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date	30/01/2019
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, with reference to the January 2019 NAO report Pressures on children's social care, whether his Department plans to commission research using the individual child-level data that it holds into the factors that drive demand for children’s social care.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	214565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2011, we have been improving and expanding our data collections. We are carrying out further research on the drivers of demand and variation within and between local authorities, using individual child-level data.</p><p>The department is also working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the sector as part of the review of relative needs and resources, to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services to ensure funding distribution to councils is based on the best available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome research approaches, such as the work National Audit Office has undertaken, that enhance our data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 14:36:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1051434

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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, whether his Department has identified a level of local variation which is acceptable in the amount of money spent per child in need; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	214566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We publish information on the average spend per child in need, by local authority, in the local authority interactive tool. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows a number of unit cost calculations relating to the children in need population, including total annual local authority expenditure on looked after children divided by the number of looked after children and total annual local authority expenditure on social work and commissioning divided by the total number of children in need.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of factors that will lead to variation in the amount of money spent per child, including the needs and circumstances of the children supported and accommodated. These factors will influence the services provided to children and the cost of their accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 14:30:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck