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1383346

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disability
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 impact on wellbeing of disabled children and families as result of the taken for those children to receive respite and short break services.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	84529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Rother Valley to the answer I gave on 19 November 2021 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-16/76049" target="_blank">76049</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/12/2021 17:08:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1383353

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will provide additional support to local authorities to meet increased demands for statutory assessments for Education and Health Care Plans for children, beyond specific support from the Department for Education and Ofsted to manage historical backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities is responsible for local government funding, including funding necessary to support local authorities to meet their statutory duties with regards to all children's services, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.</p><p>This year, local authorities have access to £51.3 billion to deliver their core services, including SEND services. Local authorities have the flexibility to spend according to local needs and priorities, including to undertake education, health and care needs assessments.</p><p>The autumn 2021 Spending Review delivered an additional £4.7 billion for the core schools' budget by financial year 2024-25. That includes an additional £1.6 billion for schools and high needs in financial year 2022-23, on top of the funding we announced last summer. The department will confirm in due course how this additional funding for 2022-23, and for the two subsequent years, will be allocated for schools and high needs. Increasing funding for schools should help to reduce the demand for statutory assessment, thereby reducing the burden on local authorities.</p><p>We have introduced the ‘safety valve’ intervention programme for those local authorities with the very highest percentage dedicated schools grant deficits. The programme requires the local authorities involved to develop substantial plans for reform to their high needs systems, with support and challenge from the department, to rapidly place them on a sustainable footing, including appropriately managing demand for education. The department will help these local authorities with additional funding over time to contribute to their historic deficits, contingent on delivery of reforms and targets set out in published agreements.</p><p>The department will continue to work with other government departments, including the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to ensure the Spending Review reflects the needs of children’s services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/12/2021 17:04:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1383354

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate the Government has made of the proportion of Education and Health Care Plans that have been issued within 20 weeks nationally.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans that have been issued within the statutory timescale of 20 weeks is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/9641146e-f32a-4f3f-925c-bde4cc238be0" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/9641146e-f32a-4f3f-925c-bde4cc238be0</a>.</p><p>The latest published data shows that 58.0% (31,446) of EHC plans issued in 2020, excluding exceptions, were issued within 20 weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/12/2021 17:12:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1383415

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Energy Intensive Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to allocate further funding to training and retraining programmes in high carbon sectors.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	84335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The government is very aware of the challenges we face in our aim for net zero and is committed to supporting green skills across the country.</p><p>The department aims to reform the skills system so that training providers, employers and learners are incentivised and equipped to play their part in delivering the transition to net zero. This is demonstrated in our recent publication of the Net Zero Strategy, published in October 2021.</p><p>Building on the Skills for Jobs White Paper, the Net Zero Strategy sets out how our skills reforms will strengthen links between employers and providers, support workers in high carbon sectors with the transition, and help to build a pipeline of future talent.</p><p>At the recent Spending Review, we set out investment of £3.8 billion more in further education and skills over the course of the parliament as a whole, to ensure people can access high-quality training and education that leads to good jobs, addresses skills gaps, boosts productivity and supports levelling up. This will support the sector to reform and deliver the technical and skilled education our economy needs. This includes funding for programmes in green sectors crucial to the net zero transition.</p><p>Through the National Skills Fund investment, we are delivering skills bootcamps, which are short, flexible courses covering digital, technical, and green skills. Green skills bootcamps are available in areas such as housing retrofit, solar, nuclear energy and vehicle electrification. Several fully funded level 3 qualifications included in the free courses for jobs offer can support learners into green jobs. For example, we have included technical qualifications in engineering and construction.</p><p>We have also increased future funding for apprenticeships, where there are a growing number of standards supporting green and low carbon sectors such as the energy supply industry, agriculture and recycling. The department will continue to ensure that the existing skills programmes can be directed to support the net zero agenda and help to identify where the evidence tells us we might need to go further or faster.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/12/2021 16:00:55 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1383512

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken with the Minister for Women and Equalities to ensure that autistic children are receiving appropriate educational support in (a) Enfield North and (b) the London Borough of Enfield.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	84501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The department wants every autistic young person to reach their potential and feel heard at every stage of their life, no matter where they live. That is why, in its first year alone, the department is investing £74 million into our cross-government National Autism Strategy to promote a straightforward route to diagnosis, the correct support, increasing understanding and improving access to a quality education and social care.</p><p>In total, £600,000 of this funding has gone towards the department’s contract with the Autism Education Trust (AET) for the 2021/22 academic year. The department has funded the AET since 2011 to deliver autism awareness training to education staff in early years, schools, and further education settings. As the funding is to provide national coverage across the country, rather than specific allocations to regions or local authorities, the department does not have the exact figure for Enfield. However, it has so far reached more than 305,000 people across the country. As well as teachers and teaching assistants, this includes support staff such as receptionists, dining hall staff and caretakers, encouraging a 'whole school' approach to supporting autistic pupils.</p><p>In addition to our existing commitments, the department is determined to ensure that the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system works more effectively for those children who need extra support, including autistic children. That is why the department is completing the SEND Review, to improve outcomes and build a sustainable SEND system, where there is clear accountability.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/12/2021 17:11:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1382826

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with local authorities to ensure that children and young people under deprivation of liberty safeguards are found appropriate placements in social care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>All children should live in settings that meet their needs and keep them safe. This is particularly important for looked after children who have been deprived of their liberty for their own safety or the safety of others. These children and young people are often some of the most vulnerable in society and we must do all that we can to keep them safe.</p><p>The department is clear that where a looked after child is deprived of their liberty, they are very likely to require a placement providing care and accommodation. Such accommodation must be registered as a children’s home, as required by the Care Standards Act 2000. Children’s homes are subject to robust registration and inspection requirements by Ofsted to ensure that they meet the needs of the children they accommodate, and they must follow the national standards. Ofsted can take action against children’s homes where they are not delivering the quality of care and accommodation for children that the department expects.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty under section 22G of the Children Act 1989 to take steps that secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation within the authority’s area which meets the needs of children that the local authority are looking after, and whose circumstances are such that it would be consistent with their welfare for them to be provided with accommodation that is in the local authority’s area (‘the sufficiency duty’).</p><p>However, the department recognises that local authorities sometimes find it difficult to identify suitable placements for looked after children, particularly for those with more complex needs. In July 2021, the government launched a new capital funding programme to support local authorities to establish new children’s homes provision via expansion, refurbishment or new building work. The department will contribute up to £19.5 million over two years, with the funding to be matched by local authorities. In addition, as part of Spending Review 2021, the government announced a further investment of £259 million to maintain capacity and expand provision in secure and open residential children’s homes. We will announce more details on this funding shortly.</p><p>The department has been working closely with Ofsted, which has taken a number of steps to support local authorities in establishing and registering new provision swiftly, for instance, prioritising applications for registering children’s homes in an emergency. Further detail on Ofsted’s approach to prioritising applications can be found in their guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-childrens-homes-in-an-emergency-as-a-direct-result-of-covid-19-pandemic-fast-track-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-childrens-homes-in-an-emergency-as-a-direct-result-of-covid-19-pandemic-fast-track-applications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/12/2021 16:13:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1383033

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were cared for in a family and friends foster placement, broken down by local authority, as of 31 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	83441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The latest figures on looked after children who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement at national and local authority level are shown in the attached tables.</p><p>National figures on relative or friend foster placements from 2018 to 2021 were also published in the table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics’ in the 'Children looked after in England including adoptions' statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021</a>. The department does not routinely publish this breakdown at local authority level. However, figures for all foster placements by local authority are published in the underlying data table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics – LA’ in the same statistical release.</p><p>The latest figures on all looked after children are published at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5</a>.</p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not held in the form requested and would incur a disproportionate cost to provide this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 83442 83443 83444 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:18:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 83441_83442_83443_83444_looked_after_children_table.xls title 83441_83442_83443_83444_table
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1383034

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were cared for in a family and friends foster placement as of 31 March (a) 2021, (b) 2020, (c) 2019, (d) 2018 and in each preceding year for which comparable statistical information is available.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	83442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The latest figures on looked after children who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement at national and local authority level are shown in the attached tables.</p><p>National figures on relative or friend foster placements from 2018 to 2021 were also published in the table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics’ in the 'Children looked after in England including adoptions' statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021</a>. The department does not routinely publish this breakdown at local authority level. However, figures for all foster placements by local authority are published in the underlying data table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics – LA’ in the same statistical release.</p><p>The latest figures on all looked after children are published at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5</a>.</p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not held in the form requested and would incur a disproportionate cost to provide this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 83441 83443 83444 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:18:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 83441_83442_83443_83444_looked_after_children_table.xls title 83441_83442_83443_83444_table
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1383035

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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, how many looked after children there were as of 31 March 2021 and in each preceding year for which comparable statistical information is available.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	83443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The latest figures on looked after children who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement at national and local authority level are shown in the attached tables.</p><p>National figures on relative or friend foster placements from 2018 to 2021 were also published in the table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics’ in the 'Children looked after in England including adoptions' statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021</a>. The department does not routinely publish this breakdown at local authority level. However, figures for all foster placements by local authority are published in the underlying data table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics – LA’ in the same statistical release.</p><p>The latest figures on all looked after children are published at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5</a>.</p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not held in the form requested and would incur a disproportionate cost to provide this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 83441 83442 83444 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:18:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 83441_83442_83443_83444_looked_after_children_table.xls title 83441_83442_83443_83444_table
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1383036

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children who were placed in a foster placement with a family or friend as of 31 March 2021 had previously been in (a) an unrelated foster placement, (b) another family and friends care placement, (c) a children's home and (d) other provision for looked after children, broken down by (i) national, (ii) regional and (iii) local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	83444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The latest figures on looked after children who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement at national and local authority level are shown in the attached tables.</p><p>National figures on relative or friend foster placements from 2018 to 2021 were also published in the table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics’ in the 'Children looked after in England including adoptions' statistical release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2021</a>. The department does not routinely publish this breakdown at local authority level. However, figures for all foster placements by local authority are published in the underlying data table ‘CLA on 31 March by characteristics – LA’ in the same statistical release.</p><p>The latest figures on all looked after children are published at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2633329b-cbbf-448a-8c3d-39091a1c5aa5</a>.</p><p>Full information on the former placement arrangements of children looked after who are in a relative or friend foster placement is not held in the form requested and would incur a disproportionate cost to provide this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 83441 83442 83443 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:18:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 83441_83442_83443_83444_looked_after_children_table.xls title 83441_83442_83443_83444_table
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes