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872550

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
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 number of looked after children who were reported missing from their placement by (a) placement type, (b) placement provider, (c) distance from placing authority in the last 5 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	134364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children in each of the last three years by their placement type has been published in Table G1 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ 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>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children by provider and the distance from the placing authority are provided in the attached table. In 2016/17, missing incidents were reported for 10,700 children, some of whom will have multiple missing incidents.</p><p>This information was collected for the first time in 2014-15 and so figures for earlier years are not available.</p><p>These statistics are experimental statistics based on data collected for the first time in 2015 and should be treated with caution as local councils’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and any assessment of trends should take this into account. The information provided does not mean that the number of children going missing is increasing in the volumes indicated in the table.</p><p>Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/04/2018 15:57:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 134364 Table.xlsx title Children looked after who were missing
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

872551

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
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 ensure that colleges advertise in a way which is consistent with his Department;s most recent guidance on the early years workforce, specifically that level 3 learners no longer need GCSE passes in English and Maths in order to work in early years settings.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>As has been previously stated, the department has written to the Association of Colleges to ask them to remind their members of the change in English and mathematics requirements for entry to level 3 early years job roles made in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/04/2018 16:07:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

872552

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for early years providers; what steps he plans to take as a result of those discusions; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined to support as many families as possible with access to high-quality, affordable childcare. This is why by 2019 - 2020 we will be spending a record £6 billion on childcare support.</p><p>HM Treasury and Department for Education discuss the early years entitlements at both a ministerial and official level regularly and as necessary, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/04/2018 14:40:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

872553

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have (a) been granted permission to move (i) up to 0.5%, or (ii) in excess of 0.5% of Schools Block funding to High Needs Block funding, (b) been denied permission to move Schools Block funding to High Needs Block funding and (c) made a request to move Schools Block funding to High Needs Block funding but no decision has yet been made; and what criteria his Department uses to determine those applications.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>For the funding year 2018 to 2019, the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant is ring-fenced and local authorities can only transfer up to 0.5 per cent of their schools block funding to another block, if they have the approval of their schools forum. Local authorities were only required to submit a request to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State if they wished to transfer more than 0.5 per cent out of the schools block, and/or if they did not receive support from the schools forum.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions have been made on 27 requests, the attached table details the outcome of each request, categorised by the percentage transfer. There are no outstanding requests to transfer funding from the schools block to the high needs block.</p><p> </p><p>Each request was assessed against the factors published in paragraph 122 of the schools revenue funding 2018 to 2019 operational guide available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pre-16-schools-funding-guidance-for-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pre-16-schools-funding-guidance-for-2018-to-2019</a>. Decisions were made based on the evidence provided by the local authority for each element of their disapplication request.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 134450 question first answered 16/04/2018 08:34:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 134367 134450 attachment.docx title 2018_2019_Dedicated_Schools_Grant
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

872554

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Capital funding for schools, published in February 2017, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of returning all school buildings to satisfactory or better condition.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department have invested £5.6 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve school facilities, and rebuild or replace buildings in the worst condition. In addition, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. Local authorities, academy trusts and others responsible for school buildings conduct their own assessments of condition so that they can prioritise investment of capital funding to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme, the successor to the Property Data Survey (PDS) programme, which is expected to be completed in autumn 2019. CDC will provide a high-level assessment of the building condition of all state-funded schools and will inform our approach to capital funding. Until then, the PDS remains the most up to date national dataset.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134369 question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

872555

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Property
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 carry out an updated property data survey.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department have invested £5.6 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve school facilities, and rebuild or replace buildings in the worst condition. In addition, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. Local authorities, academy trusts and others responsible for school buildings conduct their own assessments of condition so that they can prioritise investment of capital funding to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme, the successor to the Property Data Survey (PDS) programme, which is expected to be completed in autumn 2019. CDC will provide a high-level assessment of the building condition of all state-funded schools and will inform our approach to capital funding. Until then, the PDS remains the most up to date national dataset.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134368 question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

872569

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which universities have been affected by overpayments of student loans and maintenance grants to nursing students by the Student Loans Company.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	134383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The following Higher Education Institutions have at least one nursing student who has received an overpayment of grant and/or maintenance loan in the academic year 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>Brunel University London</p><p>Cardiff University</p><p>Glyndwr University</p><p>Plymouth Marjon University</p><p>University of Brighton</p><p>University of Manchester</p><p>University of Southampton</p><p>University of Suffolk</p><p>University of West London</p><p>Leeds University</p><p>University of Essex</p><p>University of Bedfordshire</p><p>University of Worcester</p><p>Anglia Ruskin University</p><p>London Metropolitan University</p><p>University of Central Lancashire</p><p>University of Derby</p><p>University of Portsmouth</p><p>University of Reading</p><p>University of Salford</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/04/2018 16:39:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

872572

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 86 of the Ninth Report of Session 2017-19 of the Treasury Select Committee, HC 757, whether the funding arrangements for the 2018-19 academic year take into consideration the increase in the national minimum wage and auto-enrolment into workplace pensions.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	134386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>By 2019 – 2020, we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support, including £1 billion a year to deliver the 30 hour childcare entitlement and fund the increase in rates that we introduced in April 2017. Our increased level of funding was based on our comprehensive “Review of Childcare Costs” which looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures. The Review was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. We front-loaded our funding increases, rather than staggering them over time, so that providers could benefit from them as soon as possible. We continue to monitor delivery costs and have commissioned new research to provide us with robust and detailed cost data from a representative sample of early years providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/04/2018 07:33:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

872574

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Exclusions Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, New action to improve outcomes for children with additional needs, published on 16 March 2018, what the selection process was for the appointment of Edward Timpson to carry out a review into school exclusions.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	134388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The role of Chair of the Exclusions Review is a voluntary role, which is not subject to a formal selection or appointments process.</p><p>Edward Timpson CBE brings a wealth of experience championing the rights of vulnerable children to ensure that all children secure the best outcomes.</p><p>As Chair of the review, Edward Timpson will draw on the knowledge and experience of others with expertise in this area. He will also be supported by a reference group which will provide expertise on the school system and perspectives of pupils more likely to be excluded. Views and evidence can also be submitted to the call for evidence which will run until 6 May.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/04/2018 16:49:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

872587

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Postgraduate Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what programmes are in place to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds access PhD courses in universities.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	134401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>Research and innovation skills are vital to the UK economy, which is why the government invested £90 million in an additional 1,000 PhDs from 2017/18 in disciplines aligned with our industrial strategy, as part of a package of investment in research talent. Recruitment of PhD students is the responsibility of higher education providers. Research councils can provide training grants to support students once they are in post.</p><p> </p><p>Postgraduate doctoral loans will be made available from academic year 2018/19 and provide a £25,000 loan to doctoral students to contribute to the cost of their studies. These loans will help support those who face financial barriers to undertaking a doctorate qualification. The scheme particularly aims to help students who would not previously have had the opportunity to take up doctoral study, as well as helping others manage the financial pressures associated with study more easily.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/04/2018 16:36:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn