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759783

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places for new admissions were available in secure children's homes in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	10084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The department publishes data on children accommodated in secure children’s homes on an annual, rather than a monthly basis. As at the 31 March 2017, there were 227 places in use or available for use, with 203 children accommodated in these places, which means there were 24 places available for new admissions. The full statistical release is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-accommodated-in-secure-childrens-homes-31-march-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/09/2017 12:54:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

457731

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department applied in selecting the areas for the campaign, Together we can tackle child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	29794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>This is the first ever nationwide campaign on this issue promoted by the Government. Its aim is to raise awareness amongst the public about abuse and neglect and how to report suspected instances. This is a nationwide campaign and we have been working with all local authorities to promote it. We have provided a toolkit of materials, which can be used across the country to support the campaign locally.</p><p>This year, we ran a pilot, paid-for campaign in 33 local authorities in the West Midlands and Outer London where we have paid for out-of-home, digital and radio advertising. These areas were chosen because of their dense and diverse populations. The overall cost of the campaign has been up to £1m.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 29795 question first answered 11/03/2016 17:28:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

457732

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost is of her Department's campaign, Together we can tackle child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	29795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>This is the first ever nationwide campaign on this issue promoted by the Government. Its aim is to raise awareness amongst the public about abuse and neglect and how to report suspected instances. This is a nationwide campaign and we have been working with all local authorities to promote it. We have provided a toolkit of materials, which can be used across the country to support the campaign locally.</p><p>This year, we ran a pilot, paid-for campaign in 33 local authorities in the West Midlands and Outer London where we have paid for out-of-home, digital and radio advertising. These areas were chosen because of their dense and diverse populations. The overall cost of the campaign has been up to £1m.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 29794 question first answered 11/03/2016 17:28:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

457080

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are being supported under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 where their parents have no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	29517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on children supported under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 is published in the annual Children in Need Census statistical first release. This data collection does not identify the number of children supported where their parents have no recourse to public funds.</p><p>Information in the form requested is therefore not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/03/2016 17:32:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

433192

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the national consultation on the future of children's centres will be launched; what its terms of reference will be; and what the timetable is for responses to be received and the Government to announce its proposals.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	18189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>We value the services provided by children’s centres. We intend to consult to see what role children’s centres should play to ensure they are able to have the most impact as part of integrated local services for families. An independent survey carried out by the national children’s charity, 4Children (published October 2015) estimated more than a million children and families are now using children’s centres.</p><br /><p>The consultation will offer parents, carers, local authorities and key stakeholders the opportunity to influence and drive what we expect from children’s centre services and where we see them having the greatest impact. We plan to launch the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/12/2015 14:36:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

225161

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of each of the recommendations relating to her Department in the report of the Serious Case Review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Oxfordshire; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	226238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>On 3 March, the Minister for Crime and Prevention, the Health Minister and I wrote to the chair of Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board, welcoming the publication of the Serious Case Review and outlining our response. The government has looked carefully at recent cases of child sexual exploitation with many similarities to the accounts of abuse in Oxfordshire. Our response is set out in ‘Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation’, which we published on 3 March. The government will continue to develop and deliver our responses to these serious and devastating crimes, and will consider carefully the lessons from cases as they emerge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/03/2015 12:06:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

45547

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 long-term trends in the number of hours of literacy teaching which primary school children receive and how this affects reading and writing attainment.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	194155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect data on the number of hours of literacy teaching primary school children receive.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to raising standards of literacy in schools and making sure that every child masters the basics of reading and writing at a young age. The new primary national curriculum for English is explicitly designed to make sure that all children leave primary school fully literate and ready to progress at secondary school.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum sets out very clearly what should be taught to pupils. However, it gives school the flexibility to decide how to teach it, including how much time to spend on teaching literacy, because schools are best placed to determine the needs and abilities of their pupils and how to meet them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith