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1463475

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the proposal in the SEND Review to provide a tailored list of settings for parents of children with disabilities, what steps the Government plans to take to help ensure that that proposal does not affect choice of support for children, particularly those with complex disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The SEND and AP green paper sets out the government's proposals to improve the outcomes and experiences of children and young people with SEND and their families. The proposals aim to drive national consistency in how needs are assessed, identified, and met across education, health and care through the introduction of national standards. These standards are intended to set out the full range of support for meeting all needs, including those of children and young people with more complex needs. The standards will also include guidance and best practice on reasonable adjustments for disabled children.</p><p>As part of our proposals, our aim 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 education provider they would like their child to attend. 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 providers that are appropriate to meet their child’s needs. The expectation is that all schools on the list will be able to meet the child’s special educational needs as identified in their education health and care needs assessments. 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. Our intention is that this will lead to greater transparency about what is available for children and young people in their local school and greater clarity about how it can be provided. The department also aims for this to improve the choice offered to parents and carers by suggesting options they may not have otherwise considered.</p><p>All of the proposals within the green paper are currently open to a full public consultation and the department will be listening carefully to all views expressed to ensure policies secure the departments ambitions to improve outcomes and parental confidence in the system. The department is committed to ensuring everyone has the opportunity to take part in the consultation and encourages everyone to do so.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 3592 3795 question first answered 24/05/2022 12:52:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1458719

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Nutrition
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 to encourage healthy eating in primary schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	156463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>School food is a devolved matter. This answer only applies to England.</p><p>The department supports the provision of nutritious food in schools to enable pupils to be well nourished, develop healthy eating habits, and concentrate and learn in school. The government does this by providing the Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014 (school food standards) to ensure the provision of healthy school food, providing free school meals to every pupil in reception, year 1 and year 2 and providing free school meals to the most disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>The school food standards regulate the food and drink provided at both lunchtime and at other times of the school day. This includes breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending, and after school clubs. Compliance with the standards is mandatory for all maintained schools, including academies and free schools.</p><p>Schools also provide children with a free piece of fruit or vegetable each day through the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme, jointly funded by the Department for Education and the Department for Health and Social Care.</p><p>In February 2022, the Levelling Up White Paper outlined a number of things the department is doing to strengthen adherence with the school food standards. This includes piloting work with the Foods Standards Agency, investing up to £200,000 in a pilot governor training scheme, and encouraging schools to complete a statement on their school websites setting out their school approach to food. The government will say more about these in the forthcoming Food Strategy White Paper.</p><p>Since September 2015, Ofsted inspectors look at how provision supports pupils’ knowledge on how to keep themselves healthy, including through exercising and healthy eating. Healthy eating and opportunities to develop pupils’ cooking skills are covered in the design and technology curriculum in Key Stages 1-3. The principles of a healthy and varied diet are also covered in health education, which became compulsory in state-funded schools in England from September 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/04/2022 11:31:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1457246

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, what the Government's planned timetable is for (a) responding to and (b) implementing recommendations of the Children's social care market study final report by the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	153955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Children’s social care in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. The answer reflects the position in England.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a market study in March 2021 examining the lack of availability and increasing costs in children’s social care provision, including children’s homes and fostering agencies. The CMA examined concerns around high prices paid by local authorities and the inadequate supply of appropriate placements for children. Its interim report was published on 22 October and its full report, including recommendations, was published on 10 March 2022.</p><p>The department welcomes the report and is carefully considering the CMA’s recommendations. At this point, the department is unable to comment on timeframes for implementation of the recommendations until we have fully considered the findings contained in the final report. However, the department commits to providing a response to the report within 90 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/04/2022 15:46:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441283

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, if his Department will create a MSI education fund for local authorities to employ MSI teachers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response will outline the information for England only.</p><p>The department is firmly committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with multi-sensory impairments, receive the support they need to achieve in their early years, at school and college. Local authorities in England are required to publish information on the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided for children and young people with multi-sensory impairments in a local offer. To ensure local needs are met, they must work with children, young people, and their families to develop this. On the issue of funding for local authorities to support children with multi-sensory impairments, I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer I gave on 8 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-02/133247" target="_blank">133247</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 140440 question first answered 23/03/2022 14:32:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441284

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, what plans his Department has to support children with MSI.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response will outline the information for England only.</p><p>The department is firmly committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with multi-sensory impairments, receive the support they need to achieve in their early years, at school and college. Local authorities in England are required to publish information on the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided for children and young people with multi-sensory impairments in a local offer. To ensure local needs are met, they must work with children, young people, and their families to develop this. On the issue of funding for local authorities to support children with multi-sensory impairments, I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer I gave on 8 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-02/133247" target="_blank">133247</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 140439 question first answered 23/03/2022 14:32:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1440722

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of placing councils under a duty to provide early help.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	139354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the Children Act 1989, local authorities are required to provide services for children in need for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting their welfare. The statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address needs early.</p><p>There are no current plans for a duty on local authorities to provide early help. The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care is due to set out its final recommendations this spring, and we will consider those relevant to early help to inform any next steps.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/03/2022 12:48:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1439185

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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, what steps the Government is taking to collect data from local authorities on the provision of early help services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The government does not currently collect data on the type of support provided through early help services and its impact on wellbeing. The Supporting Families Programme is testing ways of collecting needs and outcomes data on early help. The government will also consider any relevant recommendations from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. Learning from both will inform any next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 137310 question first answered 18/03/2022 13:23:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1439186

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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, what support the Government is providing to local authorities to help improve the way that those bodies (a) collect and (b) store data on children's services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Local authority children’s services are a devolved matter, and this information therefore only applies to England.</p><p>Local authorities record and store children’s services data in digital case management systems they procure from the market. Our Children’s Social Care Digital Programme has worked with local authorities and case management system suppliers to publish guidance that aims to support local authority planning, procurement, and implementation of case management systems. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-improving-case-management-systems" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-improving-case-management-systems</a>.</p><p>We are also working across government on how data and technology can be used to enable better multi-agency information sharing in safeguarding, including an investigation study on the feasibility of adopting a consistent child identifier.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/03/2022 17:18:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1439187

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on the wellbeing of young people of requiring local authorities to provide early help services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The government does not currently collect data on the type of support provided through early help services and its impact on wellbeing. The Supporting Families Programme is testing ways of collecting needs and outcomes data on early help. The government will also consider any relevant recommendations from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. Learning from both will inform any next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 137308 question first answered 18/03/2022 13:23:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1438782

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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, what assessment he has made of Action for Children’s report Too Little Too Late on (a) early help and (b) early intervention funding.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>The Too Little, Too Late report recommends an increase in funding for a range of early intervention services. In the Budget and Spending Review 2021, the government announced a £500 million package for families. This includes £300 million to transform Start for Life services, and to create a network of family hubs in half of council areas in England. The package also includes a £200 million uplift to the Supporting Families Programme (SFP).</p><p> </p><p>The additional SFP funding represents around a 40% real terms uplift for the programme by the 2024/25 financial year. This takes total planned investment across the next three years to £695 million. This funding will help up to 300,000 more families facing multiple, interconnected issues to access effective whole-family support. It will improve their life outcomes and will begin to reduce the pressure on expensive, reactive statutory services, as the system starts to rebalance away from intervening at crisis point.</p><p> </p><p>The report’s recommendations on a legal duty for early help and additional data collection on early help will be considered as part of the department’s response to the independent review of children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/03/2022 16:34:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon