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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unionlearn: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.23 of Autumn Budget 2017, how much her Department will provide to Unionlearn in each of the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	115554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding for Unionlearn was previously provided by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) but following the machinery of government changes in 2017, this responsibility moved across to the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>BIS provided Unionlearn with £14 million in the financial year 2015-16 and £12 million in the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The department is providing £11.89 million funding in the current financial year and a further £12 millon in financial year 2018-19 and £12 million in financial year 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 115574 question first answered 28/11/2017 11:48:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

794601

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Union Learning Fund: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provided to the Union Learning Fund in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	115574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding for Unionlearn was previously provided by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) but following the machinery of government changes in 2017, this responsibility moved across to the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>BIS provided Unionlearn with £14 million in the financial year 2015-16 and £12 million in the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The department is providing £11.89 million funding in the current financial year and a further £12 millon in financial year 2018-19 and £12 million in financial year 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 115554 question first answered 28/11/2017 11:48:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

780445

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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 sibling groups have been adopted in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows the number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted from care in England from 2013-14. The reports are published here:</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>Table 1: The number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted, in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted, in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ALB quarterly survey</em></p><p>The latest quarterly data shows that there were 870 children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted in the first two quarters of 2016-17.</p><p>We do not hold information prior to 2013-14, or on the actual number of sibling groups.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:14:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780446

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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, how many registered foster carers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) with the information requested.<ins class="ministerial"> A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:03:59 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2018 09:15:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 19649 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780447

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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 approved as adopters in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows the number of approvals of adoptive families by local councils and voluntary adoption agencies in England from quarter 4 2013-14. The reports are published here:</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>Table 1: The number of adoptive families who were approved for adoption, in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of adoptive families who were approved for adoption, in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ALB quarterly survey</em></p><p>The latest quarterly data shows that there were 1,410 adoptive families approved in the first two quarters of 2016-17.</p><p>This refers to adoptive families rather than people as these are the groups of people available to adopt a child. We do not hold information prior to quarter 4 2013-14.</p><p>Figures for the number of approved adoptive families at 31 March 2013 and 2014 can be found in the Ofsted adoption publications here: <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><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:01:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780448

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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 children have been placed for adoption in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of children who were placed for adoption on 31 March in each of the last 10 years is shown in the table which can be accessed from the link below.</p><p>Figures are published in table A2 of the statistical release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:26:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780449

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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 adoptions have broken down in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not collect data on adoption breakdowns.</p><p>Information on children who started to be looked after and previously had permanent arrangement was collected for the first time in 2014. These figures are published in table C1 of the statistical release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p><em>Beyond the Adoption Order</em> published in 2014, found that over a 12-year period the national adoption disruption rate was 3.2%, indicating that 3 in 100 adoptions was disrupted over a 12-year period.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:31:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

769729

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied children, announced in November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	107368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 September 2017 to Question 6376 :</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;dept=60&amp;uin=6376" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;dept=60&amp;uin=6376</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2017 16:14:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

709658

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been (a) put on a child protection plan and (b) put back on a child protection plan within two years of coming off such a plan in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	67371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of children who have been placed on a child protection plan in each of the last five years is available in table A2 of the annual Children In Need statistical publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>We do not hold information in the requested format on the number of the children who came back onto a child protection plan within 2 years of coming off one.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/03/2017 16:20:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

627310

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Independent Reviewing Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent reviewing officers (a) are currently employed and (b) were employed in 2010 in each local authority as headcount and full-time equivalents.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as we do not collect data which would allow us to identify the number of independent reviewing officers. As social workers, independent reviewing officers will be included among the children’s social work workforce collection for child and family social workers. However, this collection does not identify the number of child and family social workers that are carrying out the role of an independent reviewing officer.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/11/2016 12:31:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton