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171039

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date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to young carers who are in further education but have yet to reach adulthood.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219292 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171040

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place for the identification of young carers in further education in order to facilitate the provision of support.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219291 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171055

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 215805, what response his Department has received from educational institutions on his Department's guidance on the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Of the 204 responses received to the Government’s consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, 60 were from educational institutions.</p><p>We have had no specific feedback on the guidance that was issued in conjunction with the training programme on the new Directives in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 16:26:53 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171073

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Grandparents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grandparents acted as kinship carers for one or more of their family's children in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ in 2011.[1] This guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents who are in the care of family and friends should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare, whether or not they are looked after. It sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, easily accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children in the care of family and friends.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219301 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171097

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children with a special educational need or disability who are cared for through an informal arrangement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of children cared for in an informal arrangement by a non-family member.</p><p>The Department holds data on the number of private fostering arrangements notified to local authorities (i.e. arrangements of 28 days or more where the carer is not a close relative). This data does not identify if a child has a special educational need or disability. Figures are published annually in the statistical first release ‘Notifications of Private Fostering Arrangements in England’.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2014, 1,640 children were reported as being cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England. However, the Department suspects that this is an undercount as it relies upon carers notifying the local authority of the arrangement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219297 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171098

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children who are cared for by a grandparent have a (a) special educational need and (b) disability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:34:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171099

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department's policy to record and collect information on the number of children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on the number of children looked after in residential care via the SSDA903 return. The number looked after in residential care at 31 March 2014 is published in Table A3 of the ‘Children looked after including adoption’ Statistical First Release.[1] However, information is not collected on children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs and there are no future plans to collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219313 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:30:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171100

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Training
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 4 November 2014 to Question 212540, which universities and training providers have taken part in Senco courses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2013-2014, the following universities and training providers offered the National Award for SEN Co-ordination as accredited providers:</p><p> </p><ol type="1"><li>Bath Spa University;</li><li>Best Practice Network;</li><li>Canterbury Christ Church University;</li><li>Eastern Leadership Centre;</li><li>Edge Hill University;</li><li>Institute of Education,</li><li>University of London;</li><li>Leeds Metropolitan University;</li><li>Manchester Metropolitan University;</li><li>Nottingham Trent University;</li><li>Oxford Brookes University;</li><li>Real Training; Serco:</li><li>University of Wolverhampton;</li><li>Sheffield Hallam University;</li><li>South West Consortium:</li><li>University of Plymouth and University of Exeter;</li><li>University of Bedfordshire;</li><li>University of Birmingham;</li><li>University of Chichester;</li><li>University of Cumbria;</li><li>University of Gloucestershire;</li><li>University of Northampton;</li><li>University of Reading;</li><li>University of Roehampton;</li><li>University of Winchester;</li><li>University of Worcester.</li></ol> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/01/2015 09:03:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171101

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Drugs
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 24 November 2014 to Question 214452, what information her Department holds on relation to children in care and psychiatric drugs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on the number of children looked after in residential care via the SSDA903 return. The number looked after in residential care at 31 March 2014 is published in Table A3 of the ‘Children looked after including adoption’ Statistical First Release.[1] However, information is not collected on children in residential care who take psychiatric drugs and there are no future plans to collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219312 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:30:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171102

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on children in residential care who have been identified as addicted to alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of children in residential care addicted to narcotics or alcohol but we do hold data on substance misuse concerning drugs and alcohol (but not tobacco). 9.7% of children looked after in a residential placement at 31 March, who had been looked after for at least 12 months were recorded as having a substance misuse problem.</p><p>Substance misuse is defined as ‘intoxication by (or regular excessive consumption or and/or dependence on) psychoactive substances, leading to social, psychological, physical or legal problems’. It includes problematic use of both legal and illegal drugs (including alcohol when used in combination with other substances).</p><p>Information on the number of looked after children identified as having a substance misuse problem is published in Table 5 of the ‘Outcomes for children looked after by local authorities’ Statistical First Release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p>Substance misuse by children who have been looked after continuously for at least 12 months<sup>1</sup> in residential placements at 31 March<sup>2,3</sup></p><p>Coverage: England, 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Children looked after by age and gender<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p> </p><p>Looked after for at least 12 months<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p><p>Number identified as having a substance misuse problem<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p> </p><p>Percentage identified as having a substance misuse problem<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Boys</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years and under</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 to 12 years</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 to 15 years</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 years and over</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>280</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Girls</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years and under</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 to 12 years</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 to 15 years</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 years and over</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years and under</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 to 12 years</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 to 15 years</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 years and over</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,470</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.7</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>1. Information on substance misuse is collected for children looked after continuously for at least 12 months as at 31 March excluding those children in respite care.</p><p>2. Residential settings include secure units, and children's homes and hostels subject to regulations.</p><p>3. Includes children in care for at least 12 months and placed in a residential setting at 31 March 2014. However, they may have been in different placements during the year.</p><p>4. The term ‘drug’ is used to refer to any psychotropic substance, including illegal drugs, illicit use of prescription drugs and volatile substances. Young people’s drug taking is often inextricably linked with the consumption of alcohol. Therefore the term ‘substance’ refers to both drugs and alcohol but not tobacco. Substance misuse is defined as ‘intoxication by (or regular excessive consumption or and/or dependence on) psychoactive substances, leading to social, psychological, physical or legal problems’. It includes problematic use of both legal and illegal drugs (including alcohol when used in combination with other substances).</p><p>5. Age as at 31 March.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>x = number less than or equal to 5 or percentage where the numerator is less than or equal to 5 or the denominator is less than or equal to 10.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219288 question first answered 05/01/2015 14:28:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe