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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1463", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the finding of the Law Commission in its interim report on electoral law, published in February 2016, that electoral law should be governed by a rational and holistic framework governing all existing elections.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1463", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Watson"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Royston Smith"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Royston Smith"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Royston Smith"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4058", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Blomfield"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/536444/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We know that educational outcomes for children in need or on child protection plans are generally worse than their peers.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This is published in the annual children in need census which is matched to the national pupil database to show attainment levels at both key stage 2 and key stage 4 for children in need, including those who have experienced domestic violence in the home (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/children-in-need-census).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This latest data is published on gov.uk within the \u2018outcomes tables\u2019 at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2014-to-2015\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2014-to-2015<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Domestic violence is the most common factor identified in social worker assessments of children. We must continue to improve our understanding and response to this issue. The Home Office leads a wide-ranging cross-Government programme of work to address violence against women and girls, which includes domestic violence. In addition, on 7 July DfE announced up to £2.25 million in grant funding to VCS organisations over an 18 month period to help address key priorities on safeguarding, specifically including domestic violence.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>While numbers of children for whom domestic violence is identified as a factor at assessment is published in the children in need census, attainment data for these children is not published and would only be available at disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In the year ending 31 March 2015, there were around 45,500 children aged between 5 and 10 inclusive (primary school age<sup>1<\/sup>) and 31,200 aged between 11 and 16 inclusive (secondary school age<sup>1<\/sup>), recorded as having domestic violence identified as a factor at the end of their assessment by children\u2019s social care. The purpose of an assessment is to gather information and evidence about a child\u2019s developmental needs and the parents\u2019 capacity to meet these needs within the context of the wider family and community. This information should be used to inform decisions about the help needed by the child.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Please note that this may not cover all children who have experienced domestic violence, but provides an estimate of those children that have been referred to children\u2019s social care who have been assessed in the year and domestic violence was a factor identified. This information is collected within the children in need census (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/children-in-need-census). The latest information can be found in the \u2018Characteristics of children in need\u2019 statistical first release (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2014-to-2015).<\/p><p>[1] Age calculated at 31 March 2015.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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