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1518821

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Social Care Independent Review
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 of the Independent Review of children's social care published on 23 May 2022, whether the Department for Education will take steps to prioritise listening to care-experienced young people in implementing the sections of that report which relate to its work.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	58931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The department is continuing to listen to the views of care experienced individuals as part of its response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. Three individuals with experience of the children’s social care system will sit on the National Implementation Board and provide advice and challenge on the government’s overall plan to reform children’s social care. The department is also committed to hearing from care experienced individuals on specific policy areas including on a new National Framework for Children’s Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/10/2022 14:19:49 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1518860

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Work England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) Social Work England on that body's future (i) operation and (ii) budget; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	58937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Social Work England’s budget has been set in discussion with HM Treasury as part of the department’s Spending Review settlement for the three-year period 2022/23 to 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/10/2022 16:15:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1518868

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to analysis by Child Poverty Action Group and its finding that 800,000 children in poverty do not qualify for free school meals, published on 9 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of this analysis.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	58974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not have plans to make changes to Free School Meal (FSM) eligibility. However, we continue to monitor the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue. The department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them.</p><p>In setting a threshold, the government believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p>The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming FSM. This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, the greatest ever proportion of school children, 37.5%, are now provided with FSM.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/10/2022 16:18:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1518894

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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, with reference to the report of the Independent Review of children's social care published on 23 May 2022, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam and Barnardo's to discuss (a) prioritising early intervention in children's social services and (b) improving outcomes for children in the care system.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	59058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The department will be publishing a detailed and ambitious implementation strategy in due course, which will set out our approach to reforming children’s social care. We thank Barnardo’s for their ongoing engagement on children’s social care reform with officials in the department and welcome the opportunity to meet with the hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam and Barnardo’s later this year, following the publication of the implementation strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/10/2022 14:00:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1519058

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants
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 26 September to Question 45468, what assessment he has made of the availability of teaching assistants to support children with SEND.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	59191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not collect teaching assistant vacancy numbers as part of the school workforce census, nor does it monitor vacancies within schools.</p><p>Schools can recruit teaching assistants according to their own circumstances. In the last two years, schools have recruited 10,000 more teaching assistants, taking the headcount to the highest on record. The department is committed to helping schools with their recruitment and provides guidance on the use and training of teaching assistants in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision Green Paper, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/send-review-right-support-right-place-right-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/send-review-right-support-right-place-right-time</a>. The department has also provided guidance on the use of support staff in schools in the school resource management guidance, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management</a>.</p><p>The department has funded the development of a number of good practice guidance documents through its SEND schools’ workforce contracts, including a Teaching Assistant Deployment Review Guide, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/resources/teaching-assistant-deployment-review-guide" target="_blank">https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/resources/teaching-assistant-deployment-review-guide</a>.</p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation’s guidance report 'Making best use of teaching assistants' offers the latest evidence and makes a number of recommendations to help schools make best use of their teaching assistants. It identifies ways schools can deploy them in different contexts to deliver high-quality support to pupils. The report also recommends that teaching assistants are fully prepared for their role in the classroom by having the skills and training necessary to carry out their work. The report can be accessed here: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/uploads/pdf/TA_Guidance_Report_Interactive.pdf" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/uploads/pdf/TA_Guidance_Report_Interactive.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/10/2022 09:51:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1519116

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the increased rate of inflation and rising food prices, (a) on what basis the rate paid to schools for providing free school meals is calculated, (b) when she next plans to review that rate, (c) what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the increased price of food on (i) the ability of schools to provide free school meals and (ii) overall school budgets, (d) if she will make it her policy to increase the rate in line with inflation and (d) if she will make it her policy to extend free school meal provision to all pupils in order to help prevent a rise in food poverty.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	59221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Schools pay for the provision of free school meals (FSM) from their core funding allocations. Overall, core schools funding, including funding for both mainstream schools and high needs, is increasing by £4 billion in 2022/23 compared to the previous year, representing a 7% increase in cash terms per pupil.</p><p>The core allocations schools attract through the national funding formula (NFF) include funding in respect of the FSM factor. The FSM factor is intended to broadly reflect the costs schools face in providing school meals. Following extensive consultation when the NFF was first introduced, schools attracted £440 per pupil through the FSM factor in 2018/19 and 2019/20.</p><p>Each year, the department has set the NFF factor values to be used in the forthcoming funding year. Since the introduction of the NFF, the per pupil FSM rate has increased in line with forecast inflation in every year, as measured by the latest GDP deflator at the time.</p><p>The FSM factor is worth £470 per eligible pupil in 2022/23. This will increase to £480 in 2023/24. The factor values for each year are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs. In reviewing future FSM rates, many factors will be taken into consideration, including cost of living pressures and inflation.</p><p>The department also spends around £600 million on Universal Infant Free School Meals each year. The per meal rate has been increased from £2.34 to £2.41, and backdated to 1 April 2022, in recognition of increased costs.</p><p>The department continues to monitor the situation surrounding the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue. The department thinks it is right that provision is aimed at supporting the most disadvantaged, those out of work or on the lowest incomes. We do not have any plans to extend universal provision, but we will continue to review FSM eligibility to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2022 11:44:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1507867

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 impact of the cost of living crisis on the numbers of children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	55092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not have plans to assess the potential impact of changes in the cost of living on pupils who are not eligible for free school meals (FSM). However, we continue to monitor the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue.</p><p>The department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the government believes that the current level is correct, as it enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 55093 question first answered 21/10/2022 14:18:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1507868

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to review the eligibility criteria for free school meals before the end of the 2022-23 autumn term.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	55093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not have plans to assess the potential impact of changes in the cost of living on pupils who are not eligible for free school meals (FSM). However, we continue to monitor the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue.</p><p>The department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the government believes that the current level is correct, as it enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 55092 question first answered 21/10/2022 14:18:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1507877

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Publishing
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 impact of the creation of a new curriculum arms-length body on existing educational publishers.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	55087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>As an integral part of the process to set up Oak National Academy as an arm’s length body, with close regard to Cabinet Office guidance, the department produced a business case which included an assessment of potential market impact. This business case will be published in due course. Monitoring market impact will be a priority throughout Oak National Academy’s lifetime and will be factored into the arm’s length body’s ongoing evaluation and two-year review.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 55089 question first answered 17/10/2022 14:25:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1507878

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Curriculum: Arms Length Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department has decided to introduce a new curriculum arms-length body.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	55088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Building on the success of Oak National Academy’s work during the COVID-19 pandemic, the department established a new arm’s length curriculum body, named after the Oak National Academy, on 1 September 2022. The curriculum arm’s length body will work with teachers across the country, giving them and their pupils access to high-quality digital curriculum resources which are free, optional, and adaptable. These optional resources will be available across the UK, helping teachers to deliver a high-quality curriculum.</p><p>These resources will ensure high-quality lessons are available nationwide, for the benefit of all children.</p><p>The department has produced a business case which further sets out our reasons for establishing a new arm’s length curriculum body. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/10/2022 14:41:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan