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834023

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date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the time taken to place children in need of adoption with a family under adoption scorecards.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Adoption Scorecards show the three year average figures on adoption timeliness and are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-scorecards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-scorecards</a>.</p><p>The latest figures show the average time between a child entering care and moving in with their adoptive family, for children who have been adopted between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2016.</p><p>The department’s main source of information on adoption timeliness is the Children looked after in England including adoption statistical first release published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a> and Table E2 of the national tables found in the link, shows annual figures on adoption timeliness.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:51:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834336

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress is being made on the regionalisation of local authority adoption teams.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>There are currently six live Regional Adoption Agencies covering 31 local authorities. Another 12 Regional Adoption Agencies are working towards going live. We are working with the remaining local authorities on their plans to form a Regional Adoption Agency.</p><p>The government is committed to regionalising the adoption system to ensure those children, for whom adoption is the right path, are given the best chance of finding a loving family as quickly as possible. All local authorities should be part of a Regional Adoption Agency by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2018 16:59:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834337

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current number of adopters is in England; and how many children are awaiting adoption.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The department’s main source of information on adoption is the Children looked after in England including adoption statistical first release published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>Table E4 of the national tables shows that there were 2,580 children waiting with a placement order who were not yet placed for adoption at 31 March 2017.</p><p>The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows further information on adopters recruited by local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies in England. The reports are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a>.</p><p>The latest quarterly data shows that there were 2,800 approved adoptive families waiting to be matched with children at 30 September 2016.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2018 16:54:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834039

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
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 22 January 2018 to Question 123221, when his Department plans to begin its review of children in need.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The department has committed to undertake a review into children in need, to understand the needs of these vulnerable children.</p><p>Already, we are building an evidence base, including to address a critical challenge around how far children in need are currently supported through targeted and effective practice to reduce risk within families and prevent harm from escalating. To this end, the department has invested £6 million from the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme specifically to test targeted support for children in need.</p><p>Work has been underway within the department in order to scope the review, including through looking at the current evidence available and speaking to professionals in children’s social care and schools, and other experts.</p><p>We intend to complete this scoping exercise before beginning the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:56:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834252

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 25 January 2018 to Question 120865, if he will publish the reports (a) his Department and (b) other Government Departments have produced as a result of work to track the number of looked after children or children subject to child protection or child in need plans.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Referring to the answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 120865, it is not the practice of the Government to disclose internal discussions and advice to Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/02/2018 14:47:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834422

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people working for his Department have experience of working in statutory children's social work.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	126041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/02/2018 16:15:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834028

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which private companies form part of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in October 2013 as part of the What Works network to analyse which policies are most effective in supporting and increasing local economic growth. It is jointly run by the London School of Economics, Centre for Cities, and Arup and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:11:03 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834027

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	What Works Network: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost has been to date of setting up the What Works Centre.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The cost committed to date of setting up the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care is £9,804,191.00 million. In October 2017, two contracts were awarded by Department for Education to establish the What Works Centre. A consortium led by NESTA was awarded the contract for an ‘incubator’, to develop the infrastructure, recruit the leadership team and develop the communications and dissemination strategy. Cardiff University was awarded the ‘research partner’ role to start the evidence synthesis and begin new trials and evaluations where there are gaps in the current evidence base. Both contracts will run until March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/02/2018 14:52:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck