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886355

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date	18/04/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2018 to Question 134364, on runaway children, how many looked-after children placed in children’s homes (a) inside and (b) outside the borough of the authority responsible for their care were reported missing.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	136550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children in children’s homes by the location of the placement is shown in the attached table.</p><p>These statistics are experimental statistics based on data collected for the first time in 2015 and should be treated with caution as local councils’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and any assessment of trends should take this into account. The information provided does not mean that the number of children going missing is increasing in the volumes indicated in the table.</p><p>Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:42:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 136550_Table.pdf title missing_incidents_in_children’s_homes
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

886404

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	The Education Fellowship Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools formerly within the Education Fellowship Trust and awaiting re-brokering have been placed with new trusts.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	136599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The department has confirmed new trusts for 10 of the 12 schools in the Education Fellowship Trust (TEFT). The department is working with all involved to transfer the academies as smoothly as possible and in a way that secures the financial future for each school as well as the education of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The schools are being closely monitored by the Regional School Commissioners. Many of the new trusts have an agreement with TEFT to provide school improvement support, enabling pupils to benefit from an outstanding trust immediately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:46:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

885407

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the organisations that submitted applications to run the Reception Baseline Assessment.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	136270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The department announced its preferred bidder for the Reception Baseline Assessment on 11 April. As government commercial procedure dictates, the contract for the Reception Baseline Assessment will be uploaded to Contracts Finder once contract award is complete. Information about the number of applications will be included in the contract award notice.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 14:52:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

885432

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Stop Start, published by the Sutton Trust on 16 April 2018, if he will make an assessment on the implications for his policies on the recording of sure start centre closures as a result of the findings in that report.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	136295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The findings in the Stop Start report are estimates based on analysis of different datasets and a snapshot survey of local councils. Local councils currently supply data on children’s centre provision through the Department for Education’s ‘Get Information about Schools’ (GIAS) database at <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>. Statutory guidance says that local councils should update their children’s centre data on a regular basis to reflect any changes to provision. We believe that the GIAS database is the most efficient and proportionate method for local councils to report children’s centre closures on a regular basis. As set out in legislation, local councils have responsibility for determining precisely what services are delivered through children’s centres. We believe that this is the right approach.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 136299 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:49:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

885436

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Stop Start, published by the Sutton Trust on 16 April 2018, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of introducing a national register of children’s centres which sets minimum levels of Sure Start provision.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	136299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The findings in the Stop Start report are estimates based on analysis of different datasets and a snapshot survey of local councils. Local councils currently supply data on children’s centre provision through the Department for Education’s ‘Get Information about Schools’ (GIAS) database at <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>. Statutory guidance says that local councils should update their children’s centre data on a regular basis to reflect any changes to provision. We believe that the GIAS database is the most efficient and proportionate method for local councils to report children’s centre closures on a regular basis. As set out in legislation, local councils have responsibility for determining precisely what services are delivered through children’s centres. We believe that this is the right approach.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 136295 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:49:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

884951

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
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 November 2017 to Question 111966, on Wakefield City Academies Trust, how many of the schools formerly within the Wakefield City Academies Trust have been placed with new trusts.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Our priority continues to be to transfer the schools to strong trusts that will be able to drive rapid and sustainable school improvement, to give these pupils the best possible education. We have confirmed new trusts for 20 of the 21, Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) schools.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 April 2018, 11 of the schools formally transferred from WCAT to their new Trusts. The department is working with all involved to transfer the remaining academies as smoothly as possible and in a way that secures the financial future for each school as well as the education of their pupils. We have worked with all the schools and the new trusts to provide appropriate support and resources, including funding, so that each of the schools has what is required to improve pupil outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>Schools, which are yet to be transferred, are being closely monitored by the Regional School Commissioners. Many of the new trusts have an agreement with WCAT to provide school improvement support, enabling pupils to benefit from an outstanding trust immediately.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 16:36:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

884953

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the schools formerly within the Academies Enterprise Trust and awaiting re-brokering have been placed with new trusts.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>As at 17 April 2018, 11 schools that were previously part of Academy Enterprise Trust (AET) have been re-brokered to new trusts. These re-brokerages took place between 2014 and 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with AET to facilitate improvement within the trust, including ensuring appropriate support is provided for underperforming schools.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 16:53:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

884957

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Finance
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 16 April 2018 to Question 135187, how much of the £26 million funding for school breakfast clubs will be allocated in the 2019-20 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	135945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>We are investing up to £26 million in a breakfast club programme, using funds from Soft Drinks Industry Levy revenues.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate allocating around £14 million during the 2019-20 financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 16:15:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

884971

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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 16 April 2017 to Question 135188, on Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments, which Minister is responsible for the process of appointing the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education is responsible for appointing the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. This is a public appointment, and the process will be completed following the procedures set out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 16:12:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

885023

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Water: Safety
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 potential merits of incorporating water safety and drowning prevention into the national curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The government fully supports the National Water Safety Forum’s National Drowning Prevention Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We have made sure that swimming and water safety is compulsory in the national curriculum for PE at primary levels (key stages 1 and 2). This guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study#swimming-and-water-safety" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study#swimming-and-water-safety</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The curriculum sets out the expectation that all pupils should be taught to:</p><p>- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres:</p><p>- use a range of strokes effectively;</p><p>- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.</p><p> </p><p>The government tasked an independent group of experts from across the swimming sector to submit a report setting out recommendations for improving curriculum swimming as part of the 'Sporting Future' strategy. We have established an implementation group and are currently reviewing the recommendations in the report.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 16:54:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell