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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047696/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In total the government has spent £8.7 million on the consultation, preparation and the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) for child and family social workers.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>These costs can be further broken down into £4.6 million in preparation costs, which includes money spent on the proof of concept phase, the preparation of assessment materials and standard setting.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A further £4.1 million was spent up until June 2018 on the introduction of assessments. Of this, £3.5 million has been in spent in grants made to local authorities to support children\u2019s services departments and individual social workers to prepare for the assessment.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department has spent no funds on consultation. The consultation and program development of the NAAS has been resourced directly by the civil service who have engaged widely with both local authorities and individual social workers.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047698/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In total the government has spent £8.7 million on the consultation, preparation and the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) for child and family social workers.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>These costs can be further broken down into £4.6 million in preparation costs, which includes money spent on the proof of concept phase, the preparation of assessment materials and standard setting.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>A further £4.1 million was spent up until June 2018 on the introduction of assessments. Of this, £3.5 million has been in spent in grants made to local authorities to support children\u2019s services departments and individual social workers to prepare for the assessment.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department has spent no funds on consultation. The consultation and program development of the NAAS has been resourced directly by the civil service who have engaged widely with both local authorities and individual social workers.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the funding allocated to the consultation on the National Assessment and Accreditation System was spent on (a) private sector consultants and (b) local authorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047699/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bSince its introduction in May 2014, the department has provided over £90 million in funding to local authorities to implement Staying Put, and the department has also committed to provide a further £23.77m in 2019/20. The funding breakdown for each year is set out in the table below:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014/15<\/p><\/td><td><p>£7.4 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015/16<\/p><\/td><td><p>£14.8 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016/17<\/p><\/td><td><p>£22.2 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017/18<\/p><\/td><td><p>£22.85 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>£23.3 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><td><p>£23.77 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Total<\/p><\/td><td><p>£114.32 million<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>Decisions on funding beyond March 2020 will be subject to the outcome of the next Spending Review.<\/p><p>The department collects information on the amount that local authorities spend on children\u2019s social care overall, but this does not identify expenditure on Staying Put separately, so DfE does not hold the information necessary to estimate the total cost of Staying Put to the public purse.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's guidance entitled Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above, what the annual cost to the public purse is of Staying put.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4277", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047708/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The majority of children in care aged 16 or 17 are either placed in foster care or live in a children\u2019s home, both of which are regulated by Ofsted. However, the Children Act (1989) allows local authorities to use \u2018other accommodation\u2019 (such as supported lodgings; semi-independent accommodation; hostels; or foyers), if the local authority judges that the young person\u2019s needs will best be met by this type of placement.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In many cases, semi-independent accommodation provides an effective way for young people preparing to or leaving care to make a gradual transition to independence instead of placing them straight into an independent tenancy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning a range of accommodation that meets the needs of young people in or leaving care and must ensure that accommodation used to house them is \u2018suitable\u2019. \u2018Suitable accommodation\u2019 is defined in Chapter 7 of the Children Act (1989) Volume 3 statutory guidance, which can be accessed at: <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>\u200bThe government ensures that local authorities are held to account for the quality of the accommodation they provide to care leavers through Ofsted inspections of children\u2019s services and challenge poor practices when identified by Ofsted.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047709/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The majority of children in care aged 16 or 17 are either placed in foster care or live in a children\u2019s home, both of which are regulated by Ofsted. However, the Children Act (1989) allows local authorities to use \u2018other accommodation\u2019 (such as supported lodgings; semi-independent accommodation; hostels; or foyers), if the local authority judges that the young person\u2019s needs will best be met by this type of placement.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In many cases, semi-independent accommodation provides an effective way for young people preparing to or leaving care to make a gradual transition to independence instead of placing them straight into an independent tenancy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning a range of accommodation that meets the needs of young people in or leaving care and must ensure that accommodation used to house them is \u2018suitable\u2019. \u2018Suitable accommodation\u2019 is defined in Chapter 7 of the Children Act (1989) Volume 3 statutory guidance, which can be accessed at: <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>\u200bThe government ensures that local authorities are held to account for the quality of the accommodation they provide to care leavers through Ofsted inspections of children\u2019s services and challenge poor practices when identified by Ofsted.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047710/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>At Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on social care services, along with £84 million over five years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making, enabling them to work more effectively with the most vulnerable children and their families.<\/p><p>This builds on the £200 billion government has already made available to councils up to 2020 to provide services in the best interests of local residents, including those for children and young people.<\/p><p>In residential care we are investing part of our £200 million children\u2019s social care innovation programme to three projects to increase councils\u2019 capacity and ensure more young people can be matched to the right care placement. We have also recently provided grant funding to three local authorities to conduct feasibility studies into opening new secure provision to increase available capacity and continue to invest in the secure estate through our £40 million capital programme.<\/p><p>We will shortly be providing seed funding to fostering partnerships to increase sufficiency of foster parents. As part of our digital discovery, we are exploring whether, and how, digital solutions could help give a more accurate picture of fostering capacity both locally and nationally, to drive targeted recruitment and improve streamline vacancy management.<\/p><p>We know that local authorities have experienced an increase in the numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) who have particular care needs. That is why, in the 2017 UASC safeguarding strategy, we committed to providing 1,000 training places for foster carers and support workers who care for UASC. We commissioned the Refugee Council to deliver this training across England and training is now underway across the country.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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