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436033

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the legal requirements for auditing school budgets in local authority schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Scheme for Financing Schools statutory guidance requires local authorities to set out the financial relationship between them and the schools they maintain. The scheme contains a provision which places schools within an internal audit regime determined by the authority, and the authority’s external audit regime.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/12/2015 16:57:41 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436034

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role local authorities and school governors have in agreeing annual school budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Maintained schools receive a delegated budget from their local authority. Local authorities are required to maintain a scheme for financing schools that sets out the framework for the financial relationship between them and the schools they maintain. This requires that the school’s formal annual budget plan must be approved by the governors. This approval is undertaken on the basis that the budget is being used for the purposes of the school.</p><br /><p>Under the scheme for financing schools, a local authority’s responsibilities are to review schools’ budget plans; to carry out high level monitoring of school budgets; to agree a deficit reduction programme with schools in deficit; to challenge excess surplus balances held by schools without good reason; to intervene in schools for which there are financial concerns.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/12/2015 13:39:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436035

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps an academy school is legally required to take if it has a budget deficit.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>An academy trust is required by its funding agreement with the Secretary of State to balance its budget from each academy financial year to the next. Where the board of trustees of an academy is formally proposing to set a deficit budget for the current financial year, which it is unable to address after unspent funds from previous years are taken into account, it must notify the Education Funding Agency (EFA) within 14 days.</p><br /><p>The EFA may issue a trust with a Financial Notice to Improve (FNtI) in cases of a deficit or projected deficit, setting out the actions it requires the trust to take. The trust must comply with all the terms of the FNtI which would include a requirement to implement a recovery plan to secure financial stability.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/12/2015 16:55:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436036

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether governors of maintained schools are allowed to agree a budget deficit.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Governors are responsible for agreeing the budget of a school under the arrangements set out in their Local Authority’s Scheme for Financing Schools, which may preclude any planning for deficits; or it may allow schools to plan for deficits only in certain approved circumstances.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/12/2015 14:48:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Scheme_for_Financing_Schools_August_2015_published.pdf title Scheme for Financing Schools
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436038

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	European Union: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Article 2, section 1(b)(xiv) of EU Regulation 235/2014 and the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education, what action they have taken, and what action they plan to take, ahead of the EU Referendum to ensure that (1) active and engaging European and EU citizenship education is integrated into every primary and secondary school's curriculum, and (2) training for specialist citizenship teachers is included in initial teacher education, and in teachers' continuing professional development.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Schools are aware of their duties regarding impartiality and treatment of political issues. Sections 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996 require maintained schools to prevent political indoctrination and secure the balanced treatment of political issues. The new national curriculum includes an improved programme of study for citizenship education at key stages 3 and 4, which is organised around core knowledge and democracy, government and how laws are made and upheld. Pupils are also taught about local, regional, and international governance, and about the United Kingdom’s relations with the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth, the United Nations, and the wider world.</p><p>The Government does not prescribe initial teacher training (ITT) content. However, all ITT courses must ensure that trainee teachers can meet the Teachers’ Standards. This sets clear expectations and defines the minimum level of practice expected of teachers in England. The standards require all teachers and trainees to have secure knowledge of relevant subject and curriculum areas and demonstrate a critical understanding of developments in them. Ofsted inspects the quality of ITT against the Teachers’ Standards and no trainee can be recommended for qualified teacher status (QTS) until they have met the Standards in full at the appropriate level. Schools and headteachers are best placed to determine which development activities will be most beneficial for their schools and we expect them to lead on the development of their teachers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/12/2015 16:56:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436040

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Tower Hamlets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 8 December (HL3697), what is the name of the new school; whether that school is a free school; and what involvement, if any, the New Schools Network had in founding that school.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL4336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We cannot yet confirm which school the Commercial Road site will be developed for as the latest wave of applications is currently being assessed. Whether the entire site will be used will depend on the type of school approved.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/12/2015 15:03:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

436062

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Rights Group: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to provide support for the Family Rights Group advice service when its current funding expires in March 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Following the spending review, the Department is considering future spending priorities right across the board, including those important grants we make to voluntary and community sector organisations. We will announce next steps on funding for 2016/17 and beyond in due course.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2015 08:59:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

436063

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies Enterprise Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many formal notices have been issued to the Academies Enterprise Trust or individual schools within that Trust; and what discussions they have had with the relevant Regional Schools Commissioner regarding that Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Pre-warning notices in relation to academies are subject to ongoing review and, where appropriate, intervention as part of the regular dialogue between the trust and Regional Schools Commissioners.</p><br /><p>Details of all formal notices that have been issued are in the public domain and have been attached to this answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2015 13:35:19 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL4359 attachment.pdf title Attachment
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

436215

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget for the Regional Schools Commissioner for South-Central England and North-West London is for each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	19278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>At present, I am unable to provide detailed information on the budget for the Regional Schools Commissioners for each of the next three years.</p><br /><p>The Department’s spending review settlement was agreed in November. The Department has now begun a business planning process to devolve this budget internally to specific activities and functions. This work is intended to finish in early 2016, when the future budgets for all the Regional School Commissioners’ offices, including the South-Central and North-West London office, will be agreed for the next financial year (2016-17) and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19269 question first answered 14/12/2015 17:03:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

436217

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been appointed as prospective adopters in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	19260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of prospective adopters receiving approval was first collected from all adoption agencies during the year ending 2013.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 this data was collected by Ofsted and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a></p><p>Since 2014, the data has been collected as part of the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly adoption survey and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a></p><p>The number of children who received an adoption decision maker (ADM) decision that the child should be placed for adoption during each of the last five years is published in table E4 of the “Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers)” Statistical First Release (SFR), published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last five years are provided in table 2 below:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Table 2 – Number of ADM decisions during the year ending 31 March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA903 data collection</em></p><br /><p>Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a></p><br /><p>During 2014-15, we provided a grant of £199,520 for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering in order to provide training to social workers. This grant included training for social workers on fostering for adoption.</p><br /><p>We do not collect information centrally on which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19261 19262 19263 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton