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date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many babies under six weeks old were placed for adoption in Yorkshire and the Humber by local authority area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	276231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The department collects data on children who are placed for adoption. However, the information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The breakdown requested and the following significant caveats are:</p><ul><li>Data isn’t collected on the area where the child is finally placed for adoption.</li><li>Data isn’t collected from all routes of adoption, for example private adoptions.</li></ul><p>The number of looked after children, nationally, who were adopted by age is published for the last 5 years in table E1 of the statistical release: Children Looked After in England (including Adoption) year ending 31 March 2018, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of children who ceased care due to adoption in 2018 by local authority is published in the underlying data table ‘CEA2018’ from the same statistical release: Children Looked After in England (including Adoption) year ending 31 March 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/07/2019 16:22:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1138493

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date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on the (a) consultation on, (b) preparation for and (c) introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation Systems for (i) social workers, (ii) social work supervisors and (iii) leaders.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	276201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>In total the government has spent £18.4 million on the consultation, preparation and introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) for child and family social workers.</p><p>These costs can be further broken down into:</p><ul><li>£4.6 million in preparation costs, which includes money spent on the proof of concept phase, the preparation of assessment materials and standard setting;</li><li>£4.1 million up to June 2018 on the introduction of assessments, of this £3.5 million has been in grants made to local authorities to support Children’s Services Departments and individual social workers prepare for the assessment;</li><li>£3.7 million from July 2018 to May 2019 was spent on running assessment centres and paid to private consultants to deliver this service; and</li><li>a further £6 million in 2018-19, which has been in grants to local authorities.</li></ul><p>The department has spent no funds on consultation. The consultation and programme development of the NAAS has been resourced directly by the civil service who have engaged widely with both local authorities and individual social workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 276203 question first answered 19/07/2019 14:00:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1138495

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of funding allocated to the consultation on the National Assessment and Accreditation System for social workers was spent on (a) private sector consultants and (b) local authorities in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	276203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>In total the government has spent £18.4 million on the consultation, preparation and introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) for child and family social workers.</p><p>These costs can be further broken down into:</p><ul><li>£4.6 million in preparation costs, which includes money spent on the proof of concept phase, the preparation of assessment materials and standard setting;</li><li>£4.1 million up to June 2018 on the introduction of assessments, of this £3.5 million has been in grants made to local authorities to support Children’s Services Departments and individual social workers prepare for the assessment;</li><li>£3.7 million from July 2018 to May 2019 was spent on running assessment centres and paid to private consultants to deliver this service; and</li><li>a further £6 million in 2018-19, which has been in grants to local authorities.</li></ul><p>The department has spent no funds on consultation. The consultation and programme development of the NAAS has been resourced directly by the civil service who have engaged widely with both local authorities and individual social workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 276201 question first answered 19/07/2019 14:00:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1138279

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made, with Ofsted, in the implementation and training of Her Majesty's Inspectors who are subject specialists.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL17076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to my noble friend and a copy of her reply will be place in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/07/2019 11:43:39 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1138282

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the 2019 Language Trends Survey, published by the British Council in July, in particular its findings that (1) disadvantaged pupils are less likely to take a language GCSE, and (2) only a quarter of state schools offer pupil exchanges abroad, compared to almost half of independent schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL17079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The department notes the British Council Language Trends 2019 Survey and wants to see more pupils take languages at GCSE and experience international opportunities, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. We have included languages as a pillar within the English Baccalaureate school performance measure to address the sharp fall in take up following the decision to make the subject non-compulsory at key stage 4 in 2004. This has seen the proportion of pupils who take languages GCSE increase from 40% in 2010 to 46% last year, and we want to see these numbers increase.</p><p> </p><p>In the department’s £4.8 million Modern Foreign Language (MFL) Pedagogy pilot programme, one of the 9 lead schools is in an Opportunity Area and another is in the Opportunity North East area. We have launched a pilot project in MFL undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils. This project specifically targets areas of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils and focuses on areas of low uptake. We are also piloting a financial incentive to improve the retention of MFL teachers in 25 local authorities that are most in need.</p><p> </p><p>In partnership with the British Council, the department is offering thousands of young people the chance to take part in international exchanges and visits. Backed by £2.5 million, schools in England can apply for grants to take pupils aged 11 and above to visit partner schools around the world. The programme is principally focused on those from disadvantaged backgrounds and we want to encourage as many schools as possible to sign up for this opportunity.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/07/2019 11:43:23 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins