion since 2013, to just under £6 billion this year and on 17 December 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced additional high needs funding for local authorities of £125 million in 2018-19 and £125 million in 2019-20 to help local councils manage the increasing costs of provision for children and young people with SEND. He also announced a further £100 million top-up to the special provision capital fund for in 2019-20, to take the total investment to £365 million across 2018 to 2021. This will help local authorities invest in improved facilities and additional school and college places for children and young people with SEND.</p><p>Since May 2016, we have been funding Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to inspect local areas (the local authority and relevant commissioning health bodies) on how they are fulfilling their duties for children and young people with SEND. All 152 areas will be inspected over 5 years and where weaknesses are identified by the inspectors, areas are being supported by the Department for Education and NHS England regional SEND advisers to develop and implement an improvement plan known as a written statement of action (WSOA). Inspections are identifying a wide range of strengths, as well as areas for improvements and are acting as a real driver for change. Revisits by Ofsted and the CQC to those areas with a WSOA are helping to ensure than momentum is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 15:23:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1041360

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
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 increase the number of men working in early years education.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The department’s ‘Early Years Workforce Strategy’ (published March 2017) included a commitment to set up a gender diversity task and finish group of sector stakeholders to consider this issue in more depth. The group has shared its findings with the department and we are currently considering how best to address the issue of gender diversity in the early years workforce.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/01/2019 14:09:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1043685

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Care Homes
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 17 December 2018 to Question 201570 on Children: Care Homes, what funding from the Children’s Social Care Innovation programme has been allocated to (a) Coventry City Council and (b) other local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	210010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Launched in 2013, the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme has invested £200 million in up to 98 projects across 3 funding rounds (2014-2020), enabling local authorities to develop, test and scale new approaches to supporting vulnerable children in the social care system supported by an independent evaluation.</p><p>We have supported Coventry City Council up to £871,000 over three years to adopt and adapt Project Crewe’s successful innovative model in providing targeted support to children in need. This includes utilising integrated cross-sector working and personalised interventions aimed at ensuring that children in need in the area receive targeted, multi-agency support they need to prevent repeat referrals, escalation to child protection measures or entry to care.</p><p>Coventry City Council also received £969,835 for their work with the Family Rights Group and Catch22 innovation projects.</p><p>We are also working with up to 116 local authorities who are involved with the innovation programme in either leading, partnering and or supporting on an innovation programme project up to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/01/2019 16:32:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1025317

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to provide additional educational support for schoolchildren who are housed in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>We know moving into temporary accommodation can mean changing schools, which is strongly associated with poorer attainment. We provide schools with extra resources to ensure all pupils, regardless of their home circumstances, have the educational support they require and can go as far as their talent and hard work will take them. We are spending over £2.4 billion this year through the pupil premium to support disadvantaged pupils, which may include those housed in temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 16:58:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1025323

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he provides to local authorities on the time they should take to make an Education, Health and Care needs assessment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice sets out the statutory timescales and decision points for the process of education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment and plan development (paragraphs 9.39 to 9.44 in the attached document).</p><p>The maximum time for the whole assessment process to be completed is 20 weeks. There are limited exceptions to this timescale, for example if exceptional personal circumstances affect the child or young person or their family, or if the child or young person is absent from the area for at least four weeks.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 14:50:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name SEND_Code_of_Practice_January_2015.pdf title SEND_code_of_practice_January_2015
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1023920

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Care Homes
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 adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) provision of children's residential care in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Ofsted, as the independent regulator, inspects all children’s homes to ensure they meet the standards outlined in the Social Care Common Inspection Framework and the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations (2015). At 30 September 2018, 82% of homes in England were judged good or outstanding. Ofsted publishes statistics on local authority inspection outcomes which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-and-childrens-homes-in-england-inspections-and-outcomes-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-and-childrens-homes-in-england-inspections-and-outcomes-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to ensure there is sufficient accommodation available for the children that they look after. We are supporting local authorities in fulfilling this duty by providing funding as part of our £200 million Children’s Social Care Innovation programme to increase capacity and improve the commissioning of residential care placements. We are also establishing a residential care leadership board to drive improvements in the children’s residential care system in England.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/12/2018 13:25:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham