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date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on the running of the Social Mobility Commission since it was first established as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL6307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Commission’s first full year of operation was 2013-14 and they have spent a total amount of £2,029,695 to date. This figure includes spend on commissioned research. To note that this is based on spend up until 29 March 2017 and does not cover full spend for 2016-17.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/03/2017 15:54:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

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registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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 was the cost of the care system for looked-after children in England and Wales for each year from 2006 to 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL5926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2010, local authorities in England have reported spending on children looked after through an annual return to the department (Section 251 returns; available on GOV.UK).</p><p><strong>Local authority net current expenditure on children looked after in England: 2005-2006 to 2015-2016 (£, billions)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2005-2006</p></td><td><p>2006-2007</p></td><td><p>2007-2008</p></td><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Section 251 returns <br> Note: 2011-12 and 2012-13 figures are not directly comparable due to changes in the categories included between the two years.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, spending on social work directly involved with the care of children and with the commissioning of services for children is captured separately within the Section 251 collection. It is not possible to separate out expenditure for social work related to children looked after only.</p><p>The department does not hold this information for Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/03/2017 16:43:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

515902

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on Children’s Centres since June 2010, (1) in total, and (2) in each financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL7968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Between April 2010 and March 2015 the total spent on children’s centres was £5.2 bn.</p><p>Local authorities must meet their statutory duties on children’s centres from funding that currently forms part of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Business Rates Retention Scheme.</p><p>Since April 2010, local authorities have reported spending on children’s centres through an annual return to the Department of Education (Section 251 returns; available on GOV.UK).</p><p>There will be variation in the way local authorities deliver their services, which may not be captured in within this data. In addition, other government funding, including that for public health, adult skills training and troubled families may also be used locally to support services delivered wholly, or in part, through children’s centres again this will not be included in this data.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/05/2016 14:50:26 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

515903

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether professionals who work with children, such as social workers and teachers, are legally required to leave their professions if they continue to live, or resume living, with a convicted sex offender to whom they are married, or with whom they have had children who are no longer minors, after that offender has served a custodial or community sentence.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL7969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Arrangements within the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009 disqualify a person from providing, working in, or managing childcare provision on the grounds that a person in their household has committed a relevant offence. A number of the qualifying offences are of a sexual nature.</p><p>A person disqualified from working in any childcare setting for these reasons is able to apply to Ofsted for a waiver against disqualification. Where a waiver is granted the disqualified person is permitted to work in childcare.</p><p>The Department publishes guidance (attached) to assist schools, childcare providers and those working in childcare and help them understand the arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL7969 Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.pdf title Disqualification under the childcare act 2006 2 file name HL7969 Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage.pdf title Statutory framework for the early years foundation question first answered 10/05/2016 14:57:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer