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1137639

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities house care leavers in an area close to their foster parents, should both parties wish, even if the foster placement was facilitated by another local authority and do not meet the residential time limit qualification.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	274561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>When young people leave their care placement, the local authority has a duty to ensure that their new home is suitable for their needs and is linked to their wider plans and aspirations (for example, if a young person wishes to live near their former foster parent).</p><p>Local authority children’s services need to work with housing authorities and other partners to secure a range of suitable housing and support options for young people leaving care. Partners should aim to ensure the effective use of joint resources for planning and commissioning accommodation and support services for young people, including care leavers.</p><p>Supporting care leavers to stay with their former foster parents (‘Staying Put’ arrangements) will allow them to leave stable and secure homes when they are ready and able to make the transition to independence. The Staying Put duty introduced in May 2014 requires local authorities to support young people to stay with their former foster parents up to the age of 21, if the young person and their foster parents want the arrangement to continue. Local authorities should assess whether such an arrangement would meet the needs of the young person once they reach the age of 18 and that it would be consistent with their welfare. Staying Put has helped many care leavers to continue to benefit from a stable and secure family setting and to prepare for independence at a more gradual pace, rather than facing a ‘cliff-edge’ at age 18.</p><p>Since its introduction, the department has provided over £90 million in funding to local authorities to implement Staying Put and is providing a further £23.77 million in 2019-20. The latest data (for the year ending March 2018) showed that 55% of 18 year olds chose to stay with their foster parents, which is an increase of 4% on 2017. The data also show that 31% of 19 year olds and 21% of 20 year olds were still living with their former foster parents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/07/2019 16:26:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129094

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of good school places in (a) Solihull and (b) the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has committed £7 billion between 2015-21 to deliver new school places, on top of investment in the free schools programme. The Department is on track to create 1 million places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity in at least two generations.</p><p> </p><p>The West Midlands has been allocated £950.1 million to create new places from 2011-2021 and of this, Solihull has been allocated £28.2 million. Compared to 2010, there are now 1,762 more school places in Solihull and 85,177 more school places in the West Midlands region. As of December 2018, there are 5,559 more pupils in good or outstanding schools in Solihull and 250,227 more pupils in good or outstanding schools in the West Midlands region than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2019, there are 44 open free schools and six University Technical Colleges (UTCs) in the West Midlands. The Department has approved a further 24 free schools from groups it is now working with to establish these schools. In Solihull, there is one open free school and one open UTC. In addition to these, the Department will run competitions to find strong providers to open and run two alternative provision schools along with three special schools in the West Midlands, with one of these special schools being located in Solihull.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2019 13:58:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129095

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to help families access childcare.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>This government is committed to making childcare more affordable and more accessible. We plan to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone – more than any previous government. All 3 and 4-year olds and the most disadvantaged 2-year olds can access 15 hours a week of early education. From September 2017, this government doubled the childcare entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4-year olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p>We want 30 hours to continue to build on the flexible provision that we were already seeing across the country with the universal 15 hours. All the free entitlements can be “stretched” by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays and free places can be delivered at weekends.</p><p>Parents can find out information about all the government childcare offers on the Childcare Choices website and use the Childcare Calculator to help them understand what childcare support they are eligible for.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/06/2019 16:57:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129096

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of STEM subjects; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the number of pupils taking science, technology, engineering and mechanics (STEM) subjects. There were 47,000 more exam entries to STEM A levels in 2018 compared to 2010, an increase of 23%.</p><p>The Department funds several programmes to support good teaching. This includes £76 million over 5 years for the network of Maths Hubs and the Teaching for Mastery programme, which aims to reach 11,000 primary and secondary schools by 2023 and has a specific focus to support schools in greatest need, and the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme which aims to increase participation and attainment in level 3 mathematics.</p><p>In November 2018, the Department launched a new National Centre for Computing Education, supported by £84 million funding until July 2022, to improve the quality of computing teaching and drive up participation in computer science.</p><p>The national Network of Science Learning Partnerships provides support to primary and secondary schools to improve the quality of science teaching, and the Stimulating Physics Network aims to increase participation in A level physics, particularly among girls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2019 15:55:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129097

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the visibility of career options for young people.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>All schools and colleges must provide careers information, advice and guidance for all 12 to 18 year olds. The Careers Strategy published in December 2017 identified the Gatsby Benchmarks as the gold standard for careers in England. The benchmarks help schools to develop a programme of high quality careers advice and all schools are expected to meet the 8 benchmarks by the end of 2020. To support schools in implementing the benchmarks, we are setting up 40 Careers Hubs and providing 1300 training bursaries to train Careers Leaders in schools.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Baker Clause, all secondary schools must invite providers of technical education and apprenticeships to talk to pupils and give all pupils a full picture of their options. Schools must also publish a policy statement setting out these opportunities and must make sure that this statement is followed.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the universal services mentioned above, local authorities are required to appoint a Personal Adviser to help care leavers to make the transition from care to independence, which includes helping them to engage in education, employment or training. We have recently introduced a new duty on local authorities that extends the support from a Personal Adviser to all care leavers until the age of 25 from the previous age threshold of 21.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259265 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:06:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129098

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the visibility of career options for care leavers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>All schools and colleges must provide careers information, advice and guidance for all 12 to 18 year olds. The Careers Strategy published in December 2017 identified the Gatsby Benchmarks as the gold standard for careers in England. The benchmarks help schools to develop a programme of high quality careers advice and all schools are expected to meet the 8 benchmarks by the end of 2020. To support schools in implementing the benchmarks, we are setting up 40 Careers Hubs and providing 1300 training bursaries to train Careers Leaders in schools.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Baker Clause, all secondary schools must invite providers of technical education and apprenticeships to talk to pupils and give all pupils a full picture of their options. Schools must also publish a policy statement setting out these opportunities and must make sure that this statement is followed.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the universal services mentioned above, local authorities are required to appoint a Personal Adviser to help care leavers to make the transition from care to independence, which includes helping them to engage in education, employment or training. We have recently introduced a new duty on local authorities that extends the support from a Personal Adviser to all care leavers until the age of 25 from the previous age threshold of 21.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259264 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:06:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129099

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to deliver more (a) timely and (b) generous compensation for passengers whose rail journeys have been disrupted.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department requires operators of new franchises to provide automated Delay Repay compensation processes that make claiming swift and simple and is working with the rail industry and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to deliver more automated claims processes across all DfT-let franchises.</p><p>Recent ORR research shows that 94.7% of passengers report that their compensation claims were resolved within the industry deadline of 20 working days. See <a href="https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/40838/delay-compensation-claims-factsheet-1819-Q3.pdf" target="_blank">https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/40838/delay-compensation-claims-factsheet-1819-Q3.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Delay Depay 30 is now available on all but one of the DfT franchises. Passengers on 50% of DfT-let franchises are now eligible for improved compensation schemes when their trains are delayed by 15 minutes or more (DR15). Due to the relatively large size of the franchises that now operate DR15, this means that 74% of journeys on DfT franchises now have DR15 available to them.</p><p> </p><p>For passengers with single and return tickets, Delay Repay is more generous than the systems in place on most other Western European railways and considerably more generous than the minimum standard of compensation that is set by EU Regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2019 16:31:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129100

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to maximise the opportunities that new transport technologies are creating for cleaner, cheaper, safer and more reliable journeys.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>These themes are at the heart of our Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy. This document sets out the principles that we will implement to ensure we maximise the benefits from new transport technologies. It also sets out our plans to review laws regarding new forms of transport, to invest alongside industry in innovative vehicle technologies, and to establish Future of Mobility Zones to shape the way in which these technologies emerge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 15:04:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129101

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Travel Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to provide more live information to bus users; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is currently in the process of building the Bus Open Data Digital Service. The Digital Service will enable bus operators to publish their data so that it can subsequently be used by application developers to create products to improve journey planning for bus passengers across England.</p><p>Live information is in scope to be included in the digital service. Alongside routes, timetable, and fares data, bus operators will be legally required to provide Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data to the Bus Open Data Digital Service. Application Developers will be able to access this data to build applications, products and services for end users or passengers.</p><p>The provision of AVL data, which will be a legal requirement for operators by January 2021, will be an important step towards transforming journey planning for bus users through the use of live information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/06/2019 12:27:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1129102

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of passengers flying from British airports.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	259269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, 292 million passengers flew to or from a UK airport. That figure was almost 3% higher than in 2017, and 24% higher than in 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/06/2019 12:10:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight