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1006947

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date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will bring forward proposals to make it compulsory for all schools to have defibrillators.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	191298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for schools to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED), but the government encourages them to do so as part of their first aid equipment.</p><p>AEDs are currently available for schools and other education providers in the UK to purchase through the National Health Service Supply Chain at a reduced cost. These arrangements are available to all UK schools including academies, independent schools, sixth-form colleges, further education institutions and early years settings (including holiday and out-of-school providers).</p><p>The government has produced guidance for schools on buying, installing and using an AED, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 15:28:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

982878

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people with special educational needs were recorded as being educated elsewhere and in settings other than a school for each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	175942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) with Statements of SEN or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans recorded as being educated elsewhere and in settings other than a school for each year since 2015, is published in the ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans’ statistical publication available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p><p>Data on primary need is not available for children and young people who are educated elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 175943 175944 question first answered 16/10/2018 11:36:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

982879

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statistical first release series, Statements of special educational needs (SEN) and education, health and care (EHC) plans, what the special educational primary need of children and young people with statements of SEN and EHC plans were for those children recorded as being educated elsewhere in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	175943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) with Statements of SEN or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans recorded as being educated elsewhere and in settings other than a school for each year since 2015, is published in the ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans’ statistical publication available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p><p>Data on primary need is not available for children and young people who are educated elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 175942 175944 question first answered 16/10/2018 11:36:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

982880

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people with a special educational primary need of autism were educated elsewhere and outside of a school setting in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	175944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) with Statements of SEN or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans recorded as being educated elsewhere and in settings other than a school for each year since 2015, is published in the ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans’ statistical publication available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p><p>Data on primary need is not available for children and young people who are educated elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 175942 175943 question first answered 16/10/2018 11:36:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

964499

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
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 adequacy of the level of funding for the staying put policy.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	169010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The department engages regularly with the sector on policy for care leavers, including on Staying Put and funding for the scheme.</p><p>The strategy for care leavers, ‘Keep on Caring’, was published in July 2016. It confirmed that new burdens funding would continue to be paid to local authorities through to the end of this Parliament, using the amount allocated in the period 2016 to 2017 of £22.2 million as the baseline, up-rated each year by 2% to take account of inflation.</p><p>In the period 2017 to 2018, a further £22.85m was provided. This increased to £23.3 million in the period 2018 to 2019. This will increase again to £23.77 million in the period 2019 to 2020. Funding beyond March 2020 will be subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 15:47:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

833937

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Bus Services
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 providing care leavers aged between 18 and 25 with free bus passes to help them find and maintain work.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The cross-government care leaver strategy ‘Keep on Caring’, published in July 2016, set out how we will support care leavers to make a successful transition from care to independence. Through the Children and Social Work Act, we are; introducing corporate parenting principles that will govern the way in which local authorities deliver services to children in care and care leavers; introducing a new duty on local authorities to consult on and publish a ‘local offer’ for care leavers; and extending support from a Personal Adviser to all care leavers to age 25.</p><p> </p><p>We believe, however, that central government departments, other public bodies and private and voluntary sector organisations also have a role to play in helping care leavers to make a successful transition to adulthood; and we are developing a ‘care leaver covenant’ which will provide a way for organisations from all sectors to make a commitment to offer support to care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that many care leavers struggle to cope with the financial challenges of living independently at a young age and that support to meet transport costs would help care leavers to engage in education, employment and training. In developing the care leaver covenant, we will explore with the Department of Transport and private bus and rail companies the scope to secure free or discounted travel for care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/02/2018 17:45:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

832993

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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 ensure that sibling groups in the foster system are placed together.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The statutory framework is clear that local authorities must ensure a placement enables a child to live with their sibling, if the sibling is also looked after. However, it is not always possible or appropriate to place sibling groups together. The child’s – or children’s - best interests are paramount. Where siblings cannot be placed together, contact should be actively encouraged and facilitated unless this goes against the child’s best interest.</p><p>Every child’s care plan must contain information about the arrangements for promoting and maintaining contact with siblings who are not placed together.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/02/2018 17:15:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

832995

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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 are being taken to improve consistency in foster care payments by area.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The National Minimum Standards for fostering services (NMS) are clear that every foster parent should receive an allowance that covers the full cost of caring for a child. The government recommends a minimum allowance that fostering service providers should pay to their foster parents each week to cover the costs involved in looking after a child or young person. It is set out as a benchmark standard in the NMS and offers some consistency in the allowances paid by local authorities.</p><p>Whilst it is for local authorities to decide the rate paid to foster parents in their area, our strong expectation is that foster parents with a child in placement will be paid at least the national minimum allowance. We know a number of fostering service providers already base their fostering allowances on rates that are higher than those recommended by the government.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fostering Stocktake, an independent review of the fostering system in England, has now concluded. The department will carefully consider any recommendations made by the review and the Education Select Committee on payments to foster parents. The government response will be published in spring 2018.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/02/2018 17:56:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman