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62039

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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 research has been undertaken by or on behalf of his Department into the potential (a) benefits and (b) disbenefits to children of further delegation of children's social care functions.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	200876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The proposals for the further delegation of children's social care functions build up on the evaluation of the Social Work Practices pilot set in train by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008. This identified evidence of positive change through the delegated arrangements for looked after children and care leavers in the pilot authorities. As a result, the original freedoms in Part 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 were extended to all local authorities.</p><p>Discussions with the pilot local authorities and some other councils, supported the argument that wider delegation would, in some circumstances, benefit children.</p><p>The proposals in the consultation document, is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304660/Powers_to_Delegate_Con_Doc.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304660/Powers_to_Delegate_Con_Doc.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 23/06/2014 15:45:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

62614

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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 plans to take to ensure that third party providers taking on children's social care functions under his Department's proposals adhere to quality standards set out in regulations.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	201209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Delegation of children's social care functions does not remove a local authority's duties to meet statutory obligations. It remains a local authority's responsibility to ensure the quality of services regardless of what arrangements it makes for the discharge of its functions.</p><p>Delegated social care functions are inspected by Ofsted, in the same way as directly delivered local authority social care functions, as part of its local authority inspection framework. In addition, regulations currently govern the fitness of third party providers and require their registration with Ofsted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 23/06/2014 15:31:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63229

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation, Improving permanence for looked-after children, published on 30 September 2013.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	201906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Improving Permanence for looked after children consultation closed on 29 November 2013. Since this date the Department for Education has continued to work closely with key stakeholders to explore the complex issues put forward within the consultation. These include fundamental changes to the statutory framework and we want to ensure widespread support before we publish final proposals. The Department has continued to work with our expert group which includes: foster carers, representatives from NSPCC, Family Rights Group, Who Cares? Trust, NCB Fostering Network, BAAF, NAFP, Association of Directors of Children's Services, and leading academics in the field. We plan to publish the Government's response soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 201862 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:04:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63231

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reasons are for the length of time taken to respond to the consultation, Improving permanence for looked-after children, which closed in November 2013.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	201862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Improving Permanence for looked after children consultation closed on 29 November 2013. Since this date the Department for Education has continued to work closely with key stakeholders to explore the complex issues put forward within the consultation. These include fundamental changes to the statutory framework and we want to ensure widespread support before we publish final proposals. The Department has continued to work with our expert group which includes: foster carers, representatives from NSPCC, Family Rights Group, Who Cares? Trust, NCB Fostering Network, BAAF, NAFP, Association of Directors of Children's Services, and leading academics in the field. We plan to publish the Government's response soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 201906 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:04:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63613

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><p>Table 1: 2013-14 Performance Management Outturn Figures for the Department for Education</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Performance Rating</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declared Disability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No declared disability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not declared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Top/Exceeded</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Achieving/Achieved</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low/Must Improve</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department continues to take steps to ensure that its performance ratings are a fair reflection of individual performance. Over the last year, this has included independent members being present at end of year meetings where performance assessments are moderated and training for staff on how to avoid unconscious bias.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2014 14:41:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

65124

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on children: social services, and with reference to clause 71 of the Deregulation Bill, whether the Government intends to maintain the requirement for all third-party social work providers to register with Ofsted.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	203439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Deregulation Bill contains provisions that would remove the requirement for providers of social work services to register with Ofsted.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2014 15:25:09 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

89554

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's response to the consultation on Looked-after children: improving permanence, will include undertaking to strengthen regulations to provide that a robust assessment takes place to ensure that children only return home from care when it is safe to do so.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	207520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Improving Permanence for Looked-after Children consultation included proposals to amend the processes local authorities must undertake when children return home from care.</p><p>Any reforms must strike the right balance between clarity in the statutory framework and professional judgement on the part of social workers and local authorities in meeting the needs of children. Some respondents questioned how these proposals would fit with existing statutory guidance in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013. The Government is grateful for these comments and is looking again at some of the proposals. Department for Education officials have convened a meeting of the relevant Expert Group on 9 September to discuss these issues.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/09/2014 09:45:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

93798

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	College of Social Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much central Government funding has been allocated to the College of Social Work from each Department in the 2014-15 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	210862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The total of £650,000 of central Government funding has been allocated to the College of Social Work in the current financial year. £200,000 has been provided by the Department for Education, with the Department of Health providing the remaining £450,000.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 27/10/2014 17:18:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

225629

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
	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 effect of the Frontline programme's requirement that local authorities limit the caseloads of programme participants on the effectiveness of that programme; if she will take that requirement into account when evaluating the programme's success; and if she will make it her policy to apply limits similar to those caseload limits to all newly-qualified social workers.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	226631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>Participants on the Frontline programme attend an intensive summer institute at the beginning of the course. They are then placed within a local authority for two years’ hands-on experience, the first thirteen months of which they work in student units led by a consultant social worker.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, Frontline participants are students and therefore not qualified social workers. As a result Frontline participants are not allocated an individual case load; the cases are allocated to the consultant social worker and students co-work the cases as appropriate. Following qualification at the end of the first year, Frontline participants are employed by the local authority, which decides caseloads for newly qualified social workers according to their local needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is monitoring the success of the pilot as it develops to see if this concept could be applied more widely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/03/2015 15:34:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

225630

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Government has provided to (a) the Frontline programme and (b) other social work training courses in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	226632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government began funding the Frontline programme in 2013-14. The funding provided was £1,086,100 in 2013-14 and £4,517,500 in 2014-15. The total so far is £5,603,600.</p><p> </p><p>This pilot programme, where more than 14 people applied for every place in the second cohort, is delivering innovative practice that will drive quality throughout the profession.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last five years the Government has provided a total of £590,437,430 on other social work training courses. This is outlined in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>113,579,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>132,148,506</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>130,738,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>113,385,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>100,585,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>590,437,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/03/2015 15:37:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck