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1138494

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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, what financial support Partners in Practice has provided to each local authority to help establish (a) Trust models and (b) Community Interest Companies in relation to local authority children's services departments.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	276202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Partners in Practice programme includes one Community Interest Company (Achieving for Children) and one independent Trust (Doncaster Children’s Services Trust). No funding has been provided from the Partners in Practice programme to assist with the setting up of these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/07/2019 16:21:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1127602

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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, how many adopted children have (a) a child in need plan and (b) a child protection plan.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	256376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested. The department publishes information on the number of children who have ceased to be looked after through adoption or under a special guardianship order each year in table D1 of the Statistical Release ‘Children looked after in England including adoptions: 2017 to 2018’, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>This data does not include information on children in need or child protection plans. Information on children in need and child protection plans is collected separately as part of the children in need census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 256377 question first answered 28/05/2019 14:24:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1127604

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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, how many children cared for under a special guardianship order have (a) a child in need plan and (b) a child protection plan.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	256377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested. The department publishes information on the number of children who have ceased to be looked after through adoption or under a special guardianship order each year in table D1 of the Statistical Release ‘Children looked after in England including adoptions: 2017 to 2018’, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>This data does not include information on children in need or child protection plans. Information on children in need and child protection plans is collected separately as part of the children in need census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 256376 question first answered 28/05/2019 14:24:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105477

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, for what reason the myth-busting document on guidance for local authorities was withdrawn on 20 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>​The Children’s Social Care myth busting guide was intended to bring clarity to some parts of guidance that had been raised with the department. However, the points raised by Article 39 suggest that the guide did not achieve that.  Rather than divert time and resources to litigation we decided to withdraw the guide in its present form pending a full reconsideration of its contents.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/04/2019 12:26:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105478

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice his Department received which led to the myth-busting document on guidance for local authorities being withdrawn on 20 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with usual convention, legal advice is not disclosed outside government. This ensures the government can obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/04/2019 15:03:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105172

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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, what steps he took in response to the letter of September 2018 from experts and organisations on his Department's myth-busting document.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The publication of the myth-busting guide, published in July 2018, was intended to clarify certain areas of the statutory guidance which practitioners had said were ambiguous or had given rise to incorrect assumptions about what is permissible.</p><p>When we received the letter from children’s rights organisations and experts we replied to make clear that nothing in the guide sought to alter legislation and that statutory guidance remained in force.</p><p>Our statutory guidance continues to set out how local authorities should operate in order to provide the best services for vulnerable children and young people and make sure everyone is given the chance to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237130 237131 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105173

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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, for what reason his Department did not hold meetings with concerned charities when it received the letter of September 2018 on his Department's myth-busting document from experts and organisations.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The publication of the myth-busting guide, published in July 2018, was intended to clarify certain areas of the statutory guidance which practitioners had said were ambiguous or had given rise to incorrect assumptions about what is permissible.</p><p>When we received the letter from children’s rights organisations and experts we replied to make clear that nothing in the guide sought to alter legislation and that statutory guidance remained in force.</p><p>Our statutory guidance continues to set out how local authorities should operate in order to provide the best services for vulnerable children and young people and make sure everyone is given the chance to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237129 237131 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1105175

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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, what internal checks his Department made prior to publishing the myth-busting document on that document.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	237131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The publication of the myth-busting guide, published in July 2018, was intended to clarify certain areas of the statutory guidance which practitioners had said were ambiguous or had given rise to incorrect assumptions about what is permissible.</p><p>When we received the letter from children’s rights organisations and experts we replied to make clear that nothing in the guide sought to alter legislation and that statutory guidance remained in force.</p><p>Our statutory guidance continues to set out how local authorities should operate in order to provide the best services for vulnerable children and young people and make sure everyone is given the chance to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237129 237130 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:13:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1061055

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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, how many third-party social work providers have been registered with Ofsted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	221672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/02/2019 17:50:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1054610

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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 NAO report entitled Pressures on children’s social care, published on 23 January 2019, what level of local variation his Department regards as acceptable in the amount of money spent per child in residential care.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	216266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes information on the average weekly spend per residential care place for a child, by local authority, in the local authority interactive tool (LAIT). This can be found here:</p><p><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 outturn spend on residential care divided by total number of residential care days provided per week by local authority.</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>The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ guidance (2018) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>.</p><p>This guidance is clear that local safeguarding partners should publish a threshold document, which sets out the local criteria for action in a way that is transparent, accessible and easily understood. This should include criteria, including the level of need, for statutory social care services. There are a range of factors that will lead to variation, including the needs and circumstances of children and families in a local authority area. Whether thresholds are set appropriately and well understood, is inspected by Ofsted and factored into their independent judgements on the quality of services locally.</p><p> </p><p>Demand for children’s services is associated with a number of factors including deprivation. The most deprived local authorities have more looked after children (per 10,000 0-17 year olds), and these rates have grown faster, than the least deprived local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>In preparation for the Spending Review, to help ensure decisions are based on the best available evidence, the government is working with the sector to develop a sharper and more granular picture of demand for children’s services.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government as part of the government’s review of relative needs and resources, where new, up-to-date formulas are being developed to ensure funding distribution to councils is based on the best available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome the contributions from the sector in this area including 'Newton Europe’s Making Sense' (2018) report and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services continuing research reports, 'Safeguarding Pressures' (2018).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 216267 216268 question first answered 07/02/2019 17:38:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck