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782653

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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, what steps she is taking to ensure that local councils have sufficient funds for children in care.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	111237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015 made available more than £200 billion to local councils for local services up to 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for children’s services is an un-ring-fenced part of the wider local government finance settlement. It is for local councils to determine how to spend their non-ring fenced income on the services they provide, including services for children in care. Local councils increased spending on children and young people’s services to over £9 billion in 2015-16.</p><p>To help local councils redesign their children’s services to achieve higher quality and better value for money, we have invested £200 million since 2014 in our Innovation and Partners in Practice Programmes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2017 14:47:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

772114

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to commission a national adoption stocktake.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	108241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The government has no plans to undertake a national adoption stocktake. In March 2016 the government published <em>Adoption: a vision for change - </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-a-vision-for-change" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-a-vision-for-change</a> - which set out the government’s plans to address challenges in the adoption system over the next 4 years. This included radically redesigning the whole adoption system – the structures, systems and workforce – to ensure we have the foundations in place to build lasting change.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/10/2017 15:57:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765213

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the likely causes leading to the decrease in fostering applications from 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2017 answer text <p>The Ofsted report, ‘Fostering in England 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016’, notes that the decrease in applications during this period may be explained by the fact that almost one quarter of agencies (105) did not submit data about their prospective households.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fostering Stocktake is exploring the recruitment and retention of foster carers, including barriers to recruitment. The independent external reviewers will report to Ministers with recommendations at the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/10/2017 11:23:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765837

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the causes of the reduction in the number of further applications to ensure adequate numbers of foster carers.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Fostering Stocktake is underway. It is exploring a number of issues including the recruitment and retention of foster carers. It will give us a much better understanding of the current provision and the challenges in the foster care system, including barriers to recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>The independent external reviewers will report to Ministers with recommendations at the end of the year. The Government response will be published in Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/10/2017 18:13:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765839

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government response to the National Fostering Stocktake consultation.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>We expect to publish the government’s response to the National Fostering Stocktake in Spring 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/10/2017 18:11:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765841

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Intercountry Adoption: Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending pupil premium to cover children from overseas adopted in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is currently considering the educational entitlements of children adopted from care outside England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/10/2017 18:09:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765842

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children in the UK who are waiting to be adopted.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2017 answer text <p>The adoption leadership board quarterly data reports at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-leadership-board-quarterly-data-reports-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-leadership-board-quarterly-data-reports-2016-to-2017</a> show that there were 2,030 children in England who were waiting to be placed for adoption with a placement order at 30 September 2016. This is interpreted to be the number of looked after children in England at 30 September 2016 who had an active adoption decision and were the subject of a placement order but had not yet been placed with their adoptive family at that time.</p><p>Equivalent information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is not available in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/10/2017 11:02:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

760075

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Johnson Kane
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the information obtained by background checks carried out by her Department on Johnson Kane, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Education Fellowship Trust.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	10367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department completed a range of background checks on Johnson Kane and gained assurance that The Education Followship Trust had conducted their own due diligence.</p><p> </p><p>Personal information held by the Department is regarded as confidential and is not normally disclosed publicly or to third parties without the consent of the person concerned.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/10/2017 16:19:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

756921

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for recording and responding to unlawful practices relating to the exclusion from school of children with autism.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>There are clear duties in place to ensure that all exclusions are lawful, reasonable and fair.</p><p>The Department statutory guidance on exclusion: ‘Exclusion from maintained schools, Academies and pupil referral units in England’ covers the process from start to finish, and includes specific requirements in relation to pupils with Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In particular, head teachers should make additional efforts to consider what extra support may be required to avoid exclusion of pupils with SEND, and as far as possible, should avoid permanently excluding pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan/Statement.</p><p>There are safeguards in place to ensure schools follow these rules. This includes a process by which all decisions to exclude can be (and in the case of longer or permanent exclusions, must be) reviewed by the schools’ governing board. For permanent exclusions, parents can also request a review of the decision by an independent review panel, who can direct or recommend that the governing board reconsider their decision. Parents also have the right to request a special educational needs expert who can advise the review panel, impartially, of the relevance of special educational needs to the exclusion.</p><p>We expect all schools to adhere to these rules and we will be reminding schools of their responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2017 16:50:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

751295

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will take steps to amend school exclusion guidance to include the responsibilities of head teachers, governing bodies and school staff on the reporting of schools that act unlawfully.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not believe it is practical to introduce new reporting requirements on schools excluding unlawfully. However, there are clear duties in place to ensure that all exclusions are lawful, reasonable and fair.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a process by which all decisions to exclude can be (and in the case of longer or permanent exclusions, must be) reviewed by the schools’ governing board. For permanent exclusions, parents can also request a review of the decision by an independent review panel, who can direct or recommend that the governing board reconsider their decision.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/07/2017 07:10:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman