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171039

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to young carers who are in further education but have yet to reach adulthood.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219292 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171040

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place for the identification of young carers in further education in order to facilitate the provision of support.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219291 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171073

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Grandparents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grandparents acted as kinship carers for one or more of their family's children in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ in 2011.[1] This guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents who are in the care of family and friends should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare, whether or not they are looked after. It sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, easily accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children in the care of family and friends.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219301 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171097

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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 recent estimate she has made of the number of children with a special educational need or disability who are cared for through an informal arrangement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of children cared for in an informal arrangement by a non-family member.</p><p>The Department holds data on the number of private fostering arrangements notified to local authorities (i.e. arrangements of 28 days or more where the carer is not a close relative). This data does not identify if a child has a special educational need or disability. Figures are published annually in the statistical first release ‘Notifications of Private Fostering Arrangements in England’.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2014, 1,640 children were reported as being cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England. However, the Department suspects that this is an undercount as it relies upon carers notifying the local authority of the arrangement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219297 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171098

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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, how many children who are cared for by a grandparent have a (a) special educational need and (b) disability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:34:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171099

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department's policy to record and collect information on the number of children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on the number of children looked after in residential care via the SSDA903 return. The number looked after in residential care at 31 March 2014 is published in Table A3 of the ‘Children looked after including adoption’ Statistical First Release.[1] However, information is not collected on children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs and there are no future plans to collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219313 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:30:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171101

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Drugs
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 24 November 2014 to Question 214452, what information her Department holds on relation to children in care and psychiatric drugs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on the number of children looked after in residential care via the SSDA903 return. The number looked after in residential care at 31 March 2014 is published in Table A3 of the ‘Children looked after including adoption’ Statistical First Release.[1] However, information is not collected on children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs and there are no future plans to collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219312 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:30:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171103

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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, how many children have a statement for or related to behavioural difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information is collected in the School Census on the type of special educational need (SEN) for children with statements in schools.</p><p>From the January 2014 School Census there were 42,330 children with a statement of special educational needs who were identified with the type of need as ‘Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulties’. This includes those with this need as their primary need or as their secondary need only. The School Census covers maintained schools, non-maintained special schools and Pupil Referral Units. Children with a statement in independent schools or who are not at school are not included.</p><p>This information can be found in table G2 in the additional tables of the Statistical First Release ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2014’.[1]</p><p>The Department for Education is changing the category of ‘Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties’ to ‘Social, Emotional and Mental Health’ as part of the SEN and disability reforms introduced in September 2014. The aim of this is to reflect that while behavioural issues can be an indication of SEN, there should be a focus on identifying underlying issues and putting appropriate support in place so that these children can be fully supported</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171104

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to grandparents and other older people who act as kinship carers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ in 2011.[1] This guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents who are in the care of family and friends should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare, whether or not they are looked after. It sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, easily accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children in the care of family and friends.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219302 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171106

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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 safeguards have been put in place following the decision to allow people who have been approved to adopt to search the Adoption Register.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The pilot to allow approved adopters to search the Adoption Register has been delayed for technical reasons. Both the Department for Education and the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) are committed to the security of children’s and families’ data. This continues to be our overriding priority. This is a new service and it is crucial that we are satisfied that the system is completely secure before launching the pilot. BAAF have contacted all the agencies involved in the pilot to inform them of the current situation.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:31:23 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe