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228531

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	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 29 January 2015 to Question 221702, whether local authorities have a statutory obligation to notify her Department when a child in their care becomes pregnant.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities do not have any statutory obligation to notify the Department for Education when a child in the care of a local authority becomes pregnant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:30:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228530

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Drugs: Young People
	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 2 February 2015 to Question 222185, how many times a court has overruled a young person's decision to refuse treatment for substance abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:31:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228529

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	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 29 January 2015 to Question 221701, how many teenage mothers became pregnant while in residential care in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of children looked after who are aged 12 years and over, and who are mothers, is published in Table A5 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:32:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229366

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Physical Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has allocated to the pilot of 200 specialist primary PE teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The two year pilot of the primary specialist PE initial teacher training course began in September 2013 and will conclude at the end of this academic year in June 2015. The total cost allocated to the pilot has been £1,110,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 09:53:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229367

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Physical Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the twelve providers leading on the recruitment of new specialist primary PE teachers will be based in the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>There are eleven providers leading the expansion of the primary specialist PE initial teacher training course from September 2015. <a href="http://www.bctsa.org/Primary-PE-Specialism" target="_blank">Bishop Challoner</a> Teaching School, in Basingstoke are working with Newman University in the West Midlands as their accredited provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 09:55:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228527

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	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 29 January 2015 to Question 221699, on which occasions Ofsted has officially reported to her Department instances where a local authority had not complied with the statutory responsibility of six-week visits for privately fostered children.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Of the 45 Ofsted inspection reports of local authority children’s social care published under the single inspection framework, our records show that five reports refer to weaknesses in the timeliness of visits to children who are privately fostered. The Department for Education has introduced formal intervention measures for four of the five authorities in order to improve their performance across a range of areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individual local authority Ofsted reports can be found at this link: <a href="http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 09:58:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229368

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2015 to Question 223548, if she will make it her policy to collect information on the number of young carers in receipt of school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has no plans to collect this information centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 10:03:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229363

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Psychology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is mandatory for local authorities to report to her Department the number of educational psychologists they employ.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It is mandatory for all local authorities to report the number of educational psychologists they employ via a statutory return; the annual School Workforce Census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 10:05:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229362

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2015 to Question 222713, what appropriate external support is available to a local area to improve the quality of special educational needs and disability services and their delivery.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has provided funding of £45.2 million in 2014-15 and £31.7 million in 2015-16 to meet the additional costs to local authorities in England of implementing Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Additionally, a £70 million SEN Reform Grant was made to local authorities in 2014-15. For 2015-16 further support with implementation of the reforms will be made available to parents, local authorities and other organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is up to local areas to decide what external support to commission and deploy to help them improve the quality of special educational needs (SEN) and disability services and their delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For parents, there is continuing investment in Independent Supporters, worth £15 million per year 2014-15 and 2015-16. A strategic grant with the National Network of Parent Carer Forums and Contact a Family will ensure that parents can help shape local provision and get the help they need. It will include a free, national helpline for parents and ongoing support through e-mail and websites.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and their partners will be supported by a network of SEN and Disability Regional Lead authorities, who will facilitate peer support and coordinate activity at a regional level. This will include funding to support the regional supported internships offer. Local authorities will also get help from a new consortium made up of Mott MacDonald, The Council for Disabled Children and the National Development Team for Inclusion. The Consortium will be called Delivering Better Outcomes Together and will manage the SEN and disabilities adviser service, provide specialist advice and support to local authorities and their partners and deliver a pilot training and development programme for senior SEN and disability managers in local authorities. The nine areas are: the London Borough of Bromley; Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; Coventry City Council; Dorset County Council; Durham County Council; Hertfordshire County Council; Leicester City Council; Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council; and Portsmouth City Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A range of grants are also being made across the voluntary and community sector to support their children. These grants will offer specialist advice on specific SEN and disabilities, including mental health. They provide advice to local authorities and their partners across education, health and social care in delivering the SEN and disability reforms, including support to parents and young people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2015 11:40:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229369

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Carers
	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 10 February 2015 to Question 223375, who her Department has commissioned to conduct the research study into the lives of young carers in England.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has commissioned a social research company, TNS BMRB, in partnership with the Director of the Young Carers Research Group at Loughborough University, Professor Jo Aldridge, to conduct a national research study investigating the lives of young carers in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228867 question first answered 26/03/2015 11:41:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe