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946971

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral evidence of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families to the Education Committee on Accountability hearings on 18 July 2018, Q1389, HC 341, what evidence he was referring to when he stated that 30 per cent of care leavers end up as adults in prison.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	167291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>During my evidence to the Education Committee, I inadvertently said that around 30% of care leavers end up as adults in prison. The point that I was seeking to make was that care leavers are over-represented in the criminal justice system. This is based on the findings from a number of research studies which have reported on the backgrounds of prisoners. These include a Ministry of Justice report published in 2014, which indicated that 24% of the prisoners surveyed had been in care at some point during their childhood. It also includes a report published in 2011 by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, which stated that 27% of the young men and 55% of the young women surveyed had spent time in care.</p><p>In relation to the proportion of care leavers overall who end up in prison, the latest data published by the department for the period ending March 2017 shows that 4% of care leavers aged 19 to 21 were in custody at the point when the data was collected.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 10:30:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

943970

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Spring Consortium: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support his Department provides to the Spring Consortium; and what the set up costs were of that Consortium.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	165600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Spring was a consortium consisting of Deloitte, Mutual Ventures, and the Innovation Unit who were formed to perform the role of delivery partner for the department’s children’s social care Innovation Programme. The contract started on 5 June 2014 and ended 31 March 2018. The total cost of the contract was £12,398,096.52.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/07/2018 14:35:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

943971

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 financial support Partners in Practice has provided to each local authority to assist the setting up of Trust models or Community Interest Companies with regard to local authority children's services departments.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	165601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Partners in Practice programme includes one Community Interest Company, Achieving for Children (AfC) and one independent trust, Doncaster Children’s Services Trust (DCST). No funding has been provided from the Partners in Practice programme to assist these local authorities with the setting up of these arrangements, however, Doncaster did receive some support and funding from the department.</p><p>DCST was established in 2014 with £2.9 million funding from the department. DCST became a Partner in Practice in March 2018 and were awarded up to £1,054,872 to develop a new model of support for children and young people experiencing neglect, particularly adolescents.</p><p>AfC was established in 2014 to provide services for the London Boroughs of Richmond and Kingston. AfC was set up independently from the department and the department did not contribute to its set up. They have been a Partner in Practice since 2016 and were awarded up to £7,826,346 to develop further their service delivery model and support other local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/07/2018 14:29:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

943972

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 long-term value of innovation projects in respect of local authority children's services departments.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	165602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is evaluating the impact and long-term value of the £200 million Innovation Programme.</p><p> </p><p>In February this year, we published the evidence we have to date announcing the seven key features of practice and seven outcomes that emerged as the strongest features from the evaluation of Round One. Our assessment to date shows that these seven features of practice and outcomes are those which, when implemented effectively, can support and drive real change for children’s social care. They can be viewed at the following link: <a href="http://innovationcsc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3.-Seven-features-of-practice-and-seven-outcomes.pdf" target="_blank">http://innovationcsc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3.-Seven-features-of-practice-and-seven-outcomes.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to test the impact of these seven features of practice and outcomes with projects in Rounds Two and Three through a robust independent evaluation. We are also supporting other children’s services departments to scale and spread the learning we have to date. For example; Hertfordshire’s successful ‘’Family Safeguarding’ project is extending their model to Luton, Peterborough, Bracknell Forest and West Berkshire in Round Two.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/07/2018 16:34:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

934940

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coastal Academies Trust: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking in response to the statement of the executive head of the Coastal Academies Trust that the trust will not be admitting out-of-county looked-after children without direction from the Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	161182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>The best needs of the child should always be front and centre of every decision and we are committed to ensuring that children who have been in care are supported to succeed in education and are admitted to school without delay. That is why the School Admissions Code requires all school admission authorities, including academies, to give the highest priority in their admissions criteria to looked-after and previously looked-after children.</p><p>Whilst we recognise that there can be challenges in school admissions for looked-after children, particularly, where they are placed out of their own areas, these placements play an important part of meeting the needs of children in care. This is an issue that the government takes incredibly seriously – and we want to reduce out-of-area placements and make sure children are properly protected and able to thrive.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with Directors of Children’s Services, who must approve any decision to move a child out of their home area, and we are supporting councils in London, so fewer children are placed in homes beyond their borders, which is backed by part of a £200 million programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/07/2018 12:43:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

934783

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special post-16 institutions were successful in their bid for high needs funding from the Education and Skills Funding agency for the 2018-19 academic year; and what the regional breakdown is of those successful bids.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	160761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>A total of 18 special post-16 institutions were successful in their bid for high needs funding for the 2018/19 academic year. The regional breakdown is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of special post-16 institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/07/2018 13:40:00 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

931347

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies have used the right of appeal to disagree with a local authority's decision to place a child in their school; and what the outcome of those cases were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	157761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Where a local authority considers that an academy will best meet the needs of a child, it can ask the academy to admit that child. The local authority and the academy will usually come to an agreement, but if the academy refuses to admit the child, the local authority can ask the Secretary of State to direct them to do so. Academies do not have the right to appeal against a direction made by the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>Published guidance on academy admissions can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academy-admissions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academy-admissions</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/07/2018 16:38:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

931348

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 June 2018, Official Report, column 589, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there are 35,000 child and family social workers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	157762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>As of 30 September 2017, a headcount of 36,360 child and family social workers and agency social workers was recorded in the annual census of child and family social workers in England. The information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/07/2018 14:33:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

931353

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Commissioner for England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policy and legislative proposals his Department has actioned as a result of the work of the Children's Commissioner since 2014.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	157763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>We highly value the Children’s Commissioner’s input into the policy and legislative making process and regularly engage with the Commissioner and her office to ensure that the views and interests of children are taken into consideration. A recent example would be the creation of the Children and Social Work Act (2017), where the Commissioner promoted the views and experiences of young people during the development of the Act. The Children’s Commissioner is also a member of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Action Group that is run by the department in conjunction with the Children’s Rights Alliance for England. The department is working with this group to put in place a children’s rights training package and children’s rights impact assessment for civil servants. The department continues to work closely with the Commissioner and her office, who provide an essential contribution to the work of the department.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/07/2018 11:15:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

931354

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policy and legislative changes his Department has actioned as a result of the work of the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families since 2013.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	157764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Chief Social Worker for Children and Families provides independent expert advice to the department on children’s social care issues and social work reform. She was a key contributor to the development of our departmental strategy, ‘Putting Children First’, which was published in 2016. She is closely involved in the implementation of this strategy, which sets out our ambitious children’s social care reform agenda.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/07/2018 14:50:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck