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753930

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) which local authority children's services departments have been found by Ofsted since January 2015 to be persistently or systemically failing; (2) which were made subject to the appointment of commissioners; and (3) which are currently run by commissioners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has categorised local authority children’s social care services as ‘systemic’ or ‘persistent’ failures since December 2015 when it introduced a tougher intervention regime. The following authorities have been subject to this new policy:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LA</p></td><td><p>Systemic/Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>Systemic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>Persistent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Persistent &amp; Systemic</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of these authorities have been subject to the appointment of Commissioners, with the exception of Barnet where recruitment for a Commissioner has not yet concluded. These authorities retain accountability for the effective running of their children’s services. Commissioners do not run the services, but do make recommendations to the Secretary of State on whether operational control of services should be removed from the council. Where Ministers accept a recommendation that services should transfer to alternative delivery arrangements, such as a new Children’s Services Trust, Commissioners will oversee this process</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:43:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753915

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what consultation the Department for Education held with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the decision to cut the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL1061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>Officials from DfE and DCMS work together closely across a number of programmes to ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to lead healthy, active lives.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Secretary of State on 17 July, £100m of Healthy Pupils Capital Funding will be used to pay for facilities to support PE, after school activities and healthy eating. In addition, the Primary PE and School Sport Premium will be doubled to £320m a year from September 2017. The premium funds additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport in primary schools to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.</p><p> </p><p>The Department allocates around £1.2bn per year of capital funding directly to schools and their responsible bodies for them to invest in maintaining and improving their school buildings and facilities. They can decide how funding is spent, and if they wish they can of course target sports facilities where they are the local priority.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1062 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:04:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

753933

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to improve the performance of Ofsted in responding to family members who raise matters of concern in relation to children's services departments and children's homes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to you and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:46:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753929

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps, short of the appointment of commissioners, they can take to deal with children's services departments which are a cause of concern.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education intervenes in all local authorities that receive an inadequate Ofsted rating for children’s services.</p><p>In the most serious cases, improvement may require statutory intervention, whereby, under the Education Act 1996, the Secretary of State is able to direct a local authority to take whatever action is deemed necessary to secure improvement. In the last few years, Ministers have directed the setting up of new governance structures, including partnering with another local authority (e.g. Isle of Wight), bringing in extra improvement support (e.g. Somerset), or establishing a Children’s Services Trust (e.g. Doncaster).</p><p>In other cases the department takes non-statutory steps, issuing an ‘improvement notice’ detailing what actions a local authority is expected to take to improve its services and closely monitoring progress. We deploy government improvement advisers who are appointed to support and challenge these authorities to make rapid progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:44:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753931

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Services: Lambeth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have received representations about failings in children's services in the London Borough of Lambeth.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The London Borough of Lambeth Council’s children’s social care services became subject to Government intervention in May 2015, following Ofsted’s judgement that these services are ‘Inadequate’. The Department has issued the Council with an improvement notice and has appointed an expert adviser to provide the Council with advice and challenge and to report regularly to the Department on improvement progress. Ofsted also conducts quarterly monitoring visits to Lambeth’s children’s social care services, and publishes progress reports on its website.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:45:33 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753932

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the current detailed business plans of those sections of the Department for Education dealing with child welfare.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL1078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The department has recently responded to the Public Accounts Committee on this question. The department agrees it is appropriate to set out its vision with timescales, as it has done in ‘<em>Putting Children First’</em><em>.</em> The department will also produce a roadmap of how the Department intends to transform services, which will be a publically available document. This will address the challenge in the NAO report and set out more clearly a timeframe for delivery of the reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2017 08:46:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

753916

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Sports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, following the decision to cut the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme, what additional resources, if any, they will make available for schools to invest in after-school sports clubs and sports facilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL1062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>Officials from DfE and DCMS work together closely across a number of programmes to ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to lead healthy, active lives.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Secretary of State on 17 July, £100m of Healthy Pupils Capital Funding will be used to pay for facilities to support PE, after school activities and healthy eating. In addition, the Primary PE and School Sport Premium will be doubled to £320m a year from September 2017. The premium funds additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport in primary schools to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.</p><p> </p><p>The Department allocates around £1.2bn per year of capital funding directly to schools and their responsible bodies for them to invest in maintaining and improving their school buildings and facilities. They can decide how funding is spent, and if they wish they can of course target sports facilities where they are the local priority.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1061 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:04:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

754044

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of service personnel are currently receiving education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the City of York local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	6039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The service child indicator collected via the school census is self-declared by parents. This indicator identifies children with parental responsibility who, at census day, are service personnel who are exercising parental care and responsibility and serving in: regular HM Forces military units; full commitment as part of the full time reserve service; or in the armed forces of another nation and stationed in England.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the 2017 spring school census, reflecting the position in schools as at 19 January 2017, shows that:</p><p>(a) 253 pupils recorded as a service child were on roll of primary schools in York local authority area.</p><p>(b) 144 pupils recorded as a service child were on roll of secondary schools in York local authority area.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the service child element of the pupil premium is allocated to children in year groups reception to Year 11 who have been recorded as a service child on any pupil level census in the last 6 years or are in receipt of a War Pension Scheme or Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme pension from the Ministry of Defence as a result of injury, illness or death caused by Service. Pupil premium allocations for the 2017/2018 financial year show there were 472 pupils in York local authority eligible for the service child element of the pupil premium. Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 15:40:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

754066

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints her Department has received on related-party transactions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	6124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but we are unable to provide this information other than at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/09/2017 11:30:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

754072

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Oldham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers were in post in Oldham schools in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	6113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the full time equivalent number[1] of teachers in service in state funded schools in Oldham local authority and England in November each year between 2012 and 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Oldham</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>445,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>449,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014<strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>454,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015<strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>456,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>457,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Source: School Workforce Census</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100 teachers.</p><p>[2] Excludes figures for one school in Oldham local authority that did not supply teacher data in 2014.</p><p>[3] Excludes figures for five schools in Oldham local authority that did not supply teacher data in 2015.</p><p>[4] Excludes figures for two schools in Oldham local authority that did not supply teacher data in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/09/2017 06:58:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon