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1083406

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been a underspend of the apprenticeship levies in each of the last three years; if so, by how much; and what consideration they have give to allowing any such underspends to be allocated to training schemes for the upgrade of skills.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL14289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand-led. Employers choose the type, quantity and level of apprenticeships that they offer in order to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p>Employers pay the apprenticeship levy to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Employers in England can then set up accounts on the apprenticeship service, allowing them to direct funds to cover the costs of training and assessment for their apprentices. Employers who pay the levy have up to 24 months to spend their levy funds in their accounts. We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all of the funds in their accounts, but they are able to do this if they wish.</p><p>There is a difference between what employers see in their levy accounts and the department’s annual apprenticeship budget set by Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT). Levy accounts include up to 24 months of levy funds. The department’s annual apprenticeship budget must fund the whole apprenticeship programme, including apprenticeships with smaller employers who do not pay the levy and apprenticeships that started before the levy was introduced.</p><p>In total, in the 2017-18 financial year, the department spent £1.6 billion (of a £2 billion budget) to fulfil employers’ demand for apprenticeships. Lower than anticipated demand from employers led to an underspend of approximately £400 million. HMT made available a portion of the department's 2017-18 underspend, including the underspend from apprenticeships, for programmes in future financial years. We will publish the expenditure from this financial year in our 2018-19 annual report and accounts after the end of this financial year.</p><p>A review of the levy is underway in order to consider, amongst other points, how it can be used most effectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/03/2019 17:57:43 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1088286

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Care Leaver Covenant announced by his Department in October 2018, how many organisations have signed up to offer placement opportunities to young care leavers.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	232062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>As of 14 March 2019, 75 organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors had signed the care leaver covenant and published their offers to care leavers. All covenant offers are available to view at: <a href="https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/" target="_blank">https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/</a>. In addition, each government department has set out its offer to care leavers, copies of which have been published on GOV.UK. Spectra First, the government’s delivery partner for the care leaver covenant, is currently working with a number of other organisations which have signed a statement of intent confirming that they will provide opportunities to care leavers, but where the detail of their offer has not been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the care leaver covenant is to secure offers for care leavers that will support them to achieve one or more of the 5 outcomes set out in the cross-government care leaver strategy – Keep on Caring – one of which is to be engaged in education, employment or training. From the 75 organisations that have signed the covenant so far, employment offers include:</p><ul><li>27 offers of work experience placements, ranging from one week to 3 months;</li><li>5 offers of apprenticeships and;</li><li>11 offers of paid internships or employment.</li></ul><p>In addition, PGL (a provider of activity holidays for children and young people) has over 1,000 jobs in their summer camps in 2019 and has indicated that they would strongly encourage care leavers to apply for these vacancies. The government is leading the way through its civil service care leaver internship scheme, which in 2019 is providing 75 12-month paid internships across 18 government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Other (non-employment-related) offers of support include: enhanced support packages for care leavers from universities and further education colleges, and offers of workshops/training on areas such as money management and maintaining a tenancy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 232063 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:30:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

1088287

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Care Leaver Covenant announced by his Department in October 2018, how many placements for (a) work experience, (b) internships and (c) apprenticeships have been made available to young care leavers under that strategy to date.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	232063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>As of 14 March 2019, 75 organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors had signed the care leaver covenant and published their offers to care leavers. All covenant offers are available to view at: <a href="https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/" target="_blank">https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/</a>. In addition, each government department has set out its offer to care leavers, copies of which have been published on GOV.UK. Spectra First, the government’s delivery partner for the care leaver covenant, is currently working with a number of other organisations which have signed a statement of intent confirming that they will provide opportunities to care leavers, but where the detail of their offer has not been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the care leaver covenant is to secure offers for care leavers that will support them to achieve one or more of the 5 outcomes set out in the cross-government care leaver strategy – Keep on Caring – one of which is to be engaged in education, employment or training. From the 75 organisations that have signed the covenant so far, employment offers include:</p><ul><li>27 offers of work experience placements, ranging from one week to 3 months;</li><li>5 offers of apprenticeships and;</li><li>11 offers of paid internships or employment.</li></ul><p>In addition, PGL (a provider of activity holidays for children and young people) has over 1,000 jobs in their summer camps in 2019 and has indicated that they would strongly encourage care leavers to apply for these vacancies. The government is leading the way through its civil service care leaver internship scheme, which in 2019 is providing 75 12-month paid internships across 18 government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Other (non-employment-related) offers of support include: enhanced support packages for care leavers from universities and further education colleges, and offers of workshops/training on areas such as money management and maintaining a tenancy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 232062 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:30:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

1088480

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) on how many occasions and (b) on what dates the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families has visited (i) a maintained nursery school, (ii) a private, voluntary and independent nursery, (iii) a children's centre and (iv) any other childcare setting since his appointment to that role.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	232065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>I regularly visit early education settings and meet with a wide range of providers. Since my appointment in January 2018, I have visited the following settings:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Hindley Nursery School, Wigan – 18 January 2018.</li><li>Noah’s Ark Pre School, Little Explorers Nursery, Staffordshire – 1 March 2018.</li><li>Busy Bees Nursery, Westminster – 10 April 2018.</li><li>Rothesay Nursery School, Luton – 26 April 2018.</li><li>Lanterns Nursery School, Hampshire – 24 May 2018.</li><li>Rodney House School, Manchester (2-11 special school) – 5 July 2018.</li><li>Yew Tree Community School and Nursery, Oldham – 15 November 2018.</li><li>Tree House Family Hub, Essex – 29 November 2018.</li><li>Childminder setting, Bromley – 24 January 2019.</li><li>Nad al Hammar Kindergarten, Dubai (World Government Summit) – 11 February 2019.</li><li>Manchester City Football Academy, Manchester (observed session on integration of literacy and early language communication development into sport) – 28 February 2019.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/03/2019 19:03:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1088341

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of local authority children’s services departments.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	231962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement (LGFS), which gives local authorities flexibility to target spending according to local needs and to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, including services for children and families. Since 2010, the responsibilities of local authorities and the makeup of their funding streams have changed significantly. Therefore, wider spending power measures are not directly comparable over this period.</p><p>Over the 5 year period to 2019-20, councils have access, through the LGFS, to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power has increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p>Local authority level data since 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>National level children in need and service use since 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a> and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top two factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p><p>The Department for Education are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at LGFSs.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 231964 231965 231967 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:14:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1088344

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of the change in the level of funding per child for children’s services on the number of (a) children in need (b) child protection plans and (c) looked after children since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	231964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement (LGFS), which gives local authorities flexibility to target spending according to local needs and to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, including services for children and families. Since 2010, the responsibilities of local authorities and the makeup of their funding streams have changed significantly. Therefore, wider spending power measures are not directly comparable over this period.</p><p>Over the 5 year period to 2019-20, councils have access, through the LGFS, to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power has increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p>Local authority level data since 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>National level children in need and service use since 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a> and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top two factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p><p>The Department for Education are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at LGFSs.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 231962 231965 231967 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:14:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1088347

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the the effect of the change in the level of funding for children’s services in West Lancashire on the number of (a) referrals to children’s services; (b) re-referrals within 12 months, (c) children in need, (d) child protection enquiries, (e) child protection plans and (f) looked after children since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	231965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement (LGFS), which gives local authorities flexibility to target spending according to local needs and to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, including services for children and families. Since 2010, the responsibilities of local authorities and the makeup of their funding streams have changed significantly. Therefore, wider spending power measures are not directly comparable over this period.</p><p>Over the 5 year period to 2019-20, councils have access, through the LGFS, to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power has increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p>Local authority level data since 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>National level children in need and service use since 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a> and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top two factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p><p>The Department for Education are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at LGFSs.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 231962 231964 231967 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:14:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1088351

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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 assessment he has made of the correlation between funding for children’s services between 2010-11 and 2017-18 and the number of (a) referrals to children’s services, (b) re-referrals within 12 months, (c) children in need, (d) child protection enquiries, (e) child protection plans and (f) looked after children.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	231967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement (LGFS), which gives local authorities flexibility to target spending according to local needs and to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, including services for children and families. Since 2010, the responsibilities of local authorities and the makeup of their funding streams have changed significantly. Therefore, wider spending power measures are not directly comparable over this period.</p><p>Over the 5 year period to 2019-20, councils have access, through the LGFS, to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power has increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p>Local authority level data since 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>National level children in need and service use since 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a> and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top two factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p><p>The Department for Education are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at LGFSs.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 231962 231964 231965 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:14:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1088538

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to footnote 7 on page 4 of the Policy Statement: Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education, and Personal, Social Health and Economic Education, published in March 2017, what the evidential basis was for the statement that providing a parent with a blanket right to withdraw their child from sex education is no longer consistent with English case law, or with the ECHR and UNCRC; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	231871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>On 25 February 2019, following a 17-week consultation on the draft regulations and associated guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, we published the updated guidance, and laid the regulations for debate in Parliament. The regulations include provision in respect of the right to be excused from sex education that are compatible with the law as it now stands. The case law in relation to a child’s competence to make their own decisions has evolved over time – see for example the 2006 case of ‘R (Axon) v Secretary of State for Health’.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance for relationship, sex and health education sets out that parents can request that their child be excused from sex education taught as part of RSE at any time. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, head teachers should agree to such requests until three terms before the pupil turns 16. At that point, if the pupil wishes to be taught sex education as part of RSE rather than be withdrawn and again unless there are exceptional circumstances, the school should make arrangements to provide this education for the pupil in one of the three terms before their 16th birthday. Pupils do not have the right to withdraw themselves from sex education or other parts of the curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 231872 231873 231874 231875 231876 question first answered 20/03/2019 19:14:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1088540

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to footnote 7 on page 4 of the Policy Statement: Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education, and Personal, Social Health and Economic Education, published in March 2017, when the current right of withdrawal ceased to be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	231873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>On 25 February 2019, following a 17-week consultation on the draft regulations and associated guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, we published the updated guidance, and laid the regulations for debate in Parliament. The regulations include provision in respect of the right to be excused from sex education that are compatible with the law as it now stands. The case law in relation to a child’s competence to make their own decisions has evolved over time – see for example the 2006 case of ‘R (Axon) v Secretary of State for Health’.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance for relationship, sex and health education sets out that parents can request that their child be excused from sex education taught as part of RSE at any time. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, head teachers should agree to such requests until three terms before the pupil turns 16. At that point, if the pupil wishes to be taught sex education as part of RSE rather than be withdrawn and again unless there are exceptional circumstances, the school should make arrangements to provide this education for the pupil in one of the three terms before their 16th birthday. Pupils do not have the right to withdraw themselves from sex education or other parts of the curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 231871 231872 231874 231875 231876 question first answered 20/03/2019 19:14:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess