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1151938

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Racial Discrimination
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 protect university staff from racial abuse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Racial harassment is unacceptable, and we cannot tolerate staff and students being victims of it at our world-leading universities. There is no place in our society - including within higher education – for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism. Universities have clear responsibilities in this regard.</p><p>Higher education providers are independent and autonomous organisations. Like all employers, higher education providers have responsibilities under the Equality Act (2010) in relation to their staff. We expect them discharge their responsibilities fully and have robust policies and procedures in place to comply with the law, and to investigate and swiftly address all hate crime.</p><p>We encourage providers to make use of tools such as the Race Equality Charter and the Race at Work Charter to identify and address institutional and cultural barriers that affect minority ethnic staff and students.</p><p> </p><p>The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers recognises the need to create and develop positive environments and cultures in which all researchers can flourish and achieve their full potential. This includes having effective policies and practice for tackling discrimination, bullying and harassment and providing appropriate support for those reporting issues.</p><p>By improving the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff within higher education we can ensure that everyone who has the potential to thrive at university, both as a student and as a member of staff, does so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/10/2019 17:47:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1150551

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Special Guardianship Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make all children who have been subject to a special guardianship order eligible for pupil premium funding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015-16, schools in England have been receiving £2,300 of pupil premium plus funding for each child recorded on their census as having left the care of an English or Welsh local authority on a special guardianship order.</p><p> </p><p>Children who are subject to a special guardianship order, without having been in local authority care, attract pupil premium if they have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years. Schools receive £1,320 for eligible primary-aged pupils and £935 for secondary-aged pupils.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 25/10/2019 13:58:38 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147915

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 30 September to Question 290628 on Children: Day Care, what the criteria was for allocating that funding; and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The funding the Department allocated to the recipients of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme for 2019 can be found in the table attached.</p><p>The 11 organisations we worked with in 2019 were allocated the full amount of funding requested in their bid. I have attached to this answer our invitation to tender document, which includes the assessment criteria for this programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 293438_Funding_allocated_to_the_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_programme_for_2019.xls title 293438_xls 2 file name 293438_Grants_to_fund_local_coordination_of_free_holiday_activities_and_healthy_food.doc title 293438_doc question first answered 08/10/2019 14:29:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146689

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to address the disparity in the provision of SEND support for children between different areas and local authorities in England in the upcoming Review into Support for Children with Special Educational Needs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	291226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The department is aware of the disparity which exists in the provision of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support between different areas of the country and has taken a number of steps to understand and address the issue.</p><p>For example, we have recently announced an additional £700 million for children with SEND in 2020-21, so every pupil can access the education that is right for them, and none are held back from reaching their potential. This represents an increase of over 11% on the funding available this year, bringing the total high needs funding budget to over £7 billion.</p><p>We are analysing responses to a call for evidence about the SEND and alternative provision financial arrangements in England. This will help us understand how the current available funding is distributed, and what improvements could be made in future.</p><p>We have also asked Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to inspect all local areas, over a 5 year period, on how effectively they are fulfilling their duties for children and young people with SEND. Where any significant local weaknesses are identified, the department’s SEND advisers work with NHS England to provide tailored support and challenge to the local authority and Clinical Commissioning Groups. They will also signpost them to funded training opportunities and resources delivered by external contractors to maximise their impact. The local areas are revisited by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to assess their progress over an 18 month period and the department may initiate formal intervention activities in a local area where necessary.</p><p>On 6 September 2019, the government announced the launch of a cross-cutting review of SEND provision, 5 years on from the launch of Children and Families Act 2014. The review will include education, health and care, and will allow the department to revisit consistency of support across different local areas and consider what further action may be required.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 18:00:26 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 136488 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1145734

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2019 to Question 263684, what assessment his Department has made of the compliance of schools with (a) equalities legislation and (b) the schools admission code in their admittance and treatment of children with SEND.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the member for Saffron Walden (Mrs Kemi Badonoch) gave on 5 September 2019 to Question <a href="https://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;uin=281573" target="_blank">281573</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:46:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137426 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146107

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2019 to Question 281570 on Children: Day Care, how many local authority areas did not meet the duty to provide sufficient childcare in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department works closely with Childcare Works, our national delivery contractor, to ensure that all local authorities provide sufficient childcare places in order to deliver free early years entitlements. Local authorities are required to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare and make this report available and accessible to parents. At this time, no local authority has reported that they are unable to meet their duty to provide sufficient places.</p><p>The Department’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects data on registered early years childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. Data is available at a national and regional level. A link to the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/09/2019 16:26:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146108

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2019 to Question 278348 on Pupils: Disadvantaged, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of attainment of children whose families are in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The relevant data to make an assessment is not available. Data matching between the Department for Education and the Department for Work and Pensions for research and statistics purposes is ongoing. As these developments complete, work of this kind will become possible in future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/10/2019 17:14:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146109

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2019 to Question 278350 on Children: Day Care, how many short breaks local authorities provided for disabled children and their families in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Short breaks for disabled children can be provided by local authorities under either section 17 or section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Whilst information on children receiving services is reported in the children in need census, the detail of the specific services or support provided to the child is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/10/2019 17:10:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe