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808817

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the recent increases in the number of children (a) known to social services and (b) taken into care.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	119926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The government wants every child to be in the stable, loving home that is right for them. One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system is that children are best looked after within their families, but that is not always possible. As a last resort, after other steps have failed, local authorities may apply to the independent courts for a decision about removing a child from his or her family – for the child’s safety. We regularly monitor and assess the number of children coming into contact with our child protection system, including through our statistics on ‘Children in need and child protection’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a> and our statistics on ‘Looked-after children’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/12/2017 17:02:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

806484

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on the (a) consultation on (b) preparation for and (c) introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation Systems for social workers, social work supervisors and leaders.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	119560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has spent £3.66 million in consulting on and preparing for the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System for children and family social workers.</p><p>The government has allocated for phase 1 and phase 2 of the National Accreditation and Assessment System: £2.7 million for the preparation of local authorities and social workers; and £4.86 million for the introduction, operational delivery and evaluation of the assessment.</p><p>This total is split £2.7 million for local authorities and £8.52 million for private companies.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119561 119562 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:19:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

806485

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated to (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2 of the implementation of the National Assessment and Accreditation system.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	119561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has spent £3.66 million in consulting on and preparing for the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System for children and family social workers.</p><p>The government has allocated for phase 1 and phase 2 of the National Accreditation and Assessment System: £2.7 million for the preparation of local authorities and social workers; and £4.86 million for the introduction, operational delivery and evaluation of the assessment.</p><p>This total is split £2.7 million for local authorities and £8.52 million for private companies.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119560 119562 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:19:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

806486

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the funding allocated to the consultation on the National Assessment and Accreditation system was spent on (a) private sector consultants and (b) local authorities.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	119562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has spent £3.66 million in consulting on and preparing for the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System for children and family social workers.</p><p>The government has allocated for phase 1 and phase 2 of the National Accreditation and Assessment System: £2.7 million for the preparation of local authorities and social workers; and £4.86 million for the introduction, operational delivery and evaluation of the assessment.</p><p>This total is split £2.7 million for local authorities and £8.52 million for private companies.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 119560 119561 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:19:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805142

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount spent under section 17 of the Children's Act 1989 by public bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	118814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects data on local council spending on a range of services for children and young people. Local councils are not required to provide separate data regarding spend on children provided with support under section 17 of the Children Act 1989.</p><p> </p><p>The following local authority gross spend may be on children in need but may also provide services to children not assessed as needing support under section 17:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13 £000s</p></td><td><p>2013-14 £000s</p></td><td><p>2014-15 £000s</p></td><td><p>2015-16 £000s</p></td><td><p>2016-17 £000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child protection and safeguarding</p></td><td><p>£1,965,569</p></td><td><p>£2,026,366</p></td><td><p>£2,122,368</p></td><td><p>£2,226,843</p></td><td><p>£2,334,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Early years and children’s centres</p></td><td><p>£1,193,408</p></td><td><p>£1,053,716</p></td><td><p>£945,453</p></td><td><p>£843,954</p></td><td><p>£774,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Family support</p></td><td><p>£973,056</p></td><td><p>£1,043,722</p></td><td><p>£1,078,865</p></td><td><p>£1,073,944</p></td><td><p>£1,087,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other children and families services</p></td><td><p>£110,534</p></td><td><p>£100,008</p></td><td><p>£86,959</p></td><td><p>£102,933</p></td><td><p>£87,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services for young people</p></td><td><p>£815,910</p></td><td><p>£712,771</p></td><td><p>£627,070</p></td><td><p>£527,980</p></td><td><p>£447,532</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Section 251 Outturn</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 19:43:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805150

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of private sector contracts for Children's Social Care in England.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	118822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the value of private sector contracts for children’s social care. Local authority expenditure data on private provision on children’s social care are published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a>.</p><p>Private provision is defined as expenditure on services provided/managed by private sector entities such as profit-making companies.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the number of contracts with private sector companies to provide children’s social care services.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 the government made regulations that prevent local authorities contracting out child protection functions to organisations carried on for profit.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 118823 question first answered 20/12/2017 11:37:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805151

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts with private sector companies to provide children's social care services in England were in operation on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	118823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the value of private sector contracts for children’s social care. Local authority expenditure data on private provision on children’s social care are published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a>.</p><p>Private provision is defined as expenditure on services provided/managed by private sector entities such as profit-making companies.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the number of contracts with private sector companies to provide children’s social care services.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 the government made regulations that prevent local authorities contracting out child protection functions to organisations carried on for profit.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 118822 question first answered 20/12/2017 11:37:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805224

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of alcohol misuse on the costs of child social care in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The ‘Children in Need’ annual census collects data from local councils on children receiving social services within the year. The annual statistical first release from this collection displays the percentage of children in need by factor identified at the end of assessment, including alcohol misuse. This is shown in Figure K of the most recent release:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to quantify the impact on costs of children’s social care from this data.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/12/2017 16:46:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

797318

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government what education and training on the culture of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities is provided to social workers who assess children for care or adoption.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL3750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Social Worker’s statement of knowledge and skills, published in November 2014, sets out our expectation of what all child and family social workers need to know and be able to do, to practice effectively. A separate knowledge and skills statement for achieving permanence, published in November 2016, explains how social workers should make long-term plans for children who are looked after or may become looked-after children.</p><p>Following registration, employers of social workers are responsible for determining the support and training they make available to social workers to meet the social care needs of children.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/12/2017 17:54:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

796024

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the operating models of social care trusts in relation to improving local children’s services.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>A small proportion of local councils have arrangements whereby some or the entirety of their service is run at arms’ length from the council, through a children’s services trust, including some that are in intervention. In two of these councils, Doncaster and Slough, the department established an independent trust after children’s social care services were found to be systemically and persistently inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of Doncaster Children’s Services Trust shows it was viewed favourably by its staff and has had a positive affect on culture and practice: the investment in staff, quality assurance and the way that the Trust communicates its work has led to a shift in culture. This has led to improved staff morale, workforce stability and some practice improvements. For example, the use of agency workers and staff turnover has reduced; and staff reported spending more time with children and families. However, it is too early to determine whether these changes will result in sustained improvements for children and families. An evaluation of Slough Children’s Services Trust is in progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other alternative operating models are being tested by councils who are not in intervention. For example, ‘Achieving for Children’ (AfC) is a social enterprise company, set up and jointly owned by two councils, Richmond-upon-Thames and Kingston-upon-Thames. It has recently been funded by the Department for Education to expand to three more councils, the first of which is Windsor and Maidenhead, who joined in August 2017. A Department for Education review, published in 2016, into the establishment of AfC suggested that the main benefits of its creation were: better service quality; better staff engagement; higher levels of innovation; better recruitment and retention; and savings from the combining of services across the two local councils and the development of alternative revenue streams.</p><p> </p><p>The department is keen to broaden the developing evidence base on the potential of alternative delivery models to bring better outcomes for local councils. We are funding four projects to explore this through its ‘Innovation Programme’, and will be evaluating their efficacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/12/2017 17:37:45 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding