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627306

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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, what steps her Department is taking in collaboration with other government departments to promote the financial stability of care leavers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	51720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>My Department continues to work with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to consider whether there is any benefit to care leavers from extending the exemption to the ‘shared accommodation’ rate to age 25. We have also invited the Children’s Society to share some real-life case studies to illustrate the impact of moving to the shared accommodation rate.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to wider financial help, care leavers are entitled to a range of support including a Higher Education Bursary, DWP benefit support when returning to non-advanced education through the second chance learning scheme, and day one Universal Credit and hardship payments when sanctions have been applied.</p><p> </p><p>‘Keep on Caring’ provides more detail on the support available and the areas where we are continuing to work with other Government departments. It is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 51694 51718 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:51:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

627307

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.85 of the document, Keep on Caring: supporting young people from care to independence, published in July 2016, what progress her Department is making on exploring the extension of the exemption of care leavers from the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit to age 25.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	51718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>My Department continues to work with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to consider whether there is any benefit to care leavers from extending the exemption to the ‘shared accommodation’ rate to age 25. We have also invited the Children’s Society to share some real-life case studies to illustrate the impact of moving to the shared accommodation rate.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to wider financial help, care leavers are entitled to a range of support including a Higher Education Bursary, DWP benefit support when returning to non-advanced education through the second chance learning scheme, and day one Universal Credit and hardship payments when sanctions have been applied.</p><p> </p><p>‘Keep on Caring’ provides more detail on the support available and the areas where we are continuing to work with other Government departments. It is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 51694 51720 question first answered 08/11/2016 17:51:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

485597

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Morning Lane Associates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has paid to Morning Lane Associates (a) directly and (b) through other organisations in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15 and (iv) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	32370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The web-link below shows the total value of payments made to Morning Lane Associates in each of the requested financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on payments made by other organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Each month, the Department publishes data for transparency purposes in line with the Government’s transparency agenda. All payments over £25,000 are published. Supplier payment details can be found by searching the published data on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25000-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25000-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/04/2016 15:19:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

389556

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Specific Learning Difficulties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a diagnostic assessment pathway for (a) dyslexia and dyspraxia and (b) other specific learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	6695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Arrangements for referrals for diagnosis of a learning disability are a matter for local determination and a referral might be made via education or health. The new framework for special educational needs, introduced by the Children and Families Act 2014, provides a basis for the different sectors to work together in supporting the assessment of children’s needs and identifying the support they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Healthy Child Programme plays an important role in supporting the early identification of a complex need in the first five years of a child’s life. This is the key universal service for improving the health and well-being of children, through health and development reviews, health promotion, parenting support, screening and immunisation programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All early years providers are required to have arrangements in place to identify and support children with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities, and to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care as set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, which is published online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a>. Early years providers and educational settings should have arrangements in place that include assessment of SEN as part of the setting’s overall process for monitoring and assessing children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All schools must use their best endeavours to make sure that children with SEN get the support they need. When deciding on the provision to be made for a particular child or young person with SEN or a disability, schools and local authorities must refer to the SEND Code of Practice, which is available online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>. Teachers, and others working in schools, will work closely with their local Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) when supporting children with SEN and disabilities, including those with dyslexia and dyspraxia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with dyslexia organisations to facilitate better support for children with dyslexia, including funding of £204,000 in 2015/16 to the Dyslexia - Specific Learning Difficulties Trust to provide expert advice, information and training on literacy difficulties, speech and language difficulties and dyslexia to schools and parents. This includes training teachers to deliver quality teaching and Special Educational Needs (SEN) support for pupils with dyslexia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A grant of £550,000 in 2015/16 has been made to the British Dyslexia Association to fund a project to address issues around early identification and effective provision. The project will develop a certification framework which provides a graduated route towards a whole school policy for supporting children with literacy difficulties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 16/07/2015 11:53:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

229100

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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, how many bids her Department received for the contract to develop the assessment for Approved Child and Family Practitioner status.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The tender process to award the contract for the development of the assessment for the Approved Child and Family Practitioner (ACFP) status is ongoing. The Department for Education, therefore, is unable to answer any questions regarding bidders or contract awards. Once a contract has been awarded, details will be published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department fully recognises the importance of high quality social workers. We are exploring a new accredited status of ACFP in recognition of the need to have absolute public confidence in social workers who are working with our most vulnerable children: children in need (Children Act 1989); children in need of protection; and children in public care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The assessment for the ACFP status will test the skills and competencies set out in the statement on knowledge and skills for child and family social work. The statement, drafted by the Chief Social Worker with the input of over 900 social workers, covers the range of skills required of those who are lead professionals for named children and working with them under the local authority’s statutory framework (commonly referred to as “case responsibility”). The assessment will enable social workers to achieve the status of ACFP. The knowledge and skills statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228696 228697 228698 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:22:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

229101

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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, what funds have been allocated for the development of the assessment for Approved Child and Family Practitioner status.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The tender process to award the contract for the development of the assessment for the Approved Child and Family Practitioner (ACFP) status is ongoing. The Department for Education, therefore, is unable to answer any questions regarding bidders or contract awards. Once a contract has been awarded, details will be published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department fully recognises the importance of high quality social workers. We are exploring a new accredited status of ACFP in recognition of the need to have absolute public confidence in social workers who are working with our most vulnerable children: children in need (Children Act 1989); children in need of protection; and children in public care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The assessment for the ACFP status will test the skills and competencies set out in the statement on knowledge and skills for child and family social work. The statement, drafted by the Chief Social Worker with the input of over 900 social workers, covers the range of skills required of those who are lead professionals for named children and working with them under the local authority’s statutory framework (commonly referred to as “case responsibility”). The assessment will enable social workers to achieve the status of ACFP. The knowledge and skills statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228695 228697 228698 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:22:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

229102

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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, what the reasons were for deciding to introduce an Approved Child and Family Practitioner qualification.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The tender process to award the contract for the development of the assessment for the Approved Child and Family Practitioner (ACFP) status is ongoing. The Department for Education, therefore, is unable to answer any questions regarding bidders or contract awards. Once a contract has been awarded, details will be published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department fully recognises the importance of high quality social workers. We are exploring a new accredited status of ACFP in recognition of the need to have absolute public confidence in social workers who are working with our most vulnerable children: children in need (Children Act 1989); children in need of protection; and children in public care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The assessment for the ACFP status will test the skills and competencies set out in the statement on knowledge and skills for child and family social work. The statement, drafted by the Chief Social Worker with the input of over 900 social workers, covers the range of skills required of those who are lead professionals for named children and working with them under the local authority’s statutory framework (commonly referred to as “case responsibility”). The assessment will enable social workers to achieve the status of ACFP. The knowledge and skills statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228695 228696 228698 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:22:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

229103

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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, what skills and competences the proposed Approved Child and Family Practitioner qualification is intended to measure.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The tender process to award the contract for the development of the assessment for the Approved Child and Family Practitioner (ACFP) status is ongoing. The Department for Education, therefore, is unable to answer any questions regarding bidders or contract awards. Once a contract has been awarded, details will be published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department fully recognises the importance of high quality social workers. We are exploring a new accredited status of ACFP in recognition of the need to have absolute public confidence in social workers who are working with our most vulnerable children: children in need (Children Act 1989); children in need of protection; and children in public care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The assessment for the ACFP status will test the skills and competencies set out in the statement on knowledge and skills for child and family social work. The statement, drafted by the Chief Social Worker with the input of over 900 social workers, covers the range of skills required of those who are lead professionals for named children and working with them under the local authority’s statutory framework (commonly referred to as “case responsibility”). The assessment will enable social workers to achieve the status of ACFP. The knowledge and skills statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/knowledge-and-skills-for-child-and-family-social-work</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228695 228696 228697 question first answered 26/03/2015 09:22:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

228127

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 the maximum number of cases in a supervisor's name is that can be allocated to a newly qualified children's social worker.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no maximum number of cases for allocation to Frontline participants and there are no financial penalties for allocating more than a set number of cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for social worker case management are at the discretion of the employer. There is no statutory limit on caseloads. Many variables are taken into account, such as levels of demand, capacity of the local authority, capability of the whole workforce and of individual practitioners, level of risk to children, and complexity of social need of families. These variables can change frequently.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Newly qualified social workers are allocated cases but should receive supervision from more experienced social workers. The Local Government Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England set out expectations for employers of social workers, including newly qualified social workers, regarding case load. The guidance is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6188796/The+Standards+-+updated+July+01+2014/146988cc-d9c5-4311-97d4-20dfc19397bf" target="_blank">http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6188796/The+Standards+-+updated+July+01+2014/146988cc-d9c5-4311-97d4-20dfc19397bf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228095 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:30:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

228130

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how much of the money disbursed from the budget of her Department's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has been allocated to organisations in the (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sectors in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme has been open for funding applications since March 2014. Funding from the programme was not available in 2013–14.</p><p> </p><p>For 2014-15, a total of £25.23 million has been disbursed to successful projects across the public, private and voluntary sectors:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation Type</p></td><td><p>Funding 2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public</p></td><td><p>£22.36 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£1.45 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary</p></td><td><p>£1.42 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>£83,000 has been disbursed for central evaluation of the programme in 2014-15. In addition, all successful projects are expected to have an evaluation element. The amount allocated from within project budgets varies between five and ten percent of their total grant amount.</p><p> </p><p>The Innovation Programme projects have also been allocated funding for 2015-16. A further £75 million has been committed for this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228122 228123 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:52:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck