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45244

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date	26/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, columns 556-7W, on children in care, if he will place in the Library (a) the results of the virtual school head pilots conducted between September 2007 and August 2009 and (b) all training materials produced by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	193843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The evaluation report of the virtual school head (VSH) pilots was published in August 2009 and can be viewed from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222044/DCSF-RR144.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222044/DCSF-RR144.pdf</a></p><p>In March 2010 the Department published a VSH toolkit based on the experiences of the pilots and other local authorities that had developed services using the virtual school model. The toolkit can be viewed from the following link:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131027134109/http:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/v/virtual%20school%20head%20toolkit.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131027134109/http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/v/virtual%20school%20head%20toolkit.pdf</a></p><p>A group of virtual school heads are currently revising the toolkit.</p><p>A copy of the evaluation report and the original toolkit will be placed in the Library of the House when it is complete.</p><p>The enhanced materials for school leaders and governors about the impact of being looked after on children's educational attainment that have been developed through the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) are currently available only through license to training providers.</p><p>NCTL has supported Bath Spa University and Bath and North East Somerset local authority to develop training materials on attachment. This new training resource, ‘An Introduction to Attachment and the Implications for Learning', which includes video footage, is available on the NCTL website members' site:</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/docinfo?id=651084&amp;filename=an-introduction-to-attachment-and-the-implications-for-learning-and-behaviour.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/docinfo?id=651084&amp;filename=an-introduction-to-attachment-and-the-implications-for-learning-and-behaviour.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45005

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring and approving the use of Government-funded credit cards by employees of Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	193569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has written to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45007

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what records his Department keeps of use of Government-funded credit cards by employees of Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	193571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his response has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45011

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department issues guidance to local authorities on how best to make use of unutilized foster carers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	193526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not issued guidance to local authorities on how best to make use of unutilised foster carers. Local authorities are required, under Section 22G of the Children Act 1989, to take steps that secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation within the authority's area that meets the needs of children that the local authority is looking after, and whose circumstances are such that it would be consistent with their welfare for them to be provided with accommodation that is in the local authority's area (‘the sufficiency duty').</p><p>Since April 2013 the Department has been working with consortia of local authorities and sector partners to:</p><ol><li>develop and test innovative solutions for the recruitment and retention of foster carers</li><li>identify gaps in the capacity of the foster carer workforce</li><li>develop effective strategies for recruiting and retaining foster carers.</li></ol><p>We will be sharing the lessons learned and disseminating any tools that have been developed during the project more widely following testing.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe