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834337

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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 the current number of adopters is in England; and how many children are awaiting adoption.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The department’s main source of information on adoption is the Children looked after in England including adoption statistical first release published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>Table E4 of the national tables shows that there were 2,580 children waiting with a placement order who were not yet placed for adoption at 31 March 2017.</p><p>The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows further information on adopters recruited by local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies in England. The reports are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a>.</p><p>The latest quarterly data shows that there were 2,800 approved adoptive families waiting to be matched with children at 30 September 2016.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2018 16:54:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834422

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people working for his Department have experience of working in statutory children's social work.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	126041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:15:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834023

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	Adoption
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 the time taken to place children in need of adoption with a family under adoption scorecards.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Adoption Scorecards show the three year average figures on adoption timeliness and are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-scorecards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-scorecards</a>.</p><p>The latest figures show the average time between a child entering care and moving in with their adoptive family, for children who have been adopted between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2016.</p><p>The department’s main source of information on adoption timeliness is the Children looked after in England including adoption statistical first release published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a> and Table E2 of the national tables found in the link, shows annual figures on adoption timeliness.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:51:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834027

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	What Works Network: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost has been to date of setting up the What Works Centre.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The cost committed to date of setting up the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care is £9,804,191.00 million. In October 2017, two contracts were awarded by Department for Education to establish the What Works Centre. A consortium led by NESTA was awarded the contract for an ‘incubator’, to develop the infrastructure, recruit the leadership team and develop the communications and dissemination strategy. Cardiff University was awarded the ‘research partner’ role to start the evidence synthesis and begin new trials and evaluations where there are gaps in the current evidence base. Both contracts will run until March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:52:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834039

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	Children: Disadvantaged
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 22 January 2018 to Question 123221, when his Department plans to begin its review of children in need.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The department has committed to undertake a review into children in need, to understand the needs of these vulnerable children.</p><p>Already, we are building an evidence base, including to address a critical challenge around how far children in need are currently supported through targeted and effective practice to reduce risk within families and prevent harm from escalating. To this end, the department has invested £6 million from the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme specifically to test targeted support for children in need.</p><p>Work has been underway within the department in order to scope the review, including through looking at the current evidence available and speaking to professionals in children’s social care and schools, and other experts.</p><p>We intend to complete this scoping exercise before beginning the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:56:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

830464

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nadhim Zahawi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families reported his concerns on the Presidents Club dinner of 18 January 2018 to officials in his Department or the Cabinet Office prior to 23 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State attended the event in a private capacity.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/01/2018 17:24:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

830465

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nadhim Zahawi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether attendance at the Presidents Club dinner of 18 January 2018 is compatible with the (a) responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families' portfolio and (b) Ministerial Code.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State attended the event in a private capacity. The event was not in any way connected to his departmental role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/01/2018 17:24:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

825492

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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, how much money his Department has allocated to the Partners in Practice programme.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	123631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>There are currently seven Partners in Practice. These authorities are: Achieving for Children (Richmond and Kingston), Hampshire, Islington, Lincolnshire, Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Triborough (Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham). The Department for Education has invested £47 million into these seven Partners in Practice from 2016-20.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, ministers have committed up to £20 million for improvement work for children’s social care for 2018-20. A proportion of this funding will fund the expansion of the programme with more local authorities joining the Partners in Practice programme from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/01/2018 17:30:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

824420

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to conduct a review of support available for vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	123221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The department has committed to undertake a review into children in need, to understand the challenges these children face and the support available to meet these challenges through schools and children’s social care. This commitment was made in the ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ Social Mobility Action Plan in December 2017. The action plan is viewable here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667690/Social_Mobility_Action_Plan_-_for_printing.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2018 17:53:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

824444

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
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 20 July 2017 to Question 4616, how many times the UNCRC Action Group has met; what the membership of that group is; what recommendations that group has made; and which of those recommendations have been carried out.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	123245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Action Group has met four times, most recently on 9 January this year.</p><p> </p><p>The UNCRC Action Group (the Group) is jointly chaired by the Department for Education and Children’s Rights Alliance England (CRAE). Its members are:</p><p>Action for Children;</p><p>The Children’s Commissioner for England;</p><p>The Children’s Society;</p><p>British Youth Council;</p><p>Children England;</p><p>Coram;</p><p>Rights Watch UK;</p><p>UNICEF UK;</p><p>National Children’s Bureau;</p><p>NSPCC;</p><p>Equality and Human Rights Commission;</p><p>Ministry of Justice;</p><p>Joint Commission on Human Rights; and</p><p>The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.</p><p><br>The Group does not make formal recommendations. Work taken forward as a result of the Group’s discussions include production of two age-related and child friendly versions of the concluding observations, a message from the former Minister of State for Children and Families, my hon. Friend for Scarborough and Whitby (Robert Goodwill) on Universal Children’s Day (20 November) to all government departments, and production of a video to accompany the launch of CRAE’s annual publication ‘State of Children’s Rights in England’ in December 2017. The department is also working with the Group to put in place a children’s rights training package and children’s rights impact assessment for civil servants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2018 17:32:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck