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889841

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been (1) arrested, (2) charged, and (3) convicted, under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each calendar year since that provision came into force in 2010; and what penalty was imposed in cases of conviction.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL7173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and the number of offenders found guilty and sentenced by type of sentence at all courts under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, from 2010 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Criminal justice statistics for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and number of offenders found guilty and sentenced by type of sentence at all courts under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(1), England and Wales, 2010 to 2016(2)(3)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Proceeded Against</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Guilty</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Sentenced</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate Custody</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspend Sentence</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Sentences</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absolute Discharge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conditional Discharge</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Otherwise dealt with</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>' - ' = Nil</p><p>(1) Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 inserted by Policing and Crime Act 2009</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p><p>Arrests and Charging data are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/05/2018 16:27:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

864515

registered interest
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

856329

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage closer multi-agency collaboration between those health and social care services providing universal services and services provided by other agencies that are funded from sources such as personal independence payments and the post adoption support fund.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL6117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to public services which recognise every aspect of an individual’s needs including health, social care and employment support and approach these in a joined up way.</p><p>Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) have a statutory duty to produce a joint health and wellbeing strategy for their local populations. They must ensure services of the highest quality which promote health and wellbeing, narrow inequalities and improve outcomes for local residents. Collaborative, multi-agency working is at the heart of a HWBs function in order to make the best use of resources collectively available whilst helping to coordinate care and support around an individual’s needs, irrespective of the payment mechanism.</p><p>One example of a joined up approach is our commitment to see one million more disabled people in work by 2027. Integrated health and employment support is a key part of this, and our strategy is set out in the Command Paper <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability. </em>The publication outlines the decisive action and wide ranging reforms we’re taking across three key settings: the welfare system, the workplace and health services. A copy of <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/03/2018 13:12:02 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability.PDF title Improving Lives
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

827888

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Injuries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to designating facial injuries resulting from domestic violence as a notifiable condition.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL4938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic violence and abuse through a range of healthcare and support services relating to physical and mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p>Routine enquiry for domestic violence is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need.</p><p> </p><p>Notifiable conditions are often conditions such as contagious diseases and infections, hence facial injuries as a result of domestic violence would not be categorised as such</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital has begun implementation of the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS). This dataset is currently being rolled out to Type 1 (major) accident and emergency departments during spring 2018 with the aim of capturing improved data around clinical codes. The new variables in ECDS relating to injury are:</p><p> </p><p>- Place of injury (e.g. garden, street);</p><p>- Intent (e.g. accidental, self-inflicted);</p><p>- Activity status (e.g. working);</p><p>- Activity (e.g. gardening);</p><p>- Mechanism (e.g. knife); and</p><p>- Drug/Alcohol (details of specific drugs taken if known).</p><p> </p><p>One of the potential benefits of this would be better information for safeguarding vulnerable patients, including those who have been victims of physical facial injury as a result of domestic violence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/02/2018 12:28:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

788911

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: 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 access to mental health services for children in care.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL3220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the mental health of looked after children, many of whom are at an increased risk of having a diagnosed mental health disorder. That is why the Department of Health and the Department for Education commissioned the Social Care Institute for Excellence to convene an Expert Working Group to look at how to improve mental health and emotional wellbeing support for looked-after children. The findings of this group were published on 6 November and we are currently considering the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently testing models for the use of personal budgets for looked after children, those at risk of entering care, adopted children and care leavers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 27/11/2017 13:11:25 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
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

788913

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the law so that an assessment of the mental health of children in care accompanies the current requirement to regularly review their physical health.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL3222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 require regular assessment of mental and emotional health, as well as of physical health. Statutory guidance published in 2015 states that this case review must happen within 20 working days of the child starting to be looked after and must be done by a registered medical practitioner. In 2015, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence updated PH28, its public health guidance on looked-after children and young people. Recommendation 20 is that ‘all looked-after children and young people have their physical, emotional and mental health needs assessed by appropriately trained professionals.’</p><p> </p><p>From 2018, the Department for Education will pilot new approaches to improve the quality of mental health assessments for looked-after children on entry to care.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 27/11/2017 13:10:44 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

780332

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage departments and non-departmental bodies to engage with, and support, the Employers' Initiative on Domestic Abuse; and what progress has been made to date.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL2696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has been working closely with the Employers’ Initiative to encourage employers to take further action to support victims of domestic abuse in the workplace. This includes engaging with other departments and non-departmental bodies to raise awareness of the Employers’ Initiative and working with wider partners to ensure employers have the guidance and tools to offer high-quality support to victims.</p><p>The Home Office will be represented at the conference on the 29 November.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2697 HL2698 question first answered 07/11/2017 16:47:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich