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49740

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date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations have received how much funding from his Department aimed at supporting access to short breaks and respite provision for children, young people and their families experiencing all types of disadvantage in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	197809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not directly fund organisations to deliver short breaks and respite services for disadvantaged children, young people and their families; this is done at the local authority level.</p><p>In the case of disabled children and young people however, the Department for Education has made available to local authorities £800 million to invest in short breaks services between April 2011 and March 2015, through unringfenced grants. In 2011-12 and 2012-13, an additional £40 million of capital funding per annum was made available to local authorities to invest in short breaks equipment and infrastructure, also in unringfenced grants. It has been for local authorities to decide how to use this funding to provide the short breaks provision for disabled children that is needed locally and to support access to it.</p><p>While the Department does not directly fund providers of short breaks for disabled children, it has funded a number of organisations over the last five financial years to help increase access to such provision and to improve its quality.</p><p>A table setting out details of the fnding has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

49828

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review special educational needs assessments to ensure that the needs of neurofibromatosis sufferers are taken fully into account by education services; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL6839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Schools are already required to support children with long term medical conditions, and this would include suffers of neurofibromatosis. Non-statutory guidance is available to schools, “Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years Settings”, to help them manage medicines and supporting children with medical needs such as this.</p><p>From September 2014, there will be a new duty, (introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014), on governing bodies of maintained schools (and proprietors of academies) to make arrangements to support pupils at school with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance. The proposed text of the guidance (upon which we have consulted publicly) is available on GOV.UK so that schools can prepare for implementation in the autumn term. It sets out the requirements on schools to support children with medical conditions, which we would expect them to apply to conditions like neurofibromatosis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

49829

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to schools, colleges and universities about taking into account the additional difficulties that neurofibromatosis sufferers encounter with examinations.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL6840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Guidance given to schools and colleges is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and I have asked its Chief Regulator Glenys Stacey to write directly to Lord Bassam of Brighton. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>Equality Challenge Unit provides advice for higher education institutions on a range of matters, including reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities. More information is available at <a href="http://www.ecu.ac.uk/" target="_blank">www.ecu.ac.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

49860

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why data on the presence of asbestos were not covered in the Property Data Survey Programme in United Kingdom schools; and what are their plans for removing any remaining asbestos from United Kingdom schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL6856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey gathers high-level condition data across the state-funded educational estate in England only. The surveyors employed on the programme are general building surveyors and they perform a visual, non-intrusive survey. In comparison, considerably more detailed surveys are required to assess asbestos and that is why asbestos is not included as part of the Property Data Survey.</p><p>The Department for Education does not have a programme for the phased removal of all asbestos from schools in England. Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations, the employer - either the school or local authority - has clear responsibilities to manage asbestos containing materials in schools safely. The advice from the Health and Safety Executive is that it is safer to leave undisturbed or undamaged asbestos in place and to carefully manage it rather than to risk disturbing or damaging asbestos unnecessarily. If asbestos is managed effectively, as required by the regulations, the safest and most effective way to plan for its removal is when existing buildings are refurbished or replaced.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

49888

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the removal of ring-fenced funding for short breaks for disabled children under the Aiming High programme; and what is their assessment of (1) the number of short breaks that were funded under Aiming High for disabled children in 2007–08 and in each year since, and (2) the number of short breaks that were publicly funded through other delivery partners over the same time period.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL6870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has made available over £800 million for short breaks for disabled children between April 2011 and March 2015 through unringfenced local authority grants. Since April 2011, local authorities have had a statutory duty to provide a range of short breaks services for disabled children and it is their responsibility to make an assessment of the type and number of short breaks needed locally for disabled children and their families and to monitor the impact of their funding decisions from year to year.</p><p>The Government does not collect data on the number of publicly-funded short breaks delivered to disabled children by local authorities or other delivery partners.</p><p>Since 2008-09, the Department has collected information from local authorities through Section 251 reports, showing how much they have spent each year on short breaks for disabled children. These reports suggest that removing the ring-fence for short breaks provision has not any significant impact on local authorities' expenditure in this area.</p><p>Details of local authority expenditure on short breaks between 2008-09 and 2012-13 are set out in the table below. Section 251 returns for 2013-14 are not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Local authority expenditure on <br>short breaks for disabled children</p></td><td><p>Local authority expenditure on <br>short breaks for disabled children <br>who are looked after</p></td><td><p>Annual totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>114,657,000</p></td><td><p>58,216,000</p></td><td><p>172,873,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>151,043,000</p></td><td><p>77,806,000</p></td><td><p>228,849,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>212,623,000</p></td><td><p>70,083,000</p></td><td><p>282,706,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>221,822,000</p></td><td><p>66,713,000</p></td><td><p>288,535,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>225,037,000</p></td><td><p>61,416,000</p></td><td><p>286,453,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

49890

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people likely to qualify for an education, health and care plan; and how that number will compare to the number with a statement of specialeducational needs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL6871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans will be introduced from September 2014. The Children and Families Act 2014 ensures that eligibility for an EHC plan remains the same as it is now for a statement of special educational needs (SEN). Therefore, we expect all children and young people who have a statement, who would have continued to have one under the current system, to be transferred to an EHC plan: no child or young person should lose their statement and not have it replaced with an EHC plan simply because the system is changing.</p><p>We expect the overall number of EHC plans to be greater than the number of statements of SEN because the eligibility for EHC plans is the same as for statements, and in addition EHC plans will be available for young people up to age 25 where necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

49930

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average value is of the title deed of a local authority school that becomes an academy.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49932

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has paid in legal fees since 2010 on the transfer of title deeds of a local authority schools becoming academies.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197852 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49934

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many title deeds of local authority schools have been transferred to academies operated by private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197852 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49936

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority schools have become academies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>As of 1 May 2014, 3,688 local authority schools have become academies since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane