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date	15/03/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that some schools are encouraging families to home school children with complex difficulties, possibly with an eye to those schools' performance statistics; and what plans they have to ensure that such children benefit from the support of the proposed mental health support teams.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The department shares concerns that some children are potentially being educated at home as a result of pressure by schools. However, it is not in a position to confirm how far these concerns are justified by actual cases.</p><p> </p><p>A pupil’s name can only lawfully be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in Regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as amended. Schools should not seek to persuade parents to educate their children at home as a way of excluding the pupil or because the pupil has a poor attendance record. It is unlawful to permanently exclude a pupil from a school other than for disciplinary reasons. Schools may not exclude pupils because of their academic attainment or ability, or because they cannot meet their needs. Sending a pupil home without recording it as an exclusion is also not permitted.</p><p> </p><p>Parents have a duty to ensure their child of compulsory school age receives a suitable full-time education but this does not have to be at a school. On receipt of written notification from a parent to home educate their child, the school must inform the pupil’s local authority that the pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register.</p><p> </p><p>We will test how the new mental health support teams proposed in the green paper ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’ can provide support to all children in an area, including those not at school.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 29/03/2018 16:54:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

856326

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that personal budgets for looked after children, those at risk of entering care, adopted children, and care leavers, are spent on evidence-based interventions and not on the replication of services offered by universal provision.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Personal health budgets and the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) are generally used for interventions that are not universally offered or commissioned locally, offering access to support that would not ordinarily be available to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>The use of personal health budgets for looked after children and young people is being piloted and independently evaluated. The evaluation includes assessment of the benefits of personal health budgets, including impact on mental health outcomes. Regular reviews also take place at an individual level to ensure the support provided continues to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the ASF was published in August 2017, which can be found attached. The government gave a commitment, in ‘Adoption: a vision for change’, also attached, to strengthen the evidence base of ‘what works’ in terms of preventative and therapeutic adoption support. The department is currently exploring ways to achieve this, including through use of the findings of a new independent evaluation of the ASF, monitoring the impact of the fund for children, families, local authorities and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 1.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation 2 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 2.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation Appendix 3 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 3.pdf title Adoption: A Vision for Change grouped question UIN HL6116 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:41:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

856327

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that where there is a lack of evidence about the most suitable interventions for looked after children, those at risk of entering care, adopted children, and care leavers, the use of resources such as personal budgets and the post-adoption support fund is monitored and evaluated, and, where possible, that interventions purchased are subject to a suitably designed research trial.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Personal health budgets and the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) are generally used for interventions that are not universally offered or commissioned locally, offering access to support that would not ordinarily be available to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>The use of personal health budgets for looked after children and young people is being piloted and independently evaluated. The evaluation includes assessment of the benefits of personal health budgets, including impact on mental health outcomes. Regular reviews also take place at an individual level to ensure the support provided continues to meet the child’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the ASF was published in August 2017, which can be found attached. The government gave a commitment, in ‘Adoption: a vision for change’, also attached, to strengthen the evidence base of ‘what works’ in terms of preventative and therapeutic adoption support. The department is currently exploring ways to achieve this, including through use of the findings of a new independent evaluation of the ASF, monitoring the impact of the fund for children, families, local authorities and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 1.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation 2 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 2.pdf title Adoption Support Fund Evaluation Appendix 3 file name HL6115 HL6116 Attachment 3.pdf title Adoption: A Vision for Change grouped question UIN HL6115 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:41:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

788912

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the stability of care placements and education provision for children in care.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL3221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>A happy and stable home life is key to making sure children can achieve their full potential. Stability and educational attainment will be promoted by the introduction, via the Children and Social Work Act 2017, of corporate parenting principles for local councils – including principles to promote high aspirations and seek to secure the best outcomes and to strive for stability in the home lives, relationship and education of looked after children.</p><p>There are a number of factors that contribute to instability for children in care and we are now collecting data on the reason for placement changes. This will help us better understand why children move.</p><p>We have introduced a legal definition of long term fostering to ensure greater stability – where possible – for foster carers and children. The government has also invested £36m to test a range of evidenced-based interventions which support placement stability and improve the capacity of parents, foster carers and residential childcare workers to manage challenging behaviours.</p><p>The government has introduced a specific duty on local councils to promote the education of looked after children. We have also introduced Virtual School Heads and designated teachers for looked after children and Pupil Premium Plus for looked after children, additional funding to help raise their educational attainment.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 28/11/2017 12:08:21 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

752000

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many children referred to the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery in each year since 2010 were placed under a care order according to section 31 of the Children Act 1989; and what were the nationalities of those children.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The department does not collect the information requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 25/07/2017 10:08:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

752001

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether social workers working with children who show indicators that they may be victims of modern slavery receive any training on the Achieving Best Evidence guidelines.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The government recognises the need for a well-trained social work workforce and continues to invest in their education and training. The knowledge and skills statements set out what they should know and be able to do. Copies of the statements are attached.</p><p> </p><p>In general the training needs of individual social workers are a matter for them and their employers, but where a need is identified we would expect relevant activity to be undertaken. We are, however, aware that many local authorities provide training on modern slavery for their social workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Knowledge_and_skills_statement_for_approved_child_and_family_practitioners.pdf title Knowledge and skills statement for practitioners 2 file name Knowledge_and_skills_statements_for_practice_leaders_and_practice_supervisors.pdf title Knowledge and skills statement for practice leader question first answered 27/07/2017 14:42:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich