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1142803

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
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 provide financial support to foster carers who wish to offer staying put placements.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	284191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>​Since its introduction in May 2014, the department has provided new burdens funding each year to local authorities to implement ‘Staying Put’, as set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Amount of funding given to local authorities to implement ‘Staying Put’</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£7.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£14.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£22.85 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£23.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£23.77 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£114.32 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Decisions on funding beyond March 2020 will be subject to the department’s Spending Review settlement.</p><p>Funding for each Staying Put arrangement - including whether the young person should contribute to the cost of the placement through income they receive from earnings or benefits - is agreed on a case-by-case basis and is not reported to the department. Consequently, the information requested on whether young people are required to claim benefits to subsidise the Staying Put arrangement is not available.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 284458 question first answered 06/09/2019 17:30:22 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1142813

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to make school uniforms and PE kits more affordable for families on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	284251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>It is for the governing body of a school, or in the case of academies, the academy trust, to decide rules relating to appearance including whether there should be a school uniform, what it will be and how it should be sourced.</p><p>No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to, or attend, a school of their choice. The Department’s best-practice guidance advises schools that they should give the highest priority to cost considerations and achieving value for money for parents.</p><p>The Department intends to put the school uniform guidance on a statutory footing when a suitable opportunity arises and the guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2019 16:20:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1142966

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has he made of the number of care leavers required to claim universal credit to subsidise their staying put placement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	284458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>​Since its introduction in May 2014, the department has provided new burdens funding each year to local authorities to implement ‘Staying Put’, as set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Amount of funding given to local authorities to implement ‘Staying Put’</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£7.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£14.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£22.85 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£23.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£23.77 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£114.32 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Decisions on funding beyond March 2020 will be subject to the department’s Spending Review settlement.</p><p>Funding for each Staying Put arrangement - including whether the young person should contribute to the cost of the placement through income they receive from earnings or benefits - is agreed on a case-by-case basis and is not reported to the department. Consequently, the information requested on whether young people are required to claim benefits to subsidise the Staying Put arrangement is not available.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 284191 question first answered 06/09/2019 17:30:22 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1143197

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to encourage schools to use parents' national insurance numbers with their consent to identify eligibility and then automatically register eligible children for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	284623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>The continuing provision of free school meals to children from out of work families, or those on low incomes, is of the utmost importance to this government. We want to make sure as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming their free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility. To support this, we already provide an electronic Eligibility Checking System (ECS) to make the checking process as quick and straightforward as possible for schools and local authorities. We have also developed a model registration form to help schools encourage parents to sign up for free school meals. We also provide guidance to Jobcentre Plus advisers so that they can make Universal Credit recipients aware that they may also be entitled to wider benefits, including free school meals.</p><p>We will continue to look at what the most effective schools do and to highlight and disseminate best practice. We are prepared to consider any further steps we can take to improve the take-up of free school meals.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 06/09/2019 17:24:20 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1137163

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require schools to offer pupils breakfast on the morning of their exams.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	273743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for their day-to-day running, including their school meals service. I refer the right hon. Member for Birkenhead to the answer I gave on 5 July 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-27/270292/" target="_blank">270292</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/07/2019 12:33:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1135397

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs and Free School Meals: Academic Year
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools are required to provide breakfasts and free school meals to pupils who receive such support throughout the rest of the school year on days when end-of-year tests and examinations take place.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	270292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>If the end of year tests or examinations fall within the school day as defined in the Education Act (1996), then free school meals should be made available to the pupil on those days. Section 579 of the Education Act (1996) defines a school day as ‘any day on which at that school there is a school session’.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are not required to provide breakfasts. However, the department is investing up to £26 million to set up or improve 1,700 sustainable breakfast clubs in schools in the most disadvantaged areas across the country.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/07/2019 08:58:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132045

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the forthcoming strategy for ESOL will ensure that all refugees can access a minimum of eight hours a week of formal, accredited English language teaching for their first two years in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	264326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises that learning English is essential in enabling refugees to rebuild their lives. We are working across government to develop a new strategy for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) in 2019, which will include addressing the needs of refugees.</p><p>The department funds ESOL through the Adult Education Budget, which is allocated to providers on an annual basis. Colleges and adult learning providers have the freedom and flexibility to determine how they use their Adult Education Budget allocation to meet the needs of their communities and this includes planning, with local partners, the ESOL courses that they will deliver locally.</p><p>The Home Office and Department for Education have provided £10 million to enable refugees resettled through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme to access additional classes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/06/2019 18:00:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132106

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Birkenhead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Birkenhead have received funds from the allocation of £26 million for additional breakfast provision since March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	264332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Information from the programme is still being collected and data on funding at local authority level is not available at this stage. We will review the effectiveness of the programme once it has fully concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/06/2019 11:19:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead