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166824

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on ensuring that children's centres have access to live birth data for their catchment areas.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	906346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Health services and local authorities should share live birth data with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>Birth registration data is already publicly available, and local areas should use partnership agreements or protocols to make data sharing as effective as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is working with 4Children to produce an e-learning package on information-sharing for early years and health professionals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/12/2014 17:04:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

90464

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the adequacy of current statutory guidance on the sharing of live birth data with children's centres.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	208025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review the statutory guidance for children’s centres on the sharing of live birth data.</p><p>The Department for Education’s Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance says that health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/09/2014 16:25:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89920

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Nash on 30 July (HL1559–62), what assessment they have made of The Children’s Society’s report <i>The Right Start </i>in respect of the number of local authorities that do not routinely share live birth data with children’s centres; and what plans they have to ensure that health services and local authorities share live birth data.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL1762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>My officials, and officials at the Department of Health, have reviewed the report and met representatives from The Children’s Society to discuss the issues raised and the work that the Government is taking forward in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance says that health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health is working with NHS England and partners, including the Health and Social Care Information Centre, to explore the practical issues involved in providing regular and timely updates of live birth data to local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/09/2014 09:57:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

89559

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities share live birth data with children's centres in their areas.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance says that health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p><p>Local authorities and commissioners of health services should consider developing local partnership agreements or protocols to enable effective sharing of live birth data, whilst ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and other relevant legal provisions.</p><p>Birth registration data are in the public domain, and therefore explicit consent is not required for the sharing of live birth data between health and local authorities and between local authorities and Sure Start children’s centres.</p><p>The Department does not hold data relating to local authority practice with regards to live birth data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 207114 207115 question first answered 04/09/2014 13:06:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89560

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children's centres receive live birth data from local authorities.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance says that health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p><p>Local authorities and commissioners of health services should consider developing local partnership agreements or protocols to enable effective sharing of live birth data, whilst ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and other relevant legal provisions.</p><p>Birth registration data are in the public domain, and therefore explicit consent is not required for the sharing of live birth data between health and local authorities and between local authorities and Sure Start children’s centres.</p><p>The Department does not hold data relating to local authority practice with regards to live birth data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 207115 207116 question first answered 04/09/2014 13:06:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89562

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities require parental consent in order to share live birth data with Sure Start children's centres.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance says that health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p><p>Local authorities and commissioners of health services should consider developing local partnership agreements or protocols to enable effective sharing of live birth data, whilst ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and other relevant legal provisions.</p><p>Birth registration data are in the public domain, and therefore explicit consent is not required for the sharing of live birth data between health and local authorities and between local authorities and Sure Start children’s centres.</p><p>The Department does not hold data relating to local authority practice with regards to live birth data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 207114 207116 question first answered 04/09/2014 13:06:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

79667

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local authorities are not currently sharing live birth data with children’s centres in their areas.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL1559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data relating to local authority practice with regards to live birth data. The statutory guidance for children’s centres is clear that health services and local authorities should share information, such as live birth data, with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/07/2014 11:21:39 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

79668

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether parental consent is necessary for local authorities to share live birth data with Sure Start Children’s Centres.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL1560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>As set out in the Department for Education’s Sure Start Children’s Centres statutory guidance, health services and local authorities should share information, such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area, effectively with children’s centres on a regular basis. Local authorities and commissioners of health services should consider developing local partnership agreements or information sharing protocols to enable effective sharing of bulk data (such as live birth data), whilst ensuring that the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, and other relevant legal provisions, are complied with.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/07/2014 13:31:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

79670

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all local authorities share live birth data with children’s centres in their area.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL1562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review the statutory guidance on the sharing of live birth data.</p><p>The Department for Education’s statutory guidance for children’s centres is clear that health services and local authorities should share information, such as live birth data, with children’s centres on a regular basis. It is important that professionals work together to identify families who are in need of support and offer them that support.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1561 question first answered 30/07/2014 11:37:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

63616

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance published by his Department on 25 March 2014, on Sure Start centres: local authority duties, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the core purpose of Sure Start children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	202251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Sure Start children's centres statutory guidance was published in April 2013; the web page containing it was last reviewed on 25 March 2014.</p><p>The statutory guidance states the core purpose of Sure Start children's centres is to improve outcomes for young children and their families, with a particular focus on those in greatest need. The Department extensively consulted on draft statutory guidance, including the core purpose, in 2012. The response was positive, with 85% of respondees (local authorities, children's centre managers, voluntary sector bodies and others) finding the document clear on statutory duties.</p><p>As I said to the Education Committee on 18 June, Ofsted is going to be moving to a local-authority-based inspection regime for children's centres and I am very happy to look at the core purpose, particularly in the light of what Ofsted put out as their inspection regime, if there is a lack of clarity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/06/2014 15:35:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson