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946758

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Stockton South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on trends in the number of people being home-schooled in Stockton South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	167402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. A consultation on home education, and call for evidence on the issues of registration, monitoring and support for home educating families, closed on 2 July 2018 and responses are now being considered.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/09/2018 08:01:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

946767

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of government funding for the 30-hours free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	167228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017.</p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as ‘thorough and wide ranging’ by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures.</p><p>More than 340,000 children have benefitted from our 30 hours offer over its first year, and the vast majority of providers have increased the number of free hours available to parents.</p><p>We continue to monitor both the implementation of 30 hours and delivery costs. We have recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed data of the costs of delivering childcare for under five year olds using a representative sample of early years providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 14:27:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

946768

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, how many children are eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the Salford local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	167229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The government set out in the 2015 Spending Review that we expect 390,000 children to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare. This figure is derived from national survey data taken in January and is an average across the year. Estimates at a regional and local authority level are not available due to the relatively small population that we are estimating within sub national geographies.</p><p>We publish termly experimental statistics showing the number of children in a place. The most recent publication showed that 1,535 codes were issued in Salford and 1,550 children were in a 30 hours places in the summer term. The full publication – including a local authority level breakdown - is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018</a>.</p><p>As we move in to the second year of delivery, we will continue to publish Management Information on the number of codes issued for 30 hours. This will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>. The most recent publication on 9 August shows that 996 codes have already been issued in Salford for the start of the next academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 10:25:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

946787

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 July 2018 on on Relationships and Sex Education, HCWS 892 , what additional funding he plans to allocate to schools to support training and investment required to deliver (a) Relationships Education, (b) Relationships and Sex Education and (c) Health Education.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	167367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to enabling schools to deliver high quality relationships education at primary level, relationships and sex education at secondary level, and health education in all schools. In order to determine our approach and the funding needed, the Department is currently seeking views through a consultation to determine the right school support package. This will consider curriculum design, training programmes and teaching materials to complement the content set out in the draft guidance. The consultation is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to work with schools, unions, other education providers (such as multi-academy trusts and dioceses) and expert organisations such as subject associations to ensure schools get the support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/09/2018 09:04:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

946789

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on meeting the target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	167335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>There have been 1.4 million apprenticeship starts since May 2015. In May, we published an update on the progress of apprenticeships reforms, including progress against the 3 million target:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government is moving away from old apprenticeship frameworks, which employers said were often not suitably equipping apprentices for the job, towards new, higher quality apprenticeship standards, designed by employers themselves. The number of people starting on new apprenticeship standards is growing fast. Starts on higher apprenticeships standards continue to grow and we have seen a 12.7 per cent increase compared to this time last year. In addition, over 40 per cent of individuals completing an apprenticeship are now starting on standards, compared to 2.5 per cent this time last year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/09/2018 08:00:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

946816

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to support small providers of apprenticeship training.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Since May 2017, all providers who want to deliver apprenticeship training must be on the register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP). The introduction of the RoATP, which currently has over 2,600 providers listed, has made it easier for new providers, including small providers, to enter the apprenticeship training market. Ahead of the opening of the RoATP, the Education and Skills Funding Agency raised awareness of the requirement to register and the application process. This included providing webinars, direct engagement and information through representative bodies. Providers who are not on the RoATP, including small providers, are able to operate as a sub-contractor to a main provider who is on the RoATP, up to a limit of £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 167224 question first answered 04/09/2018 09:41:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

946817

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to encourage new entrants into the apprenticeship training market.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Since May 2017, all providers who want to deliver apprenticeship training must be on the register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP). The introduction of the RoATP, which currently has over 2,600 providers listed, has made it easier for new providers, including small providers, to enter the apprenticeship training market. Ahead of the opening of the RoATP, the Education and Skills Funding Agency raised awareness of the requirement to register and the application process. This included providing webinars, direct engagement and information through representative bodies. Providers who are not on the RoATP, including small providers, are able to operate as a sub-contractor to a main provider who is on the RoATP, up to a limit of £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 167223 question first answered 04/09/2018 09:41:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

945515

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children excluded for 2017-18 were children with special educational needs or disabilities; and what proportion of such children were excluded by their schools for the reason given as Other.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	166506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The attached tables give the percentage of permanent and fixed period exclusions for pupils with and without special educational needs (SEN), and the percentage of exclusions of pupils with SEN that were recorded with a reason of 'Other'. The figures cover academic year 2016/17, figures for 2017/18 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/07/2018 11:46:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 166506_attachment_permanent_and_fixed_period_exclusions.xls title 166506_permanent_and_fixed_period_exclusions
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

945527

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 gap between demand and provision of social care services for disabled children and their families; what steps he is taking to address any such gap; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	166434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Working Together to Safeguard Children (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>) sets out how local authorities should provide effective, evidence-based services to protect and promote the welfare of children, including disabled children<em>. </em>The guidance was updated on July 4 2018 and states that it is better to provide services addressing needs early, rather than reacting later. The statutory duty to provide short breaks, introduced in 2011, falls on local authorities. In the transition up to 2015, £880 million was provided to local authorities; funding for short breaks is now is an un-ring-fenced part of the wider local government finance settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including services for disabled children. In February, Parliament confirmed the 2018-19 settlement for local government which has provided a £1.3 billion increase in resources to local government over the next two years - £44.3 billion in 2017-18 to £45.6 billion in 2019-20. This recognises both the growing pressure on local government's services and higher-than-expected inflation levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has committed almost £270 million since 2014 in addition to the core local government funding settlement, to help local authorities learn from what works and to support improvement in the children's social care sector. This includes £200 million for the Innovation Programme, which is funding the Ealing project to provide interventions in the form of therapeutic breaks, to disabled children and young people that reduce the risk of escalation, and provide long-term solutions to children and families. Learning from innovation projects is published on the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme website (http://innovationcsc.co.uk).</p><p>The government is conducting a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities that will develop a robust, up-to-date approach to distributing funding across all local authorities in England at local government finance settlements, including for children’s services. To inform the review, the Department for Education and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government have jointly-commissioned a data research and collection project on cost and demand pressures for children’s services, to understand local authorities’ relative funding needs. We are working towards implementation in 2020-21, while keeping this date under review as our work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 166435 question first answered 25/07/2018 17:09:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

945530

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will establish a disabled children’s fund to improve early intervention services such as short breaks for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	166435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Working Together to Safeguard Children (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>) sets out how local authorities should provide effective, evidence-based services to protect and promote the welfare of children, including disabled children<em>. </em>The guidance was updated on July 4 2018 and states that it is better to provide services addressing needs early, rather than reacting later. The statutory duty to provide short breaks, introduced in 2011, falls on local authorities. In the transition up to 2015, £880 million was provided to local authorities; funding for short breaks is now is an un-ring-fenced part of the wider local government finance settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including services for disabled children. In February, Parliament confirmed the 2018-19 settlement for local government which has provided a £1.3 billion increase in resources to local government over the next two years - £44.3 billion in 2017-18 to £45.6 billion in 2019-20. This recognises both the growing pressure on local government's services and higher-than-expected inflation levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has committed almost £270 million since 2014 in addition to the core local government funding settlement, to help local authorities learn from what works and to support improvement in the children's social care sector. This includes £200 million for the Innovation Programme, which is funding the Ealing project to provide interventions in the form of therapeutic breaks, to disabled children and young people that reduce the risk of escalation, and provide long-term solutions to children and families. Learning from innovation projects is published on the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme website (http://innovationcsc.co.uk).</p><p>The government is conducting a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities that will develop a robust, up-to-date approach to distributing funding across all local authorities in England at local government finance settlements, including for children’s services. To inform the review, the Department for Education and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government have jointly-commissioned a data research and collection project on cost and demand pressures for children’s services, to understand local authorities’ relative funding needs. We are working towards implementation in 2020-21, while keeping this date under review as our work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 166434 question first answered 25/07/2018 17:09:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt