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1012383

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to support the delivery of Education and Health Care Plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	194746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We have given £252 million to local authorities to support implementation of the new duties under the Children and Families Act (2014). We have also funded a consortium of partners, including the Council for Disabled Children, to work with health and social care services, including producing guidance on improving education, health and care (EHC) plans; and funded a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) leadership programme and legal training for all local authorities and their health partners to ensure they are clear on their statutory responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>We have strengthened the National Health Service (NHS) Provider Contract for NHS Trusts to include a requirement to report on meeting the six-week deadline for health input into EHC plans; established a national network for Designated Medical Officers and Designated Clinical Officers, funded a local authority led regional network and developed resources to support joint self-assessment and peer review.</p><p> </p><p>We monitor implementation on the ground, for example, looking at the time it takes for local authorities to issue EHC plans. The Ofsted/Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections of SEND services we introduced in 2016 have also shone a light on strengths and weaknesses in the delivery of EHC plans and have proved a catalyst for local change. Where significant concerns have been identified, written statements of action (WSOA), setting out the actions the local area will take to improve services, are supporting local areas to improve their services. Ofsted and the CQC will re-visit each area with a WSOA to assess the progress they are making; and where sufficient progress is not being made, we will take appropriate action.</p><p> </p><p>64.9% of new EHC plans (excluding exception cases) were issued within 20 weeks in 2017, up from 58.6% in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/11/2018 17:29:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1012438

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
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 profitability of the PVI childcare sectors in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	194764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We plan to spend around £6 billion on childcare support in 2019 to 2020. That includes funding for our free early education entitlements on which we are spending £3.5 billion this year alone.</p><p>We recognise the need to keep our evidence base on provider finances up-to-date. Research in the last three years which includes data on providers’ profitability includes:</p><ul><li>Our annual Childcare and Early Years Provider Surveys: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years#childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-childcare-and-early-years#childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey</a>.</li><li>The 30 hours free childcare early implementation evaluation which was published in 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-early-implementation-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-early-implementation-evaluation</a>.</li><li>The 30 hours free childcare early rollout evaluation which was published in 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-rollout-of-30-hours-free-childcare-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-rollout-of-30-hours-free-childcare-evaluation</a>.</li><li>The national evaluation of year one of 30 hours free childcare which was published in 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-final-evaluation-of-the-national-rollout" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-final-evaluation-of-the-national-rollout</a>.</li></ul><p>We continue to monitor the provider market closely with a range of regular and one-off research projects to provide us with insight into the provider market.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/11/2018 17:33:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1012475

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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, which 20 local authorities will benefit from the £84 million in additional funding for children's social care services announced in Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	194687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We are pleased to be investing £84 million to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making.</p><p>We will be working closely with the sector between now and April 2019 to determine how best to allocate funding; looking at those authorities who are struggling to meet challenges caused by rising pressures and who would benefit most from this support. Building on lessons learned from promising innovation programmes in Hertfordshire, Leeds and North Yorkshire, this support will enable target councils to work more effectively with vulnerable children and their families.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/11/2018 17:23:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1011430

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of children requiring autism support since the commencement of the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including the type of need in the annual ‘SEN in England’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p><p>Pupils with SEN are recorded according to their primary type of need. Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is included as a type of need.</p><p>The table below shows a breakdown of the number of pupils with ASD as their primary type of need from 2015 to 2018 (as at January each year):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEN support</p></td><td><p>36,530</p></td><td><p>42,801</p></td><td><p>47,571</p></td><td><p>53,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statements of SEN &amp; education, health and care plans</p></td><td><p>54,245</p></td><td><p>57,211</p></td><td><p>60,832</p></td><td><p>66,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>90,775</p></td><td><p>100,012</p></td><td><p>108,403</p></td><td><p>119,909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/11/2018 15:39:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1010179

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the SEND budgets of local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	192823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds of up to £6,000 per pupil, to enable them to meet the additional costs of those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The local authority can also give additional funding from its high needs budget to schools that have a disproportionate number of pupils with SEND, whose additional support costs up to £6,000.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with special educational needs exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This funding comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. This year, high needs budgets total just under £6 billion across England, a £142 million increase since last year. This is explained in the high needs funding operational guide, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>However, we recognise that there is pressure on schools to do more, which is why we have taken steps to help them get the best value for every pound. We also recognise that local authorities are experiencing cost pressures on high needs and are keeping the overall level of funding for high needs under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 14:15:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1010180

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on how many local authorities have overspent on special education needs and disability budgets in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	192824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on local authority spending through the section 251 returns, which for 2018 to 2019 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>The department does not specifically collect information on where local authorities have overspent their high needs budgets. In 2018 to 2019, local authorities are obliged to pass at least 99.5% of their schools’ block funding, within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), on to local schools; and since 2017 to 2018, have been obliged to pass at least 93% (95% in 2018 to 2019) of funding for three and four-year olds to early years providers. Otherwise, local authorities are free to allocate their DSG, and in any one year may build up or draw down DSG reserves.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 14:17:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1010215

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he holds on the amount that Gloucestershire County Council has spent on legal activity regarding education, health and care plans in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	192698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect specific information regarding the amounts that local authorities spend on legal activity around education, health and care (EHC) plans.</p><p>Local authorities must adhere to legal requirements when making EHC needs assessments, when producing EHC plans and when meeting challenges from parents, young people and others. These are set out in the Children and Families Act (2014), supporting regulations and the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 14:13:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010216

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Gloucestershire
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 education, health and care (EHC) plans produced by Gloucestershire County Council in each of the last three years; and on how many occasions that Council did (a) not proceed with an EHC Needs Assessment, (b) not produce an EHC plan when one had been requested and (c) receive an appeal against the support included in the plan in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	192708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of initial requests for assessment for an education, health and care (EHC) plan that were refused during the calendar year and the number of children and young people assessed during the calendar year for whom it was decided not to issue an EHC plan are shown in the table below for Gloucestershire local authority for the calendar years 2015 to 2017.</p><p><strong>Gloucestershire local authority, 2015 to 2017 calendar years.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Calendar Year 2015</p></td><td><p>Calendar Year 2016</p></td><td><p>Calendar Year 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of children and young<br> people for whom EHC plans were made for the first time</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused during the calendar year</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of children and young people assessed during the calendar year for whom it was decided not to issue an EHC plan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SEN2 data collection</p><p>The information requested on the number of appeals against the support included in the plan in each of the last three years is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/11/2018 17:20:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010391

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: 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 19 November 2018 to Question 191474, which 13 local authorities have been granted the ability to move funding from the schools block to the high needs block.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	192930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>For the funding year 2018 to 2019, local authorities have the flexibility to transfer up to 0.5% of their schools block funding to another block of the Dedicated Schools Grant, with the approval of their schools forum. Local authorities were only required to submit a request if they wished to transfer more than 0.5% out of the schools block, or if they did not receive support from the schools forum for a transfer.</p><p>13 local authorities were allowed to transfer over 0.5% from the schools block to the high needs block.</p><p>The local authorities are listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount of transfer <br> (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br> schools block </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>1.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston-upon-Thames</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>1.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.60%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 14:25:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1008448

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the practice of contested adoption on the well-being of the child.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	192088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Individual decisions on adoption are ultimately taken by an independent judge based on the evidence presented.</p><p>Adverse childhood experiences such as neglect or abuse often cause lifelong problems. In most cases, local authorities will provide support so that children can remain with their birth families. However, for those children who cannot live with their birth parents, it is vital we find them permanent new homes as quickly as possible, whether that be by adoption, special guardianship or long-term fostering. Adoption can be transformative for many children and can provide them with the stability and care they need to recover from the trauma they may have experienced in early life.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/11/2018 12:12:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe