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1483672

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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 potential impact of increasing childcare ratios on levels of childcare staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	25945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>In the summer, the department will be consulting on moving to the Scottish ratios for two-year-olds, from a ratio of 1:4 (one adult to four children) to 1:5 (one adult to five children). Alongside this, the department is also considering how we can provide greater flexibility within ratios for childminders.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority continues to be to provide safe, high quality early years provision for our youngest children, and throughout this consultation process we will engage fully with the sector and parents and carers on this proposed change.</p><p> </p><p>Responses from this consultation will help to build the evidence base, including on the impact that changing childcare ratios may have on staff recruitment and retention.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/07/2022 12:18:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1483673

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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, how many (a) nurseries and (b) childcare settings have closed in each region of England in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	25946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/06/2022 08:58:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1472924

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
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, how many designated Sure Start Children's Centres there were in each local authority in (a) 2010 and (b) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	23781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal since 18 September 2017. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the attached table provides details of the number of children’s centre sites by local authority in 2010 and 2021. Councils are reconfiguring services to deliver them more efficiently. If a council decides to close a children’s centre, statutory guidance is clear that they should demonstrate that local children and families would not be adversely affected, and local areas continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/06/2022 16:17:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 23781_data.pdf title 23781_table
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1472144

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
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, whether he plans to issue guidance to nurseries, childminders and other early years education and childcare settings on making adjustments and improvements to (a) improve ventilation and (b) reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission in those settings during the 2022 summer holiday period.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	22490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The department has provided CO<sub>2</sub> monitors to state-funded education providers, including early years providers. All state-funded early years providers were eligible, including includes private, voluntary, and independent providers, and childminders who work together in groups of four or more and are registered as operating childcare on domestic premises.</p><p> </p><p>The monitors enable staff to identify areas where ventilation needs to be improved and provide reassurance that existing ventilation measures are working, helping balance the need for good ventilation with keeping rooms warm.</p><p> </p><p>Comprehensive advice on how to improve ventilation for education providers is available from the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2022, the government has withdrawn most pieces of specific COVID-19 guidance for education and childcare providers, although public health and emergency planning guidance for education and childcare settings is still available. If providers suspect an outbreak of respiratory infection, such as COVID-19, they should review and reinforce the baseline infection prevention and control measures they already have in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/06/2022 11:29:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1472145

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus and Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to special schools on making adjustments and improvements to (a) improve ventilation and (b) reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission in those settings during the 2022 summer holiday period.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	22491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>When carrying out works to make building improvements, schools should use the environmental standards set out in the department's guidance. The current version was updated and published in November 2021. This can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/22, the department provided over 386,000 CO<sub>2</sub> monitors to state-funded education providers, including early years, schools, and further education providers. This was backed by £25 million in government funding. The monitors enable staff to identify areas where ventilation needs to be improved and provide reassurance that existing ventilation measures are working, helping balance the need for good ventilation with keeping classrooms warm.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the living with COVID-19 announcement in April 2022, which prioritises the most vulnerable, the department has distributed additional CO2 monitors to special schools and alternative provision providers, including special educational needs units in mainstream settings, given their higher-than-average numbers of vulnerable pupils. These additional monitors will provide coverage in roughly all teaching rooms and some non-teaching rooms.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2022, the government committed to fulfil all eligible applications for air cleaning units to state-funded education settings for poorly ventilated teaching spaces, where quick fixes to improve ventilation are not possible. The latest delivery figures can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/delivery-of-air-cleaning-units" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/delivery-of-air-cleaning-units</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining adequate ventilation remains the responsibility of individual schools. The law states employers, including education and childcare providers, must make sure there is an adequate supply of fresh air in enclosed areas of the workplace. This has not changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/06/2022 11:32:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1465485

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s data release of on Education, health and care plans, how many EHC plans were (a) issued or (b) revised following a request for a review in that period.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	8076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. The data published on 12 May 2022 on education, health and care plans is collated from the special educational needs 2 local authority aggregated data collection. This collection does not contain the information requested. A person level data collection replacing the aggregated data collection will be introduced from 2023 and include information on annual reviews.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8077 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:31:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1465486

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s data release of 12 May 2022 on Education, health and care plans, for what reason data on EHC plan reviews was not included in that release.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	8077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. The data published on 12 May 2022 on education, health and care plans is collated from the special educational needs 2 local authority aggregated data collection. This collection does not contain the information requested. A person level data collection replacing the aggregated data collection will be introduced from 2023 and include information on annual reviews.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8076 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:31:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1465053

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: School Choice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what steps he is taking to ensure that the tailored list of school placements does not limit choice for families.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>One of the key aims of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Green Paper is to provide parents and carers with a clearer understanding of the support that should be available to meet their child’s needs and support them to make an informed choice about which school they would like their child to attend.</p><p>Where specialist provision is required, the department is consulting on proposals for a simplified process where parents and carers will be supported to express an informed preference for a suitable placement from a tailored list of schools that are appropriate to meet their child’s needs. The expectation is that all schools on the tailored list will be able to meet the child’s special educational needs as identified in their education, health and care needs assessments.</p><p>This aims to give parents and carers clarity on what is available locally which may still include mainstream, special, independent or out of borough provision where appropriate in order to meet the child’s needs. The department’s intention is that this will lead to greater transparency about what is available for children and young people, including offering to parents and carers options they may not have otherwise considered.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/05/2022 16:48:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1465054

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what steps he is taking to ensure that all teachers have training to support children with SEND.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper recognises that excellent mainstream provision and teaching serves as the foundation for a strong SEND system.</p><p>The department's revised Initial Teacher Training and Core Content Framework, which all new entrants to the profession benefit from, has been designed to support all children and young people to succeed. All trainees who achieve Qualified Teacher Status must demonstrate that they can adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.</p><p>The Early Career Framework, introduced in September 2021, entitles early career teachers to a further two years of development. This framework was designed in consultation with SEND specialists and includes training on identifying pupils who need teaching content further broken down.</p><p>In February 2022, the department announced more than £45 million of funding for continued targeted support for families and parents of children with SEND and SEND services. This includes funding that will directly support schools and colleges to work with pupils with SEND, for example through training on specific needs like autism, as well as best practice for developing whole school SEND support and initiatives.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/05/2022 16:54:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1465059

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals for mandatory mediation on parent’s access to the SEND tribunal process.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>As the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper set out, the new national system will be designed to minimise uncertainty and disagreements throughout the system and improve parental confidence. The department recognises, however, that disputes around decision-making may still occur.</p><p>This government’s proposals seek to resolve issues earlier and improve relationships locally by strengthening mediation, including consulting on making it mandatory. Appeals to the tribunal should only need to be made in cases where parents feel that their child’s needs or proposed provision arrangements are not in line with the new national special educational needs and disabilities standards, and mediation has not resolved the dispute. Mediation helps to maintain and improve relationships between providers, local authorities and families which is important for long-term collaborative working and supports better outcomes for children and young people.</p><p>This will reduce the need for cases to escalate to tribunal. The department will make sure there is appropriate support available to parents to help them understand the mediation process and how best to engage with it. However, parents will still be able to go to tribunal if necessary.</p><p>The SEND and AP Green Paper is now out for public consultation on its proposals until 22 July.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/05/2022 16:47:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes