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753929

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date	19/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps, short of the appointment of commissioners, they can take to deal with children's services departments which are a cause of concern.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education intervenes in all local authorities that receive an inadequate Ofsted rating for children’s services.</p><p>In the most serious cases, improvement may require statutory intervention, whereby, under the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State is able to direct a local authority to take whatever action is deemed necessary to secure improvement. In the last few years, Ministers have directed the setting up of new governance structures, including partnering with another local authority (e.g. Isle of Wight), bringing in extra improvement support (e.g. Somerset), or establishing a Children’s Services Trust (e.g. Doncaster).</p><p>In other cases the department takes non-statutory steps, issuing an ‘improvement notice’ detailing what actions a local authority is expected to take to improve its services and closely monitoring progress. We deploy government improvement advisers who are appointed to support and challenge these authorities to make rapid progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:44:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753930

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) which local authority children's services departments have been found by Ofsted since January 2015 to be persistently or systemically failing; (2) which were made subject to the appointment of commissioners; and (3) which are currently run by commissioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has categorised local authority children’s social care services as ‘systemic’ or ‘persistent’ failures since December 2015 when it introduced a tougher intervention regime. The following authorities have been subject to this new policy:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LA</p></td><td><p>Systemic/Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Persistent &amp; Systemic</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of these authorities have been subject to the appointment of Commissioners, with the exception of Barnet where recruitment for a Commissioner has not yet concluded. These authorities retain accountability for the effective running of their children’s services. Commissioners do not run the services, but do make recommendations to the Secretary of State on whether operational control of services should be removed from the council. Where Ministers accept a recommendation that services should transfer to alternative delivery arrangements, such as a new Children’s Services Trust, Commissioners will oversee this process</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:43:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753932

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the current detailed business plans of those sections of the Department for Education dealing with child welfare.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The department has recently responded to the Public Accounts Committee on this question. The department agrees it is appropriate to set out its vision with timescales, as it has done in ‘<em>Putting Children First’</em><em>.</em> The department will also produce a roadmap of how the Department intends to transform services, which will be a publically available document. This will address the challenge in the NAO report and set out more clearly a timeframe for delivery of the reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:46:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753933

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to improve the performance of Ofsted in responding to family members who raise matters of concern in relation to children's services departments and children's homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to you and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:46:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

751755

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
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 estimate she has made of the cost per social worker of assessment under the National Assessment and Accreditation Scheme (a) including and (b) not including piloting and set-up costs.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	4791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will shortly issue an invitation to tender for the Alpha and Beta stages of rollout which, when completed, will determine the cost of running the service for National Assessment and Accreditation. At this point the Secretary of State cannot release the estimated costs as this would prejudice our competitive procurement process.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 18:02:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

751296

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, when she plans to publish the results of the consultation on the National Assessment and Accreditation System.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	4615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The results of the consultation and the department’s response will be published on GOV.UK in autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation can be found at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/social-work-reform-unit/naas-consultation/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/social-work-reform-unit/naas-consultation/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 17:20:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

749228

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the public cost of student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.</p><p> </p><p>The student funding system is fair and sustainable. The cost of the system is not an unintended loss, nor a waste of public money. It is the policy subsidy required to make higher education widely available, achieving the Government’s objectives of increasing the skills in the economy and ensuring access to university for all with the potential to benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Andreas Schleicher of the OECD said in September 2016 that “the UK has been able to meet rising demand for tertiary education with more resources…by finding effective ways to share the costs and benefits”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2017 14:39:04 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

749230

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the analysis in the report of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the public cost of student loans that, for each £1 loaned to cover costs of tuition and maintenance, the long-term cost to the Treasury is 43.3p.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2017 answer text <p>The Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge estimates the value of loans that will not be repaid during their 30-year term. This is usually expressed as a percentage of the loan outlay made in the relevant year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of the RAB charge referenced in the question appears to have been taken from the 2014 Institute for Fiscal Studies report on “Estimating the public cost of student loans”. However, the most recently published Institute for Fiscal Studies report of July 2017 has updated this estimate to 31.3%. This is broadly similar to the Government’s estimate of the RAB charge at around 30% for full time tuition fee and maintenance loans and part time fee loans issued in 2016/17.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/08/2017 16:22:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

749231

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the estimate in the report of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the public cost of student loans that the total cost of the taxpayer contribution in respect of young full-time undergraduates enrolling in English universities in 2012 is only five per cent lower than the estimated cost for that cohort had the changes to higher education funding not been introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2017 answer text <p>The most recent Institute for Fiscal Studies report (“Higher Education funding in England: past, present and options for the future”) of July 2017 states that the long run cost of the 2017 system in 2017 is £5.9 billion, 35% lower than the £9.0 billion that is the equivalent cost of the 2011 system.</p><p> </p><p>The figure of 5% was in a 2014 report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/08/2017 16:18:49 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

731453

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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 funding has been provided in each of the last five years to fund children's care services.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not provide a specific amount to Local Authorities for spending on children’s social care. Local authorities have had £232.6bn of revenue funding available for their services from Revenue Support Grant, council tax and retained business rates over the past 5 years, as shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority retained business rates (after safety net and levy)</p></td><td><p>10,871</p></td><td><p>11,201</p></td><td><p>11,658</p></td><td><p>11,974</p></td><td><p>14,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Council tax requirement (excl parish precepts)</p></td><td><p>23,004</p></td><td><p>23,575</p></td><td><p>24,325</p></td><td><p>25,637</p></td><td><p>27,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue Support Grant</p></td><td><p>15,175</p></td><td><p>12,675</p></td><td><p>9,509</p></td><td><p>7,184</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities to determine how to spend this and other sources of income on the services they provide, including services for children in care, taking account of local need and priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority spend, on children in care and adoption services, has increased over the last five years. The most recent five years we have data for are in the table below and are published as part of the Department’s Section 251 collection.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million (gross rounded)</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority spend on looked after children and adoption services</p></td><td><p>3,384</p></td><td><p>3,496</p></td><td><p>3,661</p></td><td><p>3,769</p></td><td><p>3,942</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: 2011-12 and 2012-13 figures are not directly comparable due to changes in the categories included between the two years.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:13:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris