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1126847

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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 the long-term benefit to the economy of early intervention and prevention work provided by local authority children’s services departments.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	254818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The government has funded the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) since 2013, including almost £2 million in 2018-20, to assess, evaluate and disseminate evidence of what works. The EIF has assessed the benefits of a wide range of specific early intervention programmes and suggested that whilst producing robust estimates is challenging, there is a compelling argument that the costs of intervening early are likely to pay off to society in economic terms. In particular, they highlight that the long-term economic benefits are considerable where early intervention leads to labour market gains, such as improvements in employment and earnings. However, they are clear that it is not a quick fix and is unlikely to reduce pressure on the social care system in the short term.</p><p>The value of early intervention is reflected in statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ (2018), which is clear that providing early help is more effective in promoting children’s welfare than reacting later – playing an important part in supporting children and young people to achieve better outcomes. The guidance is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address assessed needs early. It is right that local authorities are free to decide how to use their children’s social care budget to manage local priorities and deliver the best services for children.</p><p>The government has also committed £920 million to the Troubled Families Programme, an early intervention approach which aims to achieve significant and sustained improvement for families with multiple, high-cost problems.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 11:27:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 118999 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1126881

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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, by how much local authorities overspent on the provision of children’s social care in the year ending 31 March 2018; and what assessment he has made of the future financial sustainability of local government children’s services departments based on current levels of overspend.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	254773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required under Section 251 of the ‘Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009’ to submit education and children’s social care budget and expenditure statements. This data is published in statistical releases annually. The most recent release shows local authorities had a difference of approximately £1 billion in 2017-18 when their planned spend is compared to their actual spend.</p><p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services. The government has also made £410 million available to local authorities this year specifically for adult and children social care.</p><p>My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 11:29:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 118964 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1126505

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with AET on the benchmarking exercise for AET secondary schools in London; and whether his Department approved benchmarking process; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the benchmark against which AET secondary schools in London are being assessed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	254192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The department, including ministers and officials, have held no detailed discussions with the Academies Enterprise Trust on a benchmarking exercise for their London Academies. We have not approved a benchmarking process, as this is for the trust to determine, and do not have a copy of any benchmark London Academies are currently being assessed against.</p><p>The department does publish a range of financial benchmarking tools, and signposts trusts to these. They include the Schools Financial Benchmarking tool which can be accessed publicly here: <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 11:24:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 119073 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1093462

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse of rent paid by his Department for (a) land and (b) buildings for free schools in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	235737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The free schools programme was introduced in 2010 with the first free school opening in September 2011. As of 1 March 2019, there are 443 free schools open across the country, which will provide over 250,000 places at capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The department &amp; LocatED are responsible for acquiring the land and buildings required to establish these schools, ensuring that they are located in appropriate and safe surroundings, are a good fit with the school’s educational aims and offer good value for money.</p><p> </p><p>In most cases, land and buildings are acquired on a freehold or peppercorn lease, however, for some schools; particularly those involving the use of temporary accommodation, the department may enter into a commercial lease. The department estimates the total rental payment for land and buildings for free schools for each academic year to be as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Costs (to the nearest £100,000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£0.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£2.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£7.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£9.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£10.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£12.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£13.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019 (to date)</p></td><td><p>£10.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The department’s total rental costs for land and buildings (including for the department’s own use) are set out in the Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/03/2019 16:01:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 110381 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1083711

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Missing Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of looked after children in children’s homes inside and outside the borough who were reported missing by a) duration of missing incident and (b) age of child at the start of missing incident and (c) went missing more than once during the year for each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	229650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes information on looked after children who go missing from care in Tables G1 and LAG1 statistical release, available 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>A further breakdown of data regarding looked-after children who go missing in children’s homes is available in the attached tables. The data in the attached tables are experimental statistics and are not comparable between years as changes may be due to improved data recording. Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2019 17:50:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 229650_229651_Missing_incidents_from children's_homes_tables.pdf title 229650_229651_Missing_incidents_from children's_ho previous answer version 108123 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

1078638

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding academy sponsors have committed to provide in capital funding to academies in England; and how much of that funding has been provided in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	226678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the National Audit Office 2010 report on the academies programme, “In September 2009, the government removed altogether the requirement for sponsors to make a financial contribution to new academies that open in the 2010-11 academic year.”</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing £23 billion of capital funding in the school estate between 2016-17 and 2020-21 to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of condition projects across the school estate.</p><p> </p><p>A large proportion of school capital funding is delivered through annual allocations to local authorities and larger multi-academy trusts (MATs). This includes basic need funding to local authorities to meet their duty to ensure there are enough places for children in their areas and annual allocations to local authorities and MATs to maintain the condition of estates. Alongside these allocations, the department also delivers major building programmes centrally. This includes the Priority Schools Building Programme, which is rebuilding or refurbishing more than 500 school buildings in the poorest condition across the country, and the free schools programme.</p><p> </p><p>Condition funding allocations are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Basic Need allocations are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/03/2019 12:45:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105524 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1064411

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Hearing Impairment
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 ensure the adequacy of support for deaf schoolchildren in mainstream schools.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	223936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>I am determined that all children and young people, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, receive the support they need to achieve the success they deserve.</p><p>94% of pupils identified with hearing impairment as their primary type of need in January 2018 were in a state-funded mainstream school. It is therefore important that teachers in mainstream schools, as well as those in specialist settings, are equipped with the knowledge and skill to support their individual pupils, including those with a hearing impairment, to achieve their potential.</p><p>In April 2018 the Whole School special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) consortium, led by nasen, were awarded £3.4 million for 2018-2020 to deliver a programme of work to equip the school workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including hearing impairment. The programme of work aims to help schools identify and meet SEND training needs and build the specialist workforce. We are also reviewing the learning outcomes of specialist SEND qualifications, including the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with hearing impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/02/2019 16:00:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 104202 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1064460

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Social Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what risk assessments his Department has made on proposals to place social workers in schools in the local authority areas of (a) Southampton, (b) Stockport and (c) Lambeth.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	223985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Southampton, Stockport and Lambeth have received funding from the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care to test having social workers in schools. As part of the application process the local authorities were required to provide the What Works Centre with information about key risks to delivery and the contingencies they would undertake to mitigate them. The local authorities provided their assessment as part of the application and these continue to be reviewed through project monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/02/2019 16:07:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 104207 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1063972

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	UN Convention 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, which Minister is responsible for children's play services; and what steps the Government is taking on ensuring that the UK upholds Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the right to play.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	223144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>I am the Minister responsible for early years and childcare policy.</p><p>The UK government remains fully committed to children’s rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and I reaffirmed our commitment in my Written Ministerial Statement on 20 November 2018.</p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework sets the regulatory standards for ‘learning and development’ and ‘safeguarding and welfare’ requirements for all early years providers caring for children from birth to 5. The framework defines 7 areas of learning and development and is clear that each area must be implemented through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activity.</p><p>The EYFS Statutory Framework is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/02/2019 16:05:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 104144 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1064052

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Free School Meals
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 the potential merits of increasing the payment to providers for universal free infant school meals above the current rate of £2.30 per meal which has applied since 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The £2.30 per meal rate that we provide to schools to fund universal infant free school meals was set at the last Spending Review in 2015. The rate is based on the School Food Trust’s survey estimate of the average cost of a primary school meal, and on discussion with stakeholders and school food experts.</p><p>Decisions about school funding beyond 2020 will be taken at the next Spending Review in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/02/2019 15:41:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 104290 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms