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839159

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much revenue support has been provided by his Department to (a) Baker Dearing Educational Trust, (b) New Schools Network and (c) Studio Schools Trust in each financial year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	127717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Baker Dearing Educational Trust (BDT) receives a grant from the Department for Education to provide advice, guidance and pre-approval support to proposer groups developing applications to establish University Technical Colleges.</p><p>New Schools Network (NSN) receives a grant from the department, which it uses to support the free schools programme and to provide the Academy Ambassadors Service, which finds senior business figures to join academy trust boards as non-executive directors.</p><p>BDT’s and NSN’s annual accounts are available from Companies House webpages at <a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07390138/filing-history" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07390138/filing-history</a> and <a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06953650/filing-history" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06953650/filing-history</a> respectively. The accounts include details of their incomes, including grant funding from the department.</p><p>No government funding was ever provided to the Studio Schools Trust.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2018 12:59:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

839199

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has made an assessment of the (a) efficacy and (b) experiences of Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools in advance of the introduction of Designated Mental Health Leads in schools.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	127756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the efficacy and effectiveness of Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs). Guidance for inspectors reflects the requirements for DSLs and inspectors report on whether arrangements in schools for safeguarding children are effective.</p><p> </p><p>The green paper ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health provision’ proposes to incentivise schools and colleges to put in place a Designated Senior Lead for mental health. Around half of schools already have a dedicated lead for mental health. The green paper proposal leaves flexibility for schools to decide on the role that the mental health lead should play and how it fits with the safeguarding lead and commits to review how schools’ approaches to mental health and wellbeing is reflected in existing statutory policies, including safeguarding. The paper is available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper</a>.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the Government’s mental health services and schools link programme showed that school leads working with counterparts in the NHS have had considerable success in strengthening joint working and improving referrals between schools and health services. The independent evaluation is available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/590242/Evaluation_of_the_MH_services_and_schools_link_pilots-RR.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/590242/Evaluation_of_the_MH_services_and_schools_link_pilots-RR.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/02/2018 12:52:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

833937

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Bus Services
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 the potential merits of providing care leavers aged between 18 and 25 with free bus passes to help them find and maintain work.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The cross-government care leaver strategy ‘Keep on Caring’, published in July 2016, set out how we will support care leavers to make a successful transition from care to independence. Through the Children and Social Work Act, we are; introducing corporate parenting principles that will govern the way in which local authorities deliver services to children in care and care leavers; introducing a new duty on local authorities to consult on and publish a ‘local offer’ for care leavers; and extending support from a Personal Adviser to all care leavers to age 25.</p><p> </p><p>We believe, however, that central government departments, other public bodies and private and voluntary sector organisations also have a role to play in helping care leavers to make a successful transition to adulthood; and we are developing a ‘care leaver covenant’ which will provide a way for organisations from all sectors to make a commitment to offer support to care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that many care leavers struggle to cope with the financial challenges of living independently at a young age and that support to meet transport costs would help care leavers to engage in education, employment and training. In developing the care leaver covenant, we will explore with the Department of Transport and private bus and rail companies the scope to secure free or discounted travel for care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/02/2018 17:45:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

833941

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Disadvantaged
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 promote incentivised learning to improve the prospects of young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>In the current academic year, the government is allocating over £500 million of funding for institutions to provide extra support for disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds. This is to enable colleges, schools and other providers to support, attract and retain disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds and to support students with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a number of financial support programmes are available for economically disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds. These help with the education related costs associated with staying in post-16 education such as travel and course equipment; these programmes aim to enable 16 to 19 year olds to participate whatever their financial situation.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/02/2018 17:07:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

832993

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that sibling groups in the foster system are placed together.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The statutory framework is clear that local authorities must ensure a placement enables a child to live with their sibling, if the sibling is also looked after. However, it is not always possible or appropriate to place sibling groups together. The child’s – or children’s - best interests are paramount. Where siblings cannot be placed together, contact should be actively encouraged and facilitated unless this goes against the child’s best interest.</p><p>Every child’s care plan must contain information about the arrangements for promoting and maintaining contact with siblings who are not placed together.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/02/2018 17:15:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

832995

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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, what steps are being taken to improve consistency in foster care payments by area.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The National Minimum Standards for fostering services (NMS) are clear that every foster parent should receive an allowance that covers the full cost of caring for a child. The government recommends a minimum allowance that fostering service providers should pay to their foster parents each week to cover the costs involved in looking after a child or young person. It is set out as a benchmark standard in the NMS and offers some consistency in the allowances paid by local authorities.</p><p>Whilst it is for local authorities to decide the rate paid to foster parents in their area, our strong expectation is that foster parents with a child in placement will be paid at least the national minimum allowance. We know a number of fostering service providers already base their fostering allowances on rates that are higher than those recommended by the government.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fostering Stocktake, an independent review of the fostering system in England, has now concluded. The department will carefully consider any recommendations made by the review and the Education Select Committee on payments to foster parents. The government response will be published in spring 2018.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/02/2018 17:56:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

797428

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to widen the Apprenticeship Levy to include money for wider skills traineeships and other forms of high-quality training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	116391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy is set at a level to fund the training and assessment costs of all new apprentices. We will continue to work with employers so that the levy works effectively and flexibly for industry and business. We will keep use of the levy under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/12/2017 16:50:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

795886

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Early Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the the amount each university has spent on payments for early retirement in each of the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	116212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/12/2017 16:45:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

782653

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 steps she is taking to ensure that local councils have sufficient funds for children in care.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	111237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015 made available more than £200 billion to local councils for local services up to 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for children’s services is an un-ring-fenced part of the wider local government finance settlement. It is for local councils to determine how to spend their non-ring fenced income on the services they provide, including services for children in care. Local councils increased spending on children and young people’s services to over £9 billion in 2015-16.</p><p>To help local councils redesign their children’s services to achieve higher quality and better value for money, we have invested £200 million since 2014 in our Innovation and Partners in Practice Programmes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2017 14:47:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman