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1226318

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the looked-after children who were cared for in a friends and family foster placement were placed there as part of a voluntary agreement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in (a) 31 March 2019, (b) 31 March 2018, (c) 31 March 2017 and (d) 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	76699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The figures requested are provided in the attached table.</p><p>The numbers of looked-after children as at 31 March in a foster placement with a relative or friend, under all legal statuses, are published annually in table A2 of the statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 01/09/2020 16:49:40 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 76699 table .pdf title 76699 Table
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1226319

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Support Fund, how many claims have been received on behalf of previously looked after children on special guardianship orders (a) in financial year 2019-20 and (b) since 1 April 2020; how many of those claims have been successful (i) in total and (ii) by local authority area; and what the average amount awarded for those claims was (A) in total and (B) by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	76700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 01/09/2020 16:51:34 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2020 15:51:04 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 76700_SGO_table.pdf title 76700_PDF previous answer version 43279 answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 76700_76701_adoption_application_table.pdf title 76701_76701_PDF
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1226321

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Support Fund, how many claims have been received on behalf of adopted children (a) in financial year 2019-20 and (b) since 1 April 2020; how many of those claims have been successful (i) in total and (ii) by local authority area; and what the average amount awarded for those claims was (A) in total and (B) by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	76701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 01/09/2020 16:51:34 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2020 15:50:55 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 76701_adoption_table.pdf title 76701_PDF previous answer version 43810 answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 76700_76701_adoption_application_table.pdf title 76701_76701_PDF
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1226325

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to amend the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 to allow contact between a looked-after child and a sibling that is not looked after.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	76703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>As set out in my response of PQ 18831 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-02-21/18831/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-02-21/18831/</a>) on 23 February 2020, under section 34 of the Children Act 1989, children who are subject to a care order can apply to the court to make an order for contact with any named person, including their siblings. The child’s social worker or the Independent Reviewing Officer can assist the child in obtaining legal advice or in establishing whether an appropriate adult is able and willing to provide such assistance or bring the proceedings on his/her behalf.</p><p> </p><p>Contact can be very important in helping children and young people develop their sense of identity and understand their lives and their sense of self. The government believes that contact between a looked after child and their siblings is very important and should be encouraged.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, contact arrangements should be focused on, and shaped around, the child’s needs. The child’s welfare is the paramount consideration at all times and each child’s wishes and needs for contact should be individually considered and regularly assessed.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 01/09/2020 16:46:45 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1192193

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the cancellation by the Government of A-levels in 2020 as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, if he will make it his policy to enable schools to consider pupils' raw GCSE scores when determining their centre assessment grades and rankings at A-level.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	42030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 42032 question first answered 06/05/2020 15:31:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1192194

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level and GCSE: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exams sat by pupils in the Autumn term 2020 will be modified to reflect the break in teaching during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	42031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is discussing arrangement for the autumn GCSE and A level examination series with Ofqual, the independent qualifications regulator. Ofqual will set out further proposals for consultation as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/05/2020 15:32:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1192195

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level and GCSE: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools may request (a) non-exam assessments and (b) coursework not yet submitted by pupils to help determine (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level grades and rankings for the 2020 cohorts.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	42032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 42030 question first answered 06/05/2020 15:31:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1187033

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps he is taking to ensure home-schooled pupils can obtain Key Stage 4 qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	33516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced to the House on 18 March, the Government has taken the difficult decision to cancel all examinations due to take place in schools and colleges in England this summer, as part of the fight to prevent the spread of coronavirus.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that students can move on as planned to the next stage of their lives, including starting university, college or sixth form courses, an apprenticeship or a job. For students at Key Stage 4 taking GCSEs and technical awards, we will ensure they are awarded a grade which reflects their work. Our intention is that a grade will be awarded this summer based on the best available evidence, including any non-examination assessment that students have completed. This will apply to home-schooled pupils and to other private candidates where the head of the examination centre is confident that they and their staff have seen sufficient evidence of students’ achievements to make objective judgements. If they wish to do so, home-schooled students and others will have the option to sit an examination as soon as is reasonably possible after the beginning of the academic year.</p><p>Ofqual is urgently exploring whether there are alternative options for those students who do not have an existing relationship with an examination centre and who need results this summer for progression purposes. Ofqual published a consultation on the treatment of private candidates and other issues on 15 April.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/04/2020 09:51:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1186083

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) parents with and (b) parents of children with underlying health conditions do not receive fines for unauthorised school absences during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	31508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>From Friday 20 March, schools, colleges and early years settings are closed to everyone except children of critical workers and vulnerable children, as part of the country’s ongoing response to COVID-19.</p><p>Guidance has been issued to schools setting out how they should record attendance at this time.</p><p>The Government has also introduced emergency legislation to allow a suspension of the requirement on parents to secure regular school attendance for their child of compulsory school age.</p><p>The Government has asked local authorities to suspend any penalty notice action or prosecutions for COVID-19 related absence with immediate effect. Local authorities should update their Code of Conduct for issuing penalty notices to make this clear. New cases should not be taken forward and any cases from 16 March should be withdrawn. This approach should also be applied to prosecutions for non-attendance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2020 17:18:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1186084

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will issue guidance on the use of free school meal funding in the event of school closures.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	31509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>On 19 March, the government published guidance for schools, giving them the flexibility to provide meals or shop vouchers to the 1.3 million children entitled to free school meals if they are no longer attending school, either due to closures or as a result of self-isolating at home.</p><p>The guidance can be viewed at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/03/2020 17:14:19 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell