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date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Museums and Galleries: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria the Government uses to determine which national museums receive government funding; and how such criteria are applied to the National Children's Museum, Eureka.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	10321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Government funds a small group of museums with Grant in Aid and there are no plans to extend the number of these at this time.</p><p> </p><p>A range of factors determine what constitutes a ‘national museum’, and one of the central criteria is the significance of the museum’s collection.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the National Children’s Museum Government understands and supports the principle of family friendly interactive spaces. Government’s view is that this institution’s collection is not of a standard or scale comparable to National Museums such as the British Museum. It would not, therefore, fall within the criteria for receiving support from central Government or Arts Council England, which is responsible for regional museums.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/09/2015 15:08:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

418887

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is the Government taking to ensure that young people in children's homes have the option of receiving support until the age of 21, as children in foster care currently do.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	10322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>All care leavers receive support from a personal adviser until age 21; this extends to age 25 if a care leaver remains engaged in education or training. All care leavers also receive a leaving care grant to help with the costs of setting up home; and those attending further and higher education receive financial support to meet the costs associated with engaging in education in the form of further education and higher education bursaries. Each care leaver has a pathway plan setting out the support they will receive from the local authority in order to meet their goals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department recognises that the transition into adulthood can often be difficult for care leavers because they may not receive the same level of support as young people who live with their families. This is what prompted us to introduce the ‘staying put’ duty in 2014, which requires local authorities to support young people to continue living with their former foster carers up to age 21, if both they and their foster carer are happy with this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our statutory guidance makes clear that local authorities should have a range of semi-independent and independent accommodation options for all those leaving care. The government is also looking at what more can be done to improve support for care leavers, building on the first ever cross-government care leaver strategy which was introduced in October 2013, with the aim of giving all care leavers, whatever their care experience, a good start to adulthood.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:00:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

418888

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure the impartiality of the online careers advice service recommended in the Department's statutory guidance to schools.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	10323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The statutory guidance for schools on careers guidance and inspiration, published by the Department for Education, underpins the duty on schools to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in years 8-13. Organisations and careers services named throughout the statutory document and the accompanying non-statutory document are provided as examples of good practice and are not specifically endorsed by government. It is for schools to decide how best to fulfil their legal requirements in accordance with the needs of their pupils, and online careers advice services may form part of their independent careers provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As stated in the statutory guidance, the National Careers Service offers information and professional advice about education, training and work to adults and young people aged 13 years and over. Pupils and their parents can access support via a website, helpline and web chat. The National Careers Service contractors, website and helpline advisers all hold and adhere to the government’s Matrix Standard, the recognised national quality standard for information, advice and guidance services. Award of the Standard is contingent on the provision of an impartial, professional service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/09/2015 09:36:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

418992

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensions Ombudsman: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place for challenges to Pension Ombudsman decisions based on false information having been provided to the Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	10320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In the unlikely event that this occurred, the determination could be subject to judicial review in the High Court. A Pension Ombudsman's determination can also be challenged on a point of law in the High Court.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2015 15:21:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch