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1169950

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date	10/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students who had personal confidential data distributed by the Office for Students to third parties since its inception in January 2018; and to which third parties that data was distributed.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	1920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) was established through the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), which gave it operational independence in the regulation of the higher education sector. This extends to the holding and sharing of different types of data. In December 2018 the OfS published its data strategy, setting out:</p><p>“Where we share data with third parties in support of our regulatory activities, we will only do so where we can be sure that the rights and privacy of individuals are assured. We will ensure that those that process students’ data on our behalf operate to the same high standards. Our uses of data should never go beyond those that students might expect from a responsible regulator acting in their interests.”</p><p>Further to this, the OfS Data Protection and Privacy Policy sets out how it complies with data protection legislation. This is available here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs-privacy" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs-privacy</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 1921 question first answered 16/01/2020 11:24:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1169952

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students plans to publish (a) a register of the recipients of students' personal confidential data and (b) its terms of reference on data distribution.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	1921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) was established through the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), which gave it operational independence in the regulation of the higher education sector. This extends to the holding and sharing of different types of data. In December 2018 the OfS published its data strategy, setting out:</p><p>“Where we share data with third parties in support of our regulatory activities, we will only do so where we can be sure that the rights and privacy of individuals are assured. We will ensure that those that process students’ data on our behalf operate to the same high standards. Our uses of data should never go beyond those that students might expect from a responsible regulator acting in their interests.”</p><p>Further to this, the OfS Data Protection and Privacy Policy sets out how it complies with data protection legislation. This is available here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs-privacy" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs-privacy</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 1920 question first answered 16/01/2020 11:24:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1169846

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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, what assessment he has made of the change in the number of children in care since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	1742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of children in care since 2010 is published in table H1 of the annual statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2018 to 2019’, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The drivers of demand are complex. A sector-led ‘Care Crisis Review’ in 2018 found that there are many inter-linked factors contributing to the rise in care proceedings and children entering care. We are funding a What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care whose first research priority is to look at what works in safely reducing the need for children to enter care.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to supporting children in care and wants all looked-after children to have a secure, stable and loving family environment to support them through childhood and beyond. In December, we announced an additional £45 million for the adoption support fund to reduce the number of children waiting for a permanent home and to strengthen relationships with their adoptive parents. We are also providing councils with an additional £1 billion for adults and children’s social care in every year of this Parliament. As set out in the manifesto, we are committed to undertaking a review of the care system. This review will allow us to go even further and to ensure that all care placements and settings provide children and young people with the support they need.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 we have improved support for children in care, and have invested funding and support in local authorities in a range of areas including:</p><ul><li>£200 million in the Innovation Programme, testing new approaches in children’s social care, including targeted support for looked after children</li><li>established the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care to drive improvement and ensure that innovation and best practice are at the heart of local authority social work</li><li>introduced the Corporate Parenting Principles through the Children and Social Work Act 2017, for the first time setting out how local authorities can be a good ‘corporate parent’</li><li>put in place measures such as the local authority Virtual School Head, giving looked-after children top priority in school admissions and extra funding to meet their needs through the Pupil Premium Plus, worth £2,300 per child</li><li>invested £1 million to pilot high quality mental health assessments for children on entry to local authority care</li></ul><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the commitments we have made to improve the lives of children in residential and foster care, through our strategies published in 2016 and 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 1743 1744 question first answered 14/01/2020 17:49:12 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1169849

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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, what support his Department has provided to local authorities for children in care since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	1743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of children in care since 2010 is published in table H1 of the annual statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2018 to 2019’, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The drivers of demand are complex. A sector-led ‘Care Crisis Review’ in 2018 found that there are many inter-linked factors contributing to the rise in care proceedings and children entering care. We are funding a What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care whose first research priority is to look at what works in safely reducing the need for children to enter care.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to supporting children in care and wants all looked-after children to have a secure, stable and loving family environment to support them through childhood and beyond. In December, we announced an additional £45 million for the adoption support fund to reduce the number of children waiting for a permanent home and to strengthen relationships with their adoptive parents. We are also providing councils with an additional £1 billion for adults and children’s social care in every year of this Parliament. As set out in the manifesto, we are committed to undertaking a review of the care system. This review will allow us to go even further and to ensure that all care placements and settings provide children and young people with the support they need.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 we have improved support for children in care, and have invested funding and support in local authorities in a range of areas including:</p><ul><li>£200 million in the Innovation Programme, testing new approaches in children’s social care, including targeted support for looked after children</li><li>established the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care to drive improvement and ensure that innovation and best practice are at the heart of local authority social work</li><li>introduced the Corporate Parenting Principles through the Children and Social Work Act 2017, for the first time setting out how local authorities can be a good ‘corporate parent’</li><li>put in place measures such as the local authority Virtual School Head, giving looked-after children top priority in school admissions and extra funding to meet their needs through the Pupil Premium Plus, worth £2,300 per child</li><li>invested £1 million to pilot high quality mental health assessments for children on entry to local authority care</li></ul><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the commitments we have made to improve the lives of children in residential and foster care, through our strategies published in 2016 and 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 1742 1744 question first answered 14/01/2020 17:49:12 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1169861

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's transparency data entitled, Decisions on the Disposal of School Land, published on 2 January 2019, for what reason the list of approved sales has not been updated since January 2019, and if he will update that list.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	1806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of updating the decision list, which is undertaken periodically. Officials in the Department will shortly publish an update. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education is keen to protect school playing fields. Schools are only able to sell playing fields when they demonstrate that the disposal does not impact their curriculum and they can demonstrate they have explored all possible alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2020 13:40:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1169862

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the base rate of funding was for 16-18 year olds in 2020-21 prices, in 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The current 16 to 19 funding system, including the base rate arrangement, was introduced in 2013. The 16 to 19 base rate did not exist before this so it is not possible to provide a 2009-10 base rate at 2020-21 prices.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 14/01/2020 13:44:33 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1169864

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 3-4 year old children are ineligible for 30 hours of free childcare as a result of (a) one parent and (b) both parents not meeting the minimum earnings threshold.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department aims to ensure parents have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them increased flexibility in their working hours and helping children thrive in the crucial early years. The Department is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion to support our early education entitlements in 2020-21.</p><p>All 3-4-year-old children in England are eligible for the universal entitlement to 15 hours a week of early education. The additional 15 hours of early education a week, known as ’30 hours’, is available to families where both parents are working, or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family. To be eligible, each parent in a two-parent family, or the sole parent, must earn less than £100,000 a year and more than the equivalent to 16 hours a week at national minimum wage or national living wage (currently £6,800 a year). This also includes self-employed parents and parents on zero-hour contracts.</p><p> </p><p>All children aged 4 at 31 August in England are entitled to a place in a reception class at school starting that September.</p><p>The Department for Education estimates that in January 2019, 530,000 3-4-year-olds were ineligible for the additional 15 hours due to one or both of their parents earning below the lower income threshold. This is estimated as follows (figures rounded to nearest 10,000):</p><ul><li>There were 1,370,000 children aged 3 or 4 at 31 December 2018.</li><li>410,000 4-year-olds were in a reception place in January 2019.</li><li>A further 410,000 3-4 year-olds were eligible for 30 hours.</li><li>20,000 3-4-year-olds were ineligible for 30 hours due to one of their parents earning over £100,000 per year. This is estimated using the Survey of Personal Incomes publication.</li><li>Therefore we estimate that there are 530,000 3-4-year-olds who are ineligible for 30 hours because their parents do not meet the minimum income requirements. This includes families where one or both parents choose not to or are unable to work.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on these estimated 530,000 children separated out as requested in parts a and b of the question.</p><p> </p><p>There is support available for parents with childcare costs outside of the free early education entitlements. Eligible families can get help with 85% of their childcare costs through Universal Credit, subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1108 for two or more children. Further information can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/what-youll-get" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/what-youll-get</a>. Families can receive help with the costs of childcare from the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2020 17:37:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner