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821516

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of the organisations and people who responded to his Department's National fostering stocktake consultation.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	122434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>A summary of responses to the call for evidence will be published alongside Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers’ review of the fostering system in England. They will not, however, be publishing a full list of respondents.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/01/2018 17:43:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	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

900585

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children were refused a place at an academy school in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	142462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Admission arrangements for individual schools are set and applied locally, as such, the Department does not hold information around the outcome of individual applications.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that looked after children are amongst the most vulnerable in our society and, wherever possible, should be admitted to the school which is best able to meet their needs. That is why the School Admissions Code requires admission authorities of all schools, including academies, to give highest priority in their admissions criteria to looked-after children and previously looked after children.</p><p> </p><p>Where a school refuses to admit looked-after or previously looked after children, they can be directed to do so.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/05/2018 16:50:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

964129

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will made an assessment of the accuracy of the opening hours published on the Disabled Students Allowances Quality Assurance Group database; whether restrictions are placed on the hours which may be so published; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	169382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>All Non-Medical Help providers, who are listed on the Disabled Students Allowances Quality Assurance Group database, are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their opening hours. There are no restrictions on business opening hours. Where evening and/or weekends are offered, it is the responsibility of each provider to share this information directly with the student when booking their appointment or publishing on the provider’s own website if they have one.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/09/2018 16:45:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	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

862256

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the legal status will be from 1 April 2018 of children’s SEN statements that have not been transferred to an education, health and care plan.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	132675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Any Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) for which a transfer review has not been completed by 31 March 2018 will remain in force until a transfer review (a full Education, Health and Care needs assessment) has been completed and a decision made about future provision. Local authorities remain responsible for ensuring that the provision identified in Statements of SEN is met. This will ensure that children and young people in this situation do not lose support.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:36:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

882271

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were informally excluded from schools in academic year 2016-17; and how many of those informal exclusions related to SEND children.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	135397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Any exclusion of a pupil, even for a short period of time, must be formally recorded.</p><p>The head teacher of a school can only exclude a pupil on disciplinary grounds. The decision to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold the information on any children who have been prevented from attending school outside of this process.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/04/2018 16:26:38 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

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

1052322

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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, when the external research commissioned together with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury into the relative drivers of need in children’s social care will be published; and what the purpose is of that research.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	215198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) led review of councils’ relative needs and resources, the Department for Education and MHCLG have jointly commissioned external research into the relative drivers of ‘need to spend’ on children’s services.</p><p>The aim of this work is twofold: to develop a statistically robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children’s services at local government finance settlements; and to gather useful data to better understand demand pressures.</p><p> </p><p>The current timescale is for a model ready to consult on later this year for use in the 2020-21 local government finance settlement.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2019 16:43:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck