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1699988

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care and Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2024 to Questions 15600 and 15601 on Children in Care and Foster Care, if she will publish the number of children looked after who were cared for in a (a) relative and (b) friend foster placement by (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity and (iv) local authority level as of 31 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	20934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separately into relative foster placements and friend foster placements. Therefore, the combined totals have been provided. Data has been provided for children looked after on 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 22/04/2024 16:59:28 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston attachment 1 file name 20934 Table Attachment.xlsx title 20934_Table_attachment
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1691648

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care and Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who were looked-after in a (a) relative and (b) friend foster placement in each local authority in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	15600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separately into relative foster placements and friend foster placements, therefore the combined totals have been provided. Data has been provided for children looked after between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 15601 15602 question first answered 13/03/2024 10:51:10 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston attachment 1 file name 15600_15601_15602_Attachment.xlsx title 15600_15601_15602_Attachment
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1691649

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care and Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity who were looked-after in a (i) relative and (ii) friend foster placement in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	15601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separately into relative foster placements and friend foster placements, therefore the combined totals have been provided. Data has been provided for children looked after between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 15600 15602 question first answered 13/03/2024 10:51:10 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston attachment 1 file name 15600_15601_15602_Attachment.xlsx title 15600_15601_15602_Attachment
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1691650

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care and 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 relative or friend foster placement on 31 March 2023 had also been in (a) an unrelated foster placement, (b) another relative or friend placement, (c) a children's home and (d) other provision for looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	15602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separately into relative foster placements and friend foster placements, therefore the combined totals have been provided. Data has been provided for children looked after between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 15600 15601 question first answered 13/03/2024 10:51:10 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston attachment 1 file name 15600_15601_15602_Attachment.xlsx title 15600_15601_15602_Attachment
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1680450

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that private finance initiative contracts are not used to prevent the statutory academisation of schools following relevant inspection findings.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	8366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The department routinely works with local authorities to address issues which arise in the context of the academisation of private finance schools.</p><p>Officials are happy to work with the hon. Member to address any specific cases you may wish to discuss.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/01/2024 17:23:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1679512

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Denton Community College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's estimated timescale is for the completion of the academisation of Denton Community College.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>An academy order was issued to the governing body of Denton Community College and Tameside local authority on 22 March 2023. The Regional Director for the North West then agreed for the Northern Education Trust to be the academy trust match for the school in July 2023.</p><p>Project planning meetings between the school, trust and local authority take place regularly and these meetings form the basis for discussions on timescales. The current agreeable date for conversion is estimated to be June 2024. This is reliant on Tameside Council’s Cabinet Board approving the school’s Private Finance Initiative agreement.</p><p>The Regional Director’s office have been asked to contact the honourable Member for Denton and Reddish to keep him updated on progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/01/2024 16:05:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1679513

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council’s PFI academisation process.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The department can confirm that officials are already engaged with the local authority and are providing assistance with the issues affecting the academisation process in the borough<em>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/01/2024 17:18:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1669528

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will allocate additional funding for high needs provision in schools.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	1477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The majority of high needs funding from the department is allocated to local authorities, as they are responsible for allocating that funding to schools to support pupils with complex needs. The department has substantially increased high needs funding in recent years and has announced a further increase of £440 million for the 2024/25 financial year, which will bring the total high needs budget to over £10.5 billion, an increase of over 60% from the 2019/20 allocations. This funding will help local authorities and schools with the increasing costs of supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 23/11/2023 12:13:30 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1669673

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Tameside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to monitor the adequacy of Tameside Children's services in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	1479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The adequacy of a local authorities children’s social care is officially assessed by Ofsted’s inspecting local authority children’s services (ILACS) framework. Children’s social care services in Tameside were judged as Requires Improvement in the 2019 ILACS inspection, which was an improvement from the inspection in 2016 where services were found to be Inadequate. Focused Visits were carried out by Ofsted in May 2021 and April 2022 to monitor services, as per Ofsted’s inspection framework. The Focused Visit in April 2022 identified two Areas of Priority Action (APAs).</p><p>Following this, in line with the department’s early intervention policy, the department placed Tameside into intervention and issued an Improvement Notice. The department has continued to work closely with Tameside, carrying out formal 6 monthly reviews and tailoring effective support to target the APAs. An Improvement Adviser is in place to provide ongoing support and challenge to the service including early support to the Council in establishing an Improvement Board to provide the mechanism for corporate and political leadership to scrutinise and challenge the improvement journey.</p><p>In addition, the department has provided Tameside with targeted improvement funding and brokered support from Sector Led Improvement Partners as well as co-ordinating the Local Government Association to provide a package of leadership support for the senior leadership team and wider Council, including politicians.</p><p>The priority for the department’s intervention has been to oversee progress of the two APAs identified in Ofsted’s 2022 Focused Visit. Progress of improvement has relied on stability of senior leadership and capacity within the Council. The imminent Ofsted ILACS inspection will result in a graded judgement for Tameside’s children’s services and will clearly set out what is working well and where further improvements can be made, including what further steps are needed to achieve Good or Outstanding, if appropriate. The inspection will also determine the effectiveness of the Council’s response to the department’s intervention and support.</p><p>The department continues to monitor progress and provide support via the intervention policy and regular interactions with the Council. Should assessments indicate the Council is making insufficient progress, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, may choose to invoke her statutory powers of intervention (under s497A of the Education Act 1996) by issuing a Statutory Direction.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 1480 1481 1483 1484 1485 1486 1488 question first answered 22/11/2023 16:35:00 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1669675

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Tameside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance officials in her Department have provided to Tameside Children's Services in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	1480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The adequacy of a local authorities children’s social care is officially assessed by Ofsted’s inspecting local authority children’s services (ILACS) framework. Children’s social care services in Tameside were judged as Requires Improvement in the 2019 ILACS inspection, which was an improvement from the inspection in 2016 where services were found to be Inadequate. Focused Visits were carried out by Ofsted in May 2021 and April 2022 to monitor services, as per Ofsted’s inspection framework. The Focused Visit in April 2022 identified two Areas of Priority Action (APAs).</p><p>Following this, in line with the department’s early intervention policy, the department placed Tameside into intervention and issued an Improvement Notice. The department has continued to work closely with Tameside, carrying out formal 6 monthly reviews and tailoring effective support to target the APAs. An Improvement Adviser is in place to provide ongoing support and challenge to the service including early support to the Council in establishing an Improvement Board to provide the mechanism for corporate and political leadership to scrutinise and challenge the improvement journey.</p><p>In addition, the department has provided Tameside with targeted improvement funding and brokered support from Sector Led Improvement Partners as well as co-ordinating the Local Government Association to provide a package of leadership support for the senior leadership team and wider Council, including politicians.</p><p>The priority for the department’s intervention has been to oversee progress of the two APAs identified in Ofsted’s 2022 Focused Visit. Progress of improvement has relied on stability of senior leadership and capacity within the Council. The imminent Ofsted ILACS inspection will result in a graded judgement for Tameside’s children’s services and will clearly set out what is working well and where further improvements can be made, including what further steps are needed to achieve Good or Outstanding, if appropriate. The inspection will also determine the effectiveness of the Council’s response to the department’s intervention and support.</p><p>The department continues to monitor progress and provide support via the intervention policy and regular interactions with the Council. Should assessments indicate the Council is making insufficient progress, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, may choose to invoke her statutory powers of intervention (under s497A of the Education Act 1996) by issuing a Statutory Direction.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 1479 1481 1483 1484 1485 1486 1488 question first answered 22/11/2023 16:35:00 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne