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1310180

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date	19/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been allocated a tutoring place under the National Tutoring Programme and across how many schools; how many of those children have started to receive tutoring; and how many of those children are eligible for the pupil premium.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	183134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Tutoring Programme is an ambitious scheme that will provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who have been hardest hit from disruption to their education as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>There is extensive evidence that tutoring is one of the most effective ways to accelerate pupil progress, and we want to extend this opportunity to disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils.</p><p>Over 196,000 pupils have been enrolled to receive tutoring from 4,727 schools. Of those enrolled, over 93,000 have commenced tutoring of which 45% are eligible for pupil premium funding.</p><p>We have placed 1,074 active mentors across 946 schools who have supported over 23,000 pupils. 83% of placements have been in schools with a greater than average proportion of pupils in receipt of pupil premium.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 183135 question first answered 22/04/2021 15:30:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1310181

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Tutoring Programme, how many academic mentors are in place across how many schools; how many children are in receipt of mentoring support; and how many of those children are eligible for pupil premium funding.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	183135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Tutoring Programme is an ambitious scheme that will provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who have been hardest hit from disruption to their education as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>There is extensive evidence that tutoring is one of the most effective ways to accelerate pupil progress, and we want to extend this opportunity to disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils.</p><p>Over 196,000 pupils have been enrolled to receive tutoring from 4,727 schools. Of those enrolled, over 93,000 have commenced tutoring of which 45% are eligible for pupil premium funding.</p><p>We have placed 1,074 active mentors across 946 schools who have supported over 23,000 pupils. 83% of placements have been in schools with a greater than average proportion of pupils in receipt of pupil premium.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 183134 question first answered 22/04/2021 15:30:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1306934

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require all full-time educational settings to be registered.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	178588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on Regulating Independent Educational Institutions was launched on 14 February 2020 and withdrawn on 7 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The consultation was relaunched on 13 October 2020 and closed on 27 November 2020.</p><p>Once we have completed the analysis of the responses, we will set out the Government response, including our legislative proposals, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 178590 question first answered 15/04/2021 15:55:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1306935

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish a response to the consultation on Regulating independent educational institutions.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	178590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on Regulating Independent Educational Institutions was launched on 14 February 2020 and withdrawn on 7 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The consultation was relaunched on 13 October 2020 and closed on 27 November 2020.</p><p>Once we have completed the analysis of the responses, we will set out the Government response, including our legislative proposals, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 178588 question first answered 15/04/2021 15:55:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1307048

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the National Centre for Social Research's Opportunity areas place-based evaluation will be completed; and if his Department will publish the findings of that evaluation.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	179105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Centre for Social Research's national qualitative process evaluation was commissioned by the department in October 2020 to cover the first 4 years of the Opportunity Areas programme, up to August 2021. The procurement of this evaluation was delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This evaluation is exploring the delivery and progress made through this place-based approach. It will ensure that benefits, challenges and learnings are documented. A report of the findings is due to be published in spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 15/04/2021 16:59:10 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1307049

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its response to the 2019 Children not in school consultation; and whether he plans to introduce the register of children educated otherwise than at mainstream schools outlined in that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	179106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Parents have a right to educate their children at home, and the Government wants the many parents who do it well to be supported. Most parents who take up the weighty responsibility of home education do a very good job, and many children benefit from being educated at home.</p><p>However, there are examples in which pupils are home educated but such education provided is inappropriate, ineffective or through unsuitable settings, such as unregistered independent schools.</p><p>In response to this, a consultation was held in the spring of 2019 on proposals for: a mandatory register of children not attending state or registered independent schools to help local authorities carry out their responsibilities in relation to children not in school; a duty on parents to register their child with the local authority if not registered at specified types of schools; a duty on proprietors of certain education settings to respond to enquiries from local authorities; and a duty on local authorities to provide support to parents who educate children at home.</p><p>The consultation closed on 24 June 2019 with nearly 5000 responses. We remain committed to a registration system for children not in school. Further details on this will be published in the government response to the consultation which we intend to publish in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/04/2021 15:15:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1304317

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total parental contributions to childcare vouchers in the 2020-21 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	172074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>The government does not hold data for parental contributions made towards childcare vouchers. We obtain estimates of numbers of recipients and value of vouchers from data supplied voluntarily by voucher providers to HMRC. These estimates for 2020/21 will be available in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 24/03/2021 09:29:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1304318

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) employers and (b) HMRC on refunding childcare voucher payments to families who have not been able to use them as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	172075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>The availability of a refund on childcare vouchers will depend on the precise terms and conditions of the employer’s childcare voucher scheme, which is a contractual arrangement between the parent, the employer and the childcare voucher provider.</p><p> </p><p>Some schemes allow for refunds on the value of childcare vouchers in certain circumstances but there is no legal requirement to do so. Where a refund is provided, the refund is treated as income from the employee’s employment and should be subject to deductions of tax and National Insurance Contributions in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>Due to coronavirus restrictions, employees may not be using all of their childcare vouchers. Users of the childcare voucher scheme can continue to receive childcare vouchers, but may wish to temporarily reduce their contributions so that they don’t accumulate a stockpile.</p><p> </p><p>Contributions can then be increased as and when required. Varying the amount will not affect continuing eligibility, providing that the normal conditions of the scheme are met.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 24/03/2021 09:31:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1300757

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools and colleges in England are covered by the 59 Mental Health Support Teams currently in operation.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	165527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>To provide increased access to support for children and young people with emerging mental health problems, in and around schools and colleges, we have committed to establish new Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in 20% to 25% of the country by 2023. This is part of the reforms to provide additional support for children and young people’s mental health in the NHS Long Term Plan. Where already established, MHSTs are adapting their services to continue supporting children and young people remotely during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><ul><li>Over 180 MHSTs have been established or are in development across the country. Once fully operational they will cover 15% of pupils.</li><li>A further 104 teams are in the process of being established in financial year 2020/21. This will bring the total number of MHSTs to over 280.</li><li>A further 112 teams will be established in financial year 2021/22, totalling around 400 teams providing support to an estimated 3 million children and young people (around 35% of pupils in England), by 2023.</li></ul> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 12/03/2021 13:20:39 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1300758

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health 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 £95 million allocated in 2017 to train Designated Senior Mental Health Leads in schools has been spent to date; and how many Designated Senior Mental Health Leads have been trained.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	165528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The department and the Department of Health and Social Care jointly published ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health: A Green Paper’ in 2017, and a subsequent consultation response in 2018, setting out the government’s commitments to improve mental health support in and around schools and colleges. The Green Paper can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper</a>. We remain committed to these proposals, including incentivising and supporting all schools and colleges to have an effective senior mental health lead by offering training free of charge to every school and college in England by 2025.</p><p>The government has prioritised providing bespoke training and support to meet the immediate challenges that all schools and colleges face in supporting the wellbeing of children and young people during the COVID-19 outbreak through our £8 million Wellbeing for Education Return programme, delaying delivery of senior lead training.</p><p>The proportion of schools and colleges reporting they have a mental health lead has gone up to over three quarters in 2018 (82% of schools, 91% of further education colleges) from under half of schools in 2016 (49% of schools, 69% of colleges), albeit based on different sources, such as ‘The School Snapshot Survey: Winter 2018’, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-snapshot-survey-winter-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-snapshot-survey-winter-2018</a>, and the ‘Post-16 Institutions and Providers Omnibus’, summer 2018, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-16-institutions-and-providers-omnibus-wave-6-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-16-institutions-and-providers-omnibus-wave-6-survey</a>.</p><p>We have recently assessed the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the training needs of senior mental health leads and begun to engage the training provider market, and key education, health and local authority stakeholders with a view to offering senior lead training from the beginning of the next academic year (autumn 2021). Our intended option, subject to feasibility, is to provide schools and colleges with a grant, and appropriate support to identify and purchase high quality training that meets their needs. This training is intended to provide individuals with the additional knowledge and skills needed to develop or introduce a positive whole school or college approach to wellbeing and mental health, helping ensure pupils and students needing help with their mental health receive the appropriate support.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 165529 question first answered 12/03/2021 13:16:25 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green