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444443

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding exists to provide early years education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department funds local authorities for high needs provision through the Dedicated Schools Grant. Local authorities have reported that they are planning to spend £11.62 million from this grant on children in their early years and £72.48 million on hospital education. Local authorities are able to allocate some of this funding to children who cannot attend school because of health needs.</p><p /> <p>We are not able to provide a response with an amount allocated specifically to these children as the needs of children varies amongst different local authorities, and therefore it is right that decision making on allocation of funding for special educational needs and disabilities is made at a local level.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/01/2016 15:20:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

444445

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children's centres have closed in the last year, and how many will close in 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, 144 children’s centres closed. The Department does not routinely collect data on the number of anticipated closures but expects local authorities to fulfil their duties under the Childcare Act 2006 to ensure sufficient children’s centres to meet the needs of local families. Local authorities must consult fully before any significant changes are made to children’s centre services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 25/01/2016 16:44:42 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

444446

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will nominate a candidate to serve on the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL4997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and is committed to advancing women's rights through the United Nations machinery.</p><p>We have not nominated a candidate to the CEDAW Committee and do not intend to do so. Our decision not to nominate a UK expert for election to the Committee is based on a number of considerations, including the need to allow for a reasonable amount of time and substantial resources to mount a campaign.</p><p>CEDAW Committee members serve in their personal capacity and do not represent the Member State that nominated them. We have full faith in the independence of the Committee and applaud the high quality of its work.</p><p>UK nationals are well represented on other UN treaty monitoring bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2016 13:18:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

444458

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the role of secondary schools in building self-confidence and social and emotional skills in their pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbourne
uin	HL5009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>All schools should equip young people with the necessary skills to leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education has a vital role to play in this and we want all schools to put it at the heart of their curriculum.</p><p>This includes developing character traits like self-confidence, motivation and resilience. These traits support academic attainment, are valued by employers, and encourage young people to make a positive contribution to British society. Many schools are already doing this. The 27 schools and organisations that were winners of character awards in 2015 demonstrated excellence in the area. We will continue to support schools in developing these traits in pupils without prescribing compulsory measures. In order to do this, we are investing £5 million in character education, including £3.5m of grants for 14 projects and £1m to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to build evidence and expand research into the most effective character education.</p><p>Last September, Ofsted introduced a common assessment framework for the inspection of schools, early years and further education and skills remits. There is an overall effectiveness judgement underpinned by four graded judgements, one of which is a new judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare. This aspect, therefore, will be graded and reported on in all school inspections.</p><p>Additionally, before making the final judgement on the overall effectiveness of all schools, Ofsted inspectors must evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This means that when judging the effectiveness of leadership and management, inspectors will consider the design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance and its impact on pupils’ outcomes and their personal development, behaviour and welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/01/2016 15:21:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3201 label Biography information for Lord Northbourne

443616

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they give to academies about having education, health and care plans in order to stop them from turning away children with special needs.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL4900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>It is vital that young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) are supported throughout their education so that they develop the knowledge and skills they need to fulfil their potential.</p><p>The School Admissions Code ensures that academies operate a fair admissions policy for all children with SEND. Section 1.8 of that Code requires admission authorities to ‘ensure that their arrangements will not disadvantage unfairly, either directly or indirectly, a child from a particular social or racial group, or a child with a disability or special educational needs.’ These provisions apply to admission authorities for all state-funded mainstream schools, including academies.</p><p>Once a school (of any type) is open, anyone can object to the Schools Adjudicator if its admission policy breaches these requirements. This is in addition to their right to seek redress through the courts for any breach of equalities legislation, since disability is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Parents also have the right to refer disability discrimination cases to the First Tier Tribunal (SEN &amp; Disability) to seek redress if their issues cannot be resolved locally.</p><p>In addition, all schools, including academies, must adhere to the statutory guidance, the ‘Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 years’.</p><p>The Code of Practice is clear that parents are asked to express a preference for a school, as part of the process for agreeing an education and health care (EHC) plan for their child. The local authority must name the parents’ preferred school in the EHC plan, unless it is unsuitable for the child’s age, aptitude, ability and special educational needs; or if placing the child at the preferred school would be incompatible with the efficient education of others or the efficient use of the authority’s resources. The local authority must consult the school before naming it in the EHC plan.</p><p>If an academy is named in an EHC plan, it is obliged to admit that child or young person.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/01/2016 17:34:58 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

443617

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Prime Minister's commitment to tackle race inequality in the labour market, what action they propose to end the current situation identified by the Resolution Foundation that the black and minority ethnic group find it twice as hard to secure employment as their white counterparts.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL4901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 protects all individuals against racial and other forms of discrimination in the workplace. The Prime Minister has underlined the Government’s commitments to increasing racial diversity in the workplace in his 2020 Vision in which he made a commitment to increase BAME employment by 20% by 2020. The Government is aware of the forthcoming report by the Resolution Foundation and will study its recommendations carefully when it is published.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/01/2016 13:45:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

443618

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Ofsted report highlighting a 60 per cent increase in the number of children who have died as a result of abuse and neglect in the past year.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL4902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The death of any child is a tragedy. We want all children at risk of abuse or neglect to be identified early, to have timely and proportionate assessments of their individual needs, and to have the right services provided at the right time.</p><p>The Ofsted statistical release, <em>Serious Incident Notifications from local authority children’s services 2015</em>, reports a 17 percent increase in the number of cases of child death being notified to Ofsted compared to the previous year. The rise in numbers of deaths reported to Ofsted does not necessarily indicate a rise in the number of child deaths. The official figures for the number of child deaths in 2014-2015 will be published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) later in the year.</p><p>The Ofsted statistical release contains experimental data, based on information supplied by local authorities about serious incident notifications. What constitutes a serious incident is set out in statutory guidance, <em>Working Together 2015</em>. The Ofsted report is just one of a range of data sources relating to serious incidents involving children. It is not, however, the official source of data on child deaths, which is collected by the ONS. The Government also publishes reviews of homicide and child deaths, which together enable a more accurate assessment of the number and causes of child death.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 22/01/2016 13:07:58 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

439766

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Equality Advisory and Support Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) what is the cost per call of the Equality Advisory Support Service, including the wrap-up time after each call; (2) how this cost compares to benchmarked comparators; and (3) how many calls the service handled each year since 1 October 2012.
tabling member printed	Baroness Prosser
uin	HL4819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) costs are calculated on a per case basis, covering everything from an initial inquiry through to final action on behalf of the customer, but the EASS estimate of the call element of a case is under £10.</p><br /><p>The costs per call or per contact of similar services to EASS are treated as commercially confidential information by the providers concerned.</p><br /><p>The numbers of calls handled by the service each year since 1 October 2012 are provided in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Contacts via telephone</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2012 to Sept 2013</p></td><td><p>37,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013 to Sept 2014</p></td><td><p>39,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014 to Sept 2015</p></td><td><p>41,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015 to Nov 2015</p></td><td><p>7,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>125,136</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/01/2016 13:18:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3684 label Biography information for Baroness Prosser

439770

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of studies which conclude that there is a correlation between early direct maternal care and adult stability.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL4823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>Research, such as the Early Years Learning and Development Literature Review 2009, and the January 2013 WAVE Trust report on early years, suggests that children need secure attachments with adults in order to feel safe and happy. Good home care can provide this support, which is a real benefit to children as they learn and develop.</p><p>The Department has extensively assessed the impact of formal early education compared to home care, through its longitudinal research programme Effective Pre-School, Primary &amp; Secondary Education Project (EPPSE). EPPSE followed both groups of children through preschool and school ages, examining their cognitive and social behavioural development up to their AS and A Level exam results in 2015. The EPPSE results show that young children benefit from formal childcare, go on to have better GCSE results and, as a result, are more likely to enter A Level exams.</p><p>In recognition of the crucial role that parents and carers play in children’s development, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) requires childcare settings to form strong partnerships with parents. The EYFS also requires settings to allocate each child a key worker to help ensure that every child’s learning and care is tailored to meet their individual needs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/01/2016 14:28:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

439771

registered interest
date	22/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of studies which show that children benefit most from home care provided by close family members rather than from that available in children's day centres.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL4824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>Research suggests that children need secure attachments with adults in order to feel safe and happy[1]. Good home care can provide this support, which is a real benefit to children as they learn and develop.</p><p>There is also a wide body of evidence, including evidence from abroad, which demonstrates that early education delivered by childcare providers can play an important role in children’s early development and later attainment. For instance, the Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE 3-16) Project showed that children who had experienced a good home learning environment and attended a good quality childcare setting went on to obtain better grades in English and maths, and to earn more than those who received little or no pre-school experience.</p><p>Additionally, the ongoing Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) shows that the chances of disadvantaged children becoming high achievers by the end of primary school were doubled when they had attended any pre-school, compared to those of disadvantaged children who had not attended pre-school.</p><p>In recognition of the crucial role that parents and carers play in children’s development, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) requires childcare settings to form strong partnerships with parents. The EYFS also requires settings to allocate each child a key worker to help ensure that every child’s learning and care is tailored to meet their individual needs.</p><p>[1] Early Years Learning and Development Literature Review 2009, and WAVE Trust report ‘Conception to age 2: the age of opportunity’ January 2013.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/01/2016 11:06:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee