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	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what records his Department maintains of instances where a teacher has had a sexual relationship with a student under the age of 16 years in (a) maintained schools and (b) independent schools.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2012, where a teacher has been dismissed, or resigned in the face of dismissal, as a result of serious misconduct all schools have had a statutory duty to consider referring the matter to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL). The NCTL acts as the regulator of the teaching profession on behalf of the Secretary of State. It is responsible for determining whether the referred individual should be prohibited from teaching on the grounds of unacceptable professional conduct, conduct that might bring the profession into disrepute and/or conviction of a relevant offence. Information about cases considered by NCTL is not held in the format requested and to obtain the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>In addition to the NCTL process for regulating teachers, the Department's Independent Education and Boarding Team (IEBT) administer the wider regulatory system for independent schools. This team can receive information about allegations of abuse from a variety of sources, including Ofsted, local authorities, parents and the police. The Department's records show that there have been 5 referrals since April 2012 and 2 from January 2009 to March 2012 where sexual abuse of a pupil by an adult working at the school was a factor. When such referrals are received, the Department's role is not to investigate the allegations, which are a matter for the local authority and the police, but to determine whether the school is meeting the independent school standards, and take action to ensure it does so.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/06/2014 16:24:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57627

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received from families groups on allowing the names of parents and legal guardians to be included on a child's passport.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has no record of family groups (or anyone else) making representations on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/06/2014 16:18:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57628

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, columns 59-61W, on private education: offences against children, how many referrals the National College for Teaching and Leadership has (a) received and (b) acted upon since that body's establishment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The National College for Teaching and Leadership has received 40 referrals from independent schools in respect of matters outlined in the answer of 6 May 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, columns 59-61W.</p><p>All of these referrals have been considered, or are in the course of being considered, in accordance with the procedures outlined in that answer.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/06/2014 16:23:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57629

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, columns 366-7W, on children: databases, what his Department's policy is on sharing information in respect of vulnerable children and children at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The statutory guidance, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2013', is very clear that the effective sharing of information between professionals and local agencies is essential for accurate identification, assessment and provision of services for vulnerable children. The Department for Education's policy is clear that fears about sharing information cannot be allowed to stand in the way of the need to promote the welfare and protect the safety of children.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/06/2014 15:26:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe