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1108779

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Preventive Medicine: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the prevention Green Paper will include evidence-based parenting support as a key prevention and early intervention solution for supporting young people and their families.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	239311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Prevention Vision confirmed there is a strong case for acting early with good pre-conception care, fit and healthy parents and taking a ‘whole family’ approach when responding to problems. Becoming a parent is an important period and opportunity to offer evidence-based advice and support whilst creating opportunities to support a child’s very early development. The Prevention Green Paper will set out our thoughts in more detail.</p><p> </p><p>Through our new workforce of Mental Health Support Teams, staffed by a new role of Education Mental Health Practitioners, we are providing new capacity for addressing the needs of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health issues. The first cohort of trainees started in early 2019 and the first wave of trailblazer areas will become operational during 2019. The Support Teams will provide evidence-based interventions, which may include family-based behaviour change interventions, which can be successfully delivered to help reduce child conduct problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 239312 question first answered 04/04/2019 11:20:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1108780

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Behaviour Disorders: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to parenting support to prevent and treat conduct disorders and behavioural issues.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	239312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Prevention Vision confirmed there is a strong case for acting early with good pre-conception care, fit and healthy parents and taking a ‘whole family’ approach when responding to problems. Becoming a parent is an important period and opportunity to offer evidence-based advice and support whilst creating opportunities to support a child’s very early development. The Prevention Green Paper will set out our thoughts in more detail.</p><p> </p><p>Through our new workforce of Mental Health Support Teams, staffed by a new role of Education Mental Health Practitioners, we are providing new capacity for addressing the needs of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health issues. The first cohort of trainees started in early 2019 and the first wave of trailblazer areas will become operational during 2019. The Support Teams will provide evidence-based interventions, which may include family-based behaviour change interventions, which can be successfully delivered to help reduce child conduct problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 239311 question first answered 04/04/2019 11:20:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1105492

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Uganda: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the UK Government provides to Uganda’s Special Forces Command.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	237709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ugandan Special Forces Command is not provided with direct support by HM Government.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/04/2019 15:28:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1105493

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Uganda: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 176667 on Uganda: Military Aid, which Ugandan units the UK Government provided support to in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and whether any of those units are part of the Ugandan Special Forces Command.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	237710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has provided military support to the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) during 2017 - 2019, and to the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Police Force in 2017 and 2018. Support to the Wildlife Authority and Police was in countering the illegal wildlife trade, and the Police also received training in countering improvised explosive devices.</p><p>Support to the UPDF consisted of activity with several different units; none of these units is part of the Ugandan Special Forces Command.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/04/2019 15:28:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1093454

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	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 local authorities are maintaining Education, Health and Care plans por young people up to the age of 25.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	235804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>All local authorities are maintaining education, health and care (EHC) plans for young people up to the age of 25. The number of pupils with a statement or EHC plan, based on where the child attends school by local authority can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/03/2019 12:31:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1093455

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population have (a) a learning disability, (b) autism and (c) other special educational need.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	235805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on offender learning participation, and learner characteristics, is published by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>Data on learning difficulties and/or disabilities amongst those prisoners who engage in prison education is at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765596/OLASS_participation_demographic_tool.xls" target="_blank">OLASS: participation and achievement by equality and diversity &amp; English and maths level: 2010/2011 to 2017/18</a>. Self-declared data on learning difficulties and/or disabilities gathered as part of the assessment of prisoners’ levels of maths and English on reception is at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765597/OLASS_English_and_maths_assessments_by_Ethnicity_and_disability_201415_to_201718.xlsx" target="_blank">OLASS English and maths assessments by ethnicity and learners with learning difficulties or disabilities: participation 2014/2015 to 2017/2018</a>. The data consistently show that around one third of prisoners have a learning difficulty and/or disability.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2016, the Department for Education published a breakdown of the type of learning difficulty and type of learning disability amongst prisoner learners for academic years 2011/12 to 2014/15. That data is at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/517212/offender-learning-lldd-v2.xls" target="_blank">Offender Learning breakdown by disability and learning difficulty 2011/12 to 2014/15</a>.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April, prison governors will arrange for all new prisoners to be screened for learning difficulties and/or disabilities on reception. Following this, for those who go into learning and where screening indicates an issue, education suppliers will assess them to ensure the right adaptations and support arrangements are put in place.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/03/2019 09:25:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1093456

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged 16 to 24 years old not in education, employment and training have a special educational need.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	235806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Information on the number of young people who are not in education, employment and training and who have an education, health and care plan is currently being collected from local authorities for the first time and will be published in May 2019 within the “Statements of SEN and EHC plans: January 2019” publication.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/03/2019 09:50:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1092617

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of care and support offered to care leavers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	235360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The quality of support provided for care leavers is assessed under Ofsted’s framework for the inspection of local authority children’s services. In its annual report (2017-18) Ofsted reported that care leaver services were improving, saying “We have continued to explore the experience of care leavers in different local authorities and have been pleased to find an increasing number of local authorities providing high-quality services for them”. The latest Ofsted report for Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council rated its leaving care service as ‘outstanding’. A copy of the report is available at: <a href="https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2761258" target="_blank">https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2761258</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Education has appointed Mark Riddell MBE as the national improvement adviser for care leavers. Mark was previously the manager of Trafford leaving care service, which was the first to be judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. Mark has worked with over 40 local authorities to help them implement new duties introduced in 2018, which require local authorities to publish their ‘local offer’ for care leavers; and offer support from a Personal Adviser to all care leavers to age 25 (previously support ended at age 21 for most care leavers). Mark has published an annual report highlighting best practice in leaving care services, a copy of which is available via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-implementation-adviser-for-care-leavers-first-year-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-implementation-adviser-for-care-leavers-first-year-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, care leavers’ outcomes remain significantly worse than their peers in the general population and the government is determined to further improve the support care leavers receive as they make the challenging transition from care to independence. In addition to the new duties on local authorities mentioned above, government has introduced a range of measures to improve care leavers’ outcomes, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Launching 3 care leaver social impact bonds, which will use ‘payment by results’ contracts to support care leavers to engage in education, employment or training;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Establishing 8 ‘Staying Close’ pilots, which are testing an enhanced support offer for young people leaving residential care;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Providing additional funding for 47 local authorities, to enable them to work intensively with small caseloads of care leavers at highest risk of homelessness – as part of the cross-government rough sleeping strategy;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Introducing a £1,000 bursary for care leavers starting an apprenticeship (local authorities are already required to provide a £2,000 bursary for care leavers who go to university; and care leavers are a priority group for receipt of a 16-19 bursary if they are in further education).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Launching the care leaver covenant, which provides a way for organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors to show their commitment to care leavers, through providing concrete offers of support;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Launching the next recruitment round for the Civil Service care leaver internship scheme, which provides 12-month paid internships for care leavers across government. For this intake we are hoping to place 100 care leavers in government departments across the country;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Publishing guidance to universities on how they can improve the support they offer to care leavers.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/03/2019 17:53:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1092619

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of care leavers that have (a) been homeless, (b) had diagnosed mental health needs, and (c) entered the criminal justice system in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	235362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes data annually on the activity and accommodation status of care leavers aged 19-21. It has also published experimental statistics for 17 and 18-year-olds. These data are available in tables F1 to F4 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data show care leavers’ activity/accommodation status on or around their birthday, so do not provide answers to the questions in the form they have been asked. However, the latest data for the year ending March 2018 show that of the 28,510 care leavers aged 19 to 21:</p><p> </p><ul><li>1% (320 young people) were reported to be homeless or no fixed abode; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>4% (1,080 young people) were reported to be in custody.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of care leavers who had diagnosed mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p>The department has recently provided funding of £4.8 million to local authorities to enable them to provide additional support to care leavers at risk of rough sleeping – as part of the cross government rough sleeping strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/03/2019 17:58:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1092620

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the (a) homeless and (b) prison populations that are care leavers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	235363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. However, statistics on the number of 17 to 21 year old care leavers who are in custody are published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a> as part of our regular National Statistics on looked after children.</p><p>Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service collects management information on care leavers. These figures cover England and Wales and are believed to be self-reported meaning they will not be comparable with Department for Education figures. It should be noted that it is not mandatory to record information on care leavers, and therefore no information will be held in respect of some prisoners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/03/2019 17:48:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams