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1728730

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing number of pupils being educated at home.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The department has collected local authority data on electively home-educated children from local authorities in England since autumn 2022. The most recent published figures show an estimated 92,000 children in home education on the October 2023 census, which is an increase from 80,900 on the same day in the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>The department knows that local authorities are concerned about rising numbers and the resulting implications on resources for their ongoing education and safeguarding duties. Data collection shows that mental health, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and dissatisfaction with schools are increasingly common reasons behind decisions to home-educate. The forthcoming SEND reforms will help more schools to meet the needs of children with SEND and may help to stem the flow of families who feel that schools are not able to appropriately support their child.</p><p> </p><p>The government will legislate for statutory local authority registers of children who are not in school as part of the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, which will be introduced in due course. Parents will have a duty to provide information about their child for these registers. This will help to improve local authority and the department’s understanding of this cohort of children and enable local authorities to target resources and capacity to those children who need it most.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 26/09/2024 12:01:54 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1723720

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Household Support Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for continuing the Household Support Fund after it ends in September.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>£500 million is being provided to enable the current Household Support Fund, including funding for Devolved Administrations through the Barnett formula to be spent at their discretion. This means Local Authorities in England are receiving £421 million to support those in need locally.</p><p> </p><p>The current Household Support Fund will be in place until 30 September 2024.</p><p> </p><p>As a new government, we are reviewing all policies, including the Household Support Fund.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock question first answered 31/07/2024 13:35:59 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1721231

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for children who are being home educated in England to be registered with their local authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL99
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to the introduction of local authority registers of children who are not in school, including those who are home educated. These measures will be included in the future Children’s Wellbeing Bill, as announced in His Majesty the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will ensure that the department and local authorities are able to keep a record of children and ensure they are receiving the high standard of education they all deserve.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 31/07/2024 14:36:31 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1721277

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many permanently excluded pupils in England are being placed with unregistered providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Where a pupil has been permanently excluded, it is for the local authority to determine the most appropriate form of alternative provision for a child, and they must put educational arrangements in place for a permanently excluded child from the sixth school day following the permanent exclusion. The education must be suitable, full-time, or as close to full-time as is in the best interests of the child, and on par with what the child would have received in a mainstream school. The department has published statutory guidance on alternative provision (AP), which local authorities must have regard to. This can be found here and is attached: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/942014/alternative_provision_statutory_guidance_accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/942014/alternative_provision_statutory_guidance_accessible.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 30/07/2024 14:36:40 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern attachment 1 file name HL100_alternative_provision_statutory_guidance_accessible.pdf title HL100_Alternative_Provision_Statutory_Guidance
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1721278

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many children in England are missing from full-time education.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The department collects data on children missing education (compulsory school aged children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education) from local authorities on a voluntary basis. The latest figures are attached, and can also be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education</a>.</p><p>On census day in autumn 2023 there were an estimated 33,000 children missing education (this includes adjustments made for non-response and is based on a figure of 30,400 reported by 94% of local authorities).</p><p>The figures do not include children registered in schools or alternative provision who are persistently or severely absent and/or on part-time timetables, or children receiving suitable elective home education.</p><p>This government is committed to the introduction of local authority registers of children who are not in school. These measures will be included in the future Children’s Wellbeing Bill, as announced in His Majesty the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024. These measures will ensure that the department and local authorities are able to keep a record of children and ensure they are receiving the high standard of education they all deserve.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern attachment 1 file name HL101_Children_Missing_Education_Census.xlsx title HL101_Table 1 2 file name HL101_ Children_Missing_Education_Academic_Year.xlsx title HL101_Table 2 question first answered 31/07/2024 14:38:13 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1695978

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Liverpool
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delay to the opening of King's Leadership Academy Wavetree.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>To open a free school the Secretary of State must be satisfied that there is a suitable and deliverable site for the school. In order to deliver a suitable site for the school, a sequence of planning applications are required. The first of these has been submitted.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are engaging with Liverpool City Council and Local Planning Authority officers to meet their planning requirements for the scheme but despite the best efforts of all parties, it is not possible to implement all of the necessary requirements in time to achieve a September 2024 opening.</p><p> </p><p>While a free school project is in the pre-opening phase, local authorities cannot offer firm places at a school under the co-ordinated admissions process. Therefore, any offers of pupil places for King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree are conditional, to ensure all pupils have a firm and secure start to the school year at another school in the area.</p><p> </p><p>The local authority has confirmed it is able to place secondary school pupils in Liverpool for September 2024 without Kings Leadership Academy Wavertree, and officials continue to work closely with the local authority and planning authority to progress this scheme as swiftly as possible for a future opening of the school.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 27/03/2024 12:58:52 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1688865

registered interest
date	13/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including educational attainment and outcomes within the scope of the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The scope of the Children and Young People Taskforce will be determined once the work of the taskforce begins, in spring 2024. Supporting children with cancer is an absolute priority for the Government and we will continue to work across organisations to ensure children with cancer get the care and support they need, to deal with the challenges cancer brings.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education share the ambition that children with cancer get the support they need to remain in school if they are well enough, both to maintain their education and for the benefits of being with their friends. We understand this may not always be possible, either on a short or long-term basis. That is why there are existing statutory duties to ensure children with cancer should be able to get the support they need, without an education, health, and care plan.</p><p>In addition to support from schools and local authorities, it is important to recognise the support built into National Health Service specifications for children’s cancer. These specifications require children’s cancer services to take a multi-agency approach to support, and address the wider social, educational, psychological, and emotional needs of the child and family. This includes providing ready access to a wide range of services and professionals, including educational support which includes teachers, health play specialists, speech and language, and rehabilitative support. These services are vital in ensuring that children and families have the support to face the difficult challenges cancer brings.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/02/2024 17:33:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1688744

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Adrenaline Auto-injectors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to making it compulsory to have EpiPens in all schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support pupils with all medical conditions and published the ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’ statutory guidance for schools and others. This guidance does not specify which medical conditions should be supported in schools. Instead, the guidance focuses on how to meet the needs of each individual child and how their medical condition impacts on school life.</p><p>Schools also have duties under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to their practices, procedures and policies to ensure that they are not putting those with certain long-term health problems at a substantial disadvantage.</p><p>Under the Medical and Healthcare Regulatory Agency Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017, all schools are able to buy adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) devices without a prescription, for emergency use in children who are at risk of anaphylaxis, but their own device is not available or not working. The Department for Health and Social care published guidance on using an emergency AAI in schools which can be found in the attached document.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 15/02/2024 14:26:12 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL2350_Adrenaline_auto_injectors_in_schools.pdf title HL2350_Adrenaline_auto_injectors_in_schools
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1688339

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the closure of over 1,000 pharmacies since 2015; and what assessment they have made of the impact of pharmacy closures in deprived areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>There were 10,613 pharmacies on 31 January 2024 providing National Health Services in England. The Department monitors changes to the market closely to understand patient access to NHS pharmaceutical services. Access remains good, with 80% of the population living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country. We have seen more closures in the more deprived areas, but that is largely what we would expect as there are more pharmacies in those areas.</p><p>The law requires that every three years, local authority Health and Wellbeing Boards undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments to understand if provision is sufficient to meet local population needs. Contractors can apply to open a pharmacy where there is a gap or a need for improved access to services, or if they can make a case for providing other benefits to the local communities.</p><p> </p><p>When their usual local pharmacy closes, patients can choose to access any of the remaining pharmacies nearby. Patients can also choose to access NHS pharmaceutical services remotely through any of the approximately 400 internet pharmacies in England, which are contractually required to deliver medicines to patients’ homes free of charge.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/02/2024 15:56:39 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1686526

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Concrete
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that schools that are affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete are not subject to an Ofsted inspection.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The department is continuing to support schools and colleges with confirmed RAAC to put in place mitigations and minimise any disruption to education.</p><p> </p><p>A school that has confirmed RAAC in some of their buildings will still be eligible for Ofsted inspection. However, in the spring term, for schools with confirmed RAAC, this will be sufficient grounds to defer the inspection, should the school wish to. For schools that do not have confirmed RAAC, but that may still be impacted by RAAC, Ofsted will carefully consider any requests for a deferral of an inspection. Ofsted retains the right to inspect any setting, including one affected by RAAC, if it has concerns. This matter will be kept under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/02/2024 16:14:14 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey