267 Department for Education 257561 Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi 2019-05-22 Education false Children: Social Services 1 Education Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Slough House of Commons 2019-06-05T07:56:25.27Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-06-05 Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services. The government has also made £410 million available to local authorities this year specifically for adult and children social care.</p><p>My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.</p><p>The Department for Education are also working closely with MHCLG on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at local government finance settlements.</p> 60 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for children's services. Department for Education South Shields Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck Education 256376 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adopted children have (a) a child in need plan and (b) a child protection plan. false Children: Social Services 1 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck 2019-05-28T14:24:16.48Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-28 <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested. The department publishes information on the number of children who have ceased to be looked after through adoption or under a special guardianship order each year in table D1 of the Statistical Release ‘Children looked after in England including adoptions: 2017 to 2018’, available 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>.</p><p>This data does not include information on children in need or child protection plans. Information on children in need and child protection plans is collected separately as part of the children in need census.</p><p> </p> 256377 2019-05-20 Education 60 2019-05-20 Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children cared for under a special guardianship order have (a) a child in need plan and (b) a child protection plan. Education 2019-05-28T14:24:16.527Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-28 <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested. The department publishes information on the number of children who have ceased to be looked after through adoption or under a special guardianship order each year in table D1 of the Statistical Release ‘Children looked after in England including adoptions: 2017 to 2018’, available 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>.</p><p>This data does not include information on children in need or child protection plans. Information on children in need and child protection plans is collected separately as part of the children in need census.</p><p> </p> 256376 Education 1 false 60 South Shields 256377 Children: Social Services Department for Education Alex Cunningham Children: Social Services false 2019-05-15 2019-05-22T11:27:27.567Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-22 Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi <p>The government has funded the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) since 2013, including almost £2 million in 2018-20, to assess, evaluate and disseminate evidence of what works. The EIF has assessed the benefits of a wide range of specific early intervention programmes and suggested that whilst producing robust estimates is challenging, there is a compelling argument that the costs of intervening early are likely to pay off to society in economic terms. In particular, they highlight that the long-term economic benefits are considerable where early intervention leads to labour market gains, such as improvements in employment and earnings. However, they are clear that it is not a quick fix and is unlikely to reduce pressure on the social care system in the short term.</p><p>The value of early intervention is reflected in statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ (2018), which is clear that providing early help is more effective in promoting children’s welfare than reacting later – playing an important part in supporting children and young people to achieve better outcomes. The guidance is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address assessed needs early. It is right that local authorities are free to decide how to use their children’s social care budget to manage local priorities and deliver the best services for children.</p><p>The government has also committed £920 million to the Troubled Families Programme, an early intervention approach which aims to achieve significant and sustained improvement for families with multiple, high-cost problems.</p> Education To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the long-term benefit to the economy of early intervention and prevention work provided by local authority children’s services departments. Biography information for Alex Cunningham 60 1 Department for Education Stockton North Education 254818 Bristol East 2019-05-15 1 Education 60 false Kerry McCarthy 254773 Children: Social Services Biography information for Kerry McCarthy Education 2019-05-22T11:29:48.373Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-22 Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi <p>Local authorities are required under Section 251 of the ‘Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009’ to submit education and children’s social care budget and expenditure statements. This data is published in statistical releases annually. The most recent release shows local authorities had a difference of approximately £1 billion in 2017-18 when their planned spend is compared to their actual spend.</p><p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services. The government has also made £410 million available to local authorities this year specifically for adult and children social care.</p><p>My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.</p><p> </p> To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by how much local authorities overspent on the provision of children’s social care in the year ending 31 March 2018; and what assessment he has made of the future financial sustainability of local government children’s services departments based on current levels of overspend. Department for Education 60 Knowsley Biography information for Sir George Howarth Education Education false 254748 1 Department for Education 2019-05-15 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the financial sustainability of local government children’s services. Children: Social Services 2019-05-23T09:57:46.1Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-23 <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services. The government has also made £410 million available to local authorities this year specifically for adult and children social care.</p><p>My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.</p><p> </p> Mr George Howarth Education 60 249929 2019-05-08T07:41:17.423Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-08 <p>My department is working with the sector, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and with HM Treasury, as part of our preparation for the next Spending Review, to understand the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver statutory duties.</p><p>My department is also working closely with MHCLG on the Review of Relative Needs and Resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at local government finance settlements.</p> false 1 Westmorland and Lonsdale Children: Social Services 2019-05-01 Biography information for Tim Farron Department for Education To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243378 on Children: Social Services, what analysis has been (a) carried out and (b) commissioned by his Department to estimate the funding needed by local authorities to meet demand for children’s social care services in each year of the period covered by the forthcoming Spending Review. Tim Farron Education Department for Education To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of children's services in Northamptonshire. Ashton-under-Lyne false Education Biography information for Angela Rayner 2019-05-08T07:51:52.527Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-05-08 <p>As was announced to the House on 10 May 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has appointed Commissioners to Northamptonshire County Council. One of their responsibilities is to oversee financial strategy at the Council. Thanks to their work and that of the new senior team, the Council finished 2018-19 in credit and has set a balanced budget for 2019-20.</p><p>We have also appointed a Children’s Commissioner to work with Northamptonshire on improving children’s services. The Commissioner’s first report will be published shortly.</p><p>More generally, funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal and have made £46.4 billion available this year for local services including those for children’s services.</p><p>The government has made an additional £410 million available to local authorities this year, for adult and children's social care.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the Spending Review.</p> Children: Social Services 60 Angela Rayner 1 Education 249317 2019-04-30 60 Education 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on increasing the level of funding available for children’s services in the forthcoming Spending Review; and if he will make a statement. Education 2019-04-23 Biography information for Catherine McKinnell false Catherine McKinnell Newcastle upon Tyne North Department for Education 246526 2019-04-30T16:54:32.09Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-04-30 <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and I regularly meet our ministerial colleagues from HM Treasury and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to discuss children’s services including funding.</p><p>As part of our preparation for the Spending Review, our departments are working together to assess the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver its statutory duties.</p> Children: Social Services Education 243378 2019-04-10 60 Education false 1 Tim Farron Department for Education To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 01 April 2019 to Question 237047 on Social Services: Children, what estimate his Department has made of funding needed by local authorities to meet demand for children’s social care services in each year of the period covered by the forthcoming Spending Review. Children: Social Services 2019-04-23T07:00:43.903Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-04-23 <p>The government will set out its approach to long-term funding decisions following the publication of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> Westmorland and Lonsdale 1 10 0