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1105477

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the myth-busting document on guidance for local authorities was withdrawn on 20 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>​The Children’s Social Care myth busting guide was intended to bring clarity to some parts of guidance that had been raised with the department. However, the points raised by Article 39 suggest that the guide did not achieve that.  Rather than divert time and resources to litigation we decided to withdraw the guide in its present form pending a full reconsideration of its contents.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/04/2019 12:26:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105478

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice his Department received which led to the myth-busting document on guidance for local authorities being withdrawn on 20 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with usual convention, legal advice is not disclosed outside government. This ensures the government can obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/04/2019 15:03:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105172

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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 steps he took in response to the letter of September 2018 from experts and organisations on his Department's myth-busting document.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The publication of the myth-busting guide, published in July 2018, was intended to clarify certain areas of the statutory guidance which practitioners had said were ambiguous or had given rise to incorrect assumptions about what is permissible.</p><p>When we received the letter from children’s rights organisations and experts we replied to make clear that nothing in the guide sought to alter legislation and that statutory guidance remained in force.</p><p>Our statutory guidance continues to set out how local authorities should operate in order to provide the best services for vulnerable children and young people and make sure everyone is given the chance to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237130 237131 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105173

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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, for what reason his Department did not hold meetings with concerned charities when it received the letter of September 2018 on his Department's myth-busting document from experts and organisations.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The publication of the myth-busting guide, published in July 2018, was intended to clarify certain areas of the statutory guidance which practitioners had said were ambiguous or had given rise to incorrect assumptions about what is permissible.</p><p>When we received the letter from children’s rights organisations and experts we replied to make clear that nothing in the guide sought to alter legislation and that statutory guidance remained in force.</p><p>Our statutory guidance continues to set out how local authorities should operate in order to provide the best services for vulnerable children and young people and make sure everyone is given the chance to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237129 237131 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105175

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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 internal checks his Department made prior to publishing the myth-busting document on that document.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The publication of the myth-busting guide, published in July 2018, was intended to clarify certain areas of the statutory guidance which practitioners had said were ambiguous or had given rise to incorrect assumptions about what is permissible.</p><p>When we received the letter from children’s rights organisations and experts we replied to make clear that nothing in the guide sought to alter legislation and that statutory guidance remained in force.</p><p>Our statutory guidance continues to set out how local authorities should operate in order to provide the best services for vulnerable children and young people and make sure everyone is given the chance to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237129 237130 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1087072

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Specialist Schools: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received on the use of restraint in specialist schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	231483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. This is because our system for recording correspondence to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State logs cases by number and name and does not fully capture the category of complaint. As a result, we cannot search to identify complaints relating to the use of restrictive practices in special schools.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2019 14:43:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1087152

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 11 March 2019, Official Report, column 12 on Support for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, what are the terms of reference of the root and branch review of restraint his Department is undertaking with the Department for Health and Social Care; and what plans he has to consult with (a) children, (b) parents and (c) representatives of interested organisations as part of that review.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	231485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Following extensive engagement with interested parties, the Department for Education and the Department for Health and Social Care launched a consultation on draft guidance on reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention for children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions or mental health needs. The consultation sought views on how well the draft guidance would help a range of settings and services to support children and young people recognised as being at higher risk of restraint. The proposed scope of the guidance was health and care settings, special schools and specialist colleges.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closed last year and we are currently considering the responses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2019 09:29:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1086486

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require local authorities to ensure that school staff who teach young people with vision impairment have appropriate training from a specialist.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	230742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>To teach a class of pupils with vision impairment, a teacher must hold a mandatory qualification, in addition to qualified teacher status. The Department is currently reviewing the educational outcomes of the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and schools and colleges to keep the provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) under review and to consider carefully how best to meet the needs of children and young people in their area, including those with vision impairment. To support local authorities, the Department has announced an additional £250 million high needs funding, over this year and the next. This will bring the total allocated for high needs next year to £6.3 billion.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, £3.4 million is being provided for 2018 to 2020 to equip the school workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including vision impairment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 17:59:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1086622

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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, pursuant to Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 228139 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, whether he plans to launch his Department's call for evidence looking into the financial incentives in the SEND system by 14 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	230798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Yes, the call for evidence will be launched shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/03/2019 17:15:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1082553

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	Visual Impairment: Education
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 to ensure that every young person with vision impairment has access to the same learning materials as their sighted peers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	229142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>All schools have duties under the Equality Act (2010) towards individual disabled children and young people, including:</p><ul><li>to make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services, to prevent them being put at a substantial disadvantage;</li><li>not to discriminate in relation to their disability; and</li><li>to publish accessibility plans setting out how they plan to increase access for disabled pupils to the curriculum, the physical environment and to information. (Local authorities have parallel duties to publish accessibility strategies.)</li></ul><p>Complementing this, the Children and Families Act (2014) places duties on schools to use their ‘best endeavours’ to make special education provision for those who need it, many of whom will have disabilities.</p><p>Taken together, this amounts to a range of exacting duties on schools in relation to disability.</p><p>To support schools in meeting those duties, in relation to vision impairment and more broadly, we are providing £3.4 million funding over 2018-2020, for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schools’ workforce contract, which will be delivered by the Whole School SEND consortium, led by the National Association for Special Educational Needs, nasen. Our aim is to embed SEND into school-led approaches to school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND. As part of this programme of work, we are also reviewing the learning outcomes of specialist SEND qualifications, including the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 14:14:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck