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1353809

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2021 to Question 35600 on Special Educational Needs, what funding and support is being provided to local authorities unable to meet their statutory duties in respect of Education, Health, Care plans.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	45160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The department funds a range of support to help local authorities meet their statutory duties including the opportunity to work with expert special education needs and disability (SEND) advisers, and/or the provision of specialist support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support. Depending on the underlying issues that a local authority faces, we may also draw in support from NHS England advisers. Additionally, we also fund and provide sector led, peer to peer, or regional support to address issues common in specific areas or regions.</p><p>This year councils have access to £51.2 billion to deliver their core services, including children's services. The government has also provided an additional £6 billion of funding directly to councils to support them with the immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 spending pressures, including children's services.</p><p>Furthermore, high needs funding will increase by £780 million, or 9.6%, in financial year 2022-23, following an increase of more than £1.5 billion over the previous two years. This will bring the total high needs budget to £8.9 billion, an increase of over a third since financial year 2019-20.</p><p>We will continue to work with other government departments, including the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to ensure the upcoming spending review reflects the needs of children’s services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/09/2021 16:09:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1353836

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Sure Start centres that have (a) closed and (b) reduced the services they provide in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	45140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities as of 31 August 2021, the<ins class="ministerial"> attached table</ins> <del class="ministerial">linked database</del> sets out the number of Sure Start children’s centres sites that have closed in Coventry North East constituency, Coventry, the West Midlands and England since 2010<del class="ministerial">: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a></del>[1]. The Department does not routinely collect data on the services provided by children’s centres. This data is held at a local level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities on the number of children’s centres in their area to Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database about the location of <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> and internal management information held by the department as of 31 August 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers and could change again in future since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/09/2021 14:33:41 question first ministerially corrected 15/10/2021 12:30:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name PQ 45140 table.xlsx title Table_showing_centres_closed_PQ45140 previous answer version 20167 answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford answering member 4674
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1354584

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he made of the effectiveness of the Wellbeing for Education Return scheme in academic year 2020-21; and how much funding been allocated to the city of York under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	46999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Wellbeing for Education Return programme ran from August 2020 to March 2021 and funded local authorities to provide free expert training, support, and resources for school staff to help them understand and respond to the mental wellbeing issues faced by children and young people as a result of the additional pressures they have faced in the last year. Formal reporting to the Department for Education was not a condition of the Section 31 Grant to local authorities. However, we asked local authorities to provide management information to understand their intended delivery of the programme, reach and impact and wider qualitative information.</p><p>From the information provided, it has been estimated that:</p><ul><li>Local experts from 96% of England’s local authority areas attended interactive training on delivering Wellbeing for Education Return support and resources into schools and colleges.</li><li>The training reached up to 12,000 schools and colleges[1] with free expert training, support and resources for staff dealing with children and young people experiencing additional pressures from the last year, including trauma, anxiety, or grief.</li></ul><p>Some local areas also conducted their own local evaluations of the programme and further information about specific areas delivery plans may be available by contacting the relevant local authority.</p><p>The Grant Determination Letter for Wellbeing for Education Return, including each local authorities funding allocation can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/909607/LA_Grant_Determination_Letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/909607/LA_Grant_Determination_Letter.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This figure has been generated from our Wellbeing for Education Return (WER) Management Information 4 collection sent out to local authority WER leads in March 2021. The figure was calculated as a total of the estimated number of education settings each responding local authority said they had delivered training to as a result of, or using some materials provided by, WER. This includes both live and recorded sessions. The figure is based on a return rate of 80% which equates to 122 local authorities out of a total of 151 who were sent the Management Information Return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 47002 47003 question first answered 20/09/2021 16:04:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354585

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teaching staff and (b) support staff were trained in the city of York as a result of Wellbeing for Education Return scheme funding in academic year 2020-21; and what training those people received.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>In August 2020, we provided £8 million for the Wellbeing for Education Return programme to support staff working in schools and colleges to respond to the additional mental health and wellbeing challenges as a direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>National training materials were created with input from heath partners, mental health experts, local authorities, and schools and colleges. Funding was distributed to each upper tier local authority in England to recruit local experts to offer additional training and support to nominated staff in local schools and colleges. The national training resources can be found here: <a href="https://www.minded.org.uk/Catalogue/Index?HierarchyId=0_48943_49165&amp;programmeId=48943" target="_blank">https://www.minded.org.uk/Catalogue/Index?HierarchyId=0_48943_49165&amp;programmeId=48943</a>.</p><p>Local experts from 96% of England’s local authority areas, including the City of York, attended interactive training on delivering Wellbeing for Education Return materials and support into schools and colleges. It was then for local authorities to determine how best to use the training materials and funding in their local areas, and we do not hold information specifically on how many teaching staff, or support staff were trained in the City of York.</p><p>Overall, information from local authorities indicates that up to 12,000 schools and colleges[1] in England received additional free expert training, support and resources for staff dealing with children and young people experiencing additional pressures from the last year, including trauma, anxiety, or grief.</p><p>Most local areas also confirmed they tailored their support to meet the specific needs of local schools and colleges, offering interactive online training sessions and follow up support on key themes to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff, pupils and students.</p><p>[1] This figure has been generated from our Wellbeing for Education Return Management Information 4 collection sent out to local authority leads in March 2021. The figure was calculated as a total of the estimated number of education settings each responding local authority said they had delivered training to as a result of, or using some materials provided by, Wellbeing for Education Return. This includes both live and recorded sessions. The figure is based on a return rate of 80% which equates to 122 local authorities out of a total of 151 who were sent the Management Information Return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2021 16:10:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354586

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he made of the number and proportion of young people requiring mental health support at (a) primary school and (b) secondary school in (i) York and (ii) nationally.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Mental health and wellbeing are a priority for the government. Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, we have prioritised keeping schools open above all else, as long as it was safe to do so, because it is so vital for children and young people’s wellbeing, as well as their education.</p><p>We are working across government to understand the data and evidence on mental health support, as it emerges. Public Health England is publishing surveillance reports on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on children and young people’s mental health. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report/7-children-and-young-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report/7-children-and-young-people</a>.</p><p>We do not make local estimates of need. Nationally, in July 2020, our updated NHS mental health survey suggested that the proportion of 5-16s with a ‘probable diagnosable mental health [issue]’ had risen to 1 in 6 (from 1 in 9 in 2017) with an increase seen in both boys and girls and across age groups.</p><p>The support needs that these children will have will vary from case to case. We are taking action to increase specialist support and to support schools to understand and respond to need. This includes a £79 million boost to children and young people’s mental health support which we announced in March and will increase the number of Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges to around 400, covering approximately 35% of pupils in England by 2023.</p><p>We have put in place a wide range of training and guidance to help schools and colleges to understand the issues and how to respond effectively, including when to seek specialist support. We have invested £7 million into our Wellbeing for Education Recovery programme, enabling local authorities to continue supporting schools and colleges until the autumn, as they rethink their curriculum and pastoral care provision to meet ongoing mental health wellbeing needs. Backed by £9.5 million, from the autumn, we will be offering 7,800 schools and colleges in England grants to train a senior mental health lead in their setting. The training will equip senior mental health leads with the knowledge and skills to implement effective processes for identifying students, or specific groups, who need additional mental health support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2021 15:57:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354587

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what indicators and metrics are used by his Department to monitor and evaluate the impact of the Wellbeing for Education Return scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Wellbeing for Education Return programme ran from August 2020 to March 2021 and funded local authorities to provide free expert training, support, and resources for school staff to help them understand and respond to the mental wellbeing issues faced by children and young people as a result of the additional pressures they have faced in the last year. Formal reporting to the Department for Education was not a condition of the Section 31 Grant to local authorities. However, we asked local authorities to provide management information to understand their intended delivery of the programme, reach and impact and wider qualitative information.</p><p>From the information provided, it has been estimated that:</p><ul><li>Local experts from 96% of England’s local authority areas attended interactive training on delivering Wellbeing for Education Return support and resources into schools and colleges.</li><li>The training reached up to 12,000 schools and colleges[1] with free expert training, support and resources for staff dealing with children and young people experiencing additional pressures from the last year, including trauma, anxiety, or grief.</li></ul><p>Some local areas also conducted their own local evaluations of the programme and further information about specific areas delivery plans may be available by contacting the relevant local authority.</p><p>The Grant Determination Letter for Wellbeing for Education Return, including each local authorities funding allocation can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/909607/LA_Grant_Determination_Letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/909607/LA_Grant_Determination_Letter.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This figure has been generated from our Wellbeing for Education Return (WER) Management Information 4 collection sent out to local authority WER leads in March 2021. The figure was calculated as a total of the estimated number of education settings each responding local authority said they had delivered training to as a result of, or using some materials provided by, WER. This includes both live and recorded sessions. The figure is based on a return rate of 80% which equates to 122 local authorities out of a total of 151 who were sent the Management Information Return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 46999 47003 question first answered 20/09/2021 16:04:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354588

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the demand and availability of mental health and wellbeing support under the Wellbeing for Education Return scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Wellbeing for Education Return programme ran from August 2020 to March 2021 and funded local authorities to provide free expert training, support, and resources for school staff to help them understand and respond to the mental wellbeing issues faced by children and young people as a result of the additional pressures they have faced in the last year. Formal reporting to the Department for Education was not a condition of the Section 31 Grant to local authorities. However, we asked local authorities to provide management information to understand their intended delivery of the programme, reach and impact and wider qualitative information.</p><p>From the information provided, it has been estimated that:</p><ul><li>Local experts from 96% of England’s local authority areas attended interactive training on delivering Wellbeing for Education Return support and resources into schools and colleges.</li><li>The training reached up to 12,000 schools and colleges[1] with free expert training, support and resources for staff dealing with children and young people experiencing additional pressures from the last year, including trauma, anxiety, or grief.</li></ul><p>Some local areas also conducted their own local evaluations of the programme and further information about specific areas delivery plans may be available by contacting the relevant local authority.</p><p>The Grant Determination Letter for Wellbeing for Education Return, including each local authorities funding allocation can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/909607/LA_Grant_Determination_Letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/909607/LA_Grant_Determination_Letter.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This figure has been generated from our Wellbeing for Education Return (WER) Management Information 4 collection sent out to local authority WER leads in March 2021. The figure was calculated as a total of the estimated number of education settings each responding local authority said they had delivered training to as a result of, or using some materials provided by, WER. This includes both live and recorded sessions. The figure is based on a return rate of 80% which equates to 122 local authorities out of a total of 151 who were sent the Management Information Return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 46999 47002 question first answered 20/09/2021 16:04:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354598

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Food
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 pupils who had received free school meals by the end of the 2020-21 summer term in York; and how many of those pupils were in receipt of food support during the 2021 school summer holidays through their (a) school and (b) local authority.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The number of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) in England is published as part of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2021</a>.</p><p>The number of pupils eligible for and claiming FSM in the York local authority in January 2021 is 3,349.</p><p>This data includes pupils at state-funded nursery and primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and free schools.</p><p>The Department for Education funded Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, which has provided healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children, has been expanded to every local authority across England this year, backed by up to £220 million. It builds on previous programmes, including last summer’s, which supported around 50,000 children across 17 local authorities.</p><p>York Council has been allocated a maximum of £436,010 to deliver HAF programmes over Easter, summer and Christmas 2021.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions have also distributed further funding through the Covid Local Support Grant which supports the hardest hit families and individuals with food and essential utility costs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2021 16:13:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354613

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	After School Clubs and Holiday Play Schemes: Disability
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 to improve the provision of specialist after-school and holiday clubs for children with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	47022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that after-school and holiday clubs play an important role in providing enriching activities for children, including those with disabilities, as well as being a valuable source of additional childcare for working parents and carers.</p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, vulnerable children, such as those with disabilities, have been prioritised for attendance at after-school, holiday clubs and other out-of-school settings. All children are now able to attend these settings without restrictions on the reasons for which they may attend, and we have provided updated COVID-19 guidance for providers to enable them to run their provision as safely as possible. This guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/covid-19-actions-for-out-of-school-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/covid-19-actions-for-out-of-school-settings</a>.</p><p>Where parents are still finding it difficult to access sufficient childcare, we recommend that they contact their local authority’s family information services. Local authorities are required by legislation to secure sufficient free early years provision and paid-for childcare places, so far as is reasonably practicable, for working parents, or parents who are studying or training for employment, for children aged 0-14.</p><p>We have also published safeguarding guidance for out-of-school settings , available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-out-of-school-settings-code-of-practice/keeping-children-safe-during-community-activities-after-school-clubs-and-tuition-non-statutory-guidance-for-providers-running-out-of-school-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-out-of-school-settings-code-of-practice/keeping-children-safe-during-community-activities-after-school-clubs-and-tuition-non-statutory-guidance-for-providers-running-out-of-school-settings</a>. This guidance outlines the policies and procedures that providers should have in place to promote the welfare of the children attending them. This includes specific advice for providers that cater for children with special educational needs and disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2021 16:07:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1354888

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the National Deaf Children's Society on (a) supporting Education, Health and Care plans and (b) ensuring teaching staff are supported to provide quality education to children who are deaf.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	48391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>We seek to involve a broad range of stakeholders in the development, delivery and communication of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) policy.</p><p>This includes the SEND Review, which is looking at ways to make sure the SEND system is consistent, high quality, and integrated across education, health and care. The review has gathered views from a very wide range of partners, including parents and carers, children and young people, people and organisations working with and providing support to them, and system leaders. We are continuing to work with a range of partners to develop proposals for consultation as soon as possible.</p><p>More broadly, the department provides support to local authorities to meet their statutory responsibilities in relation to education, health and care plans (EHCPs). This includes delivering a training programme to local authorities, health, and social care staff on their statutory duties for EHCPs and reviews.</p><p>The department is also supporting teaching staff to provide effective support to children and young people with SEND, including those with sensory impairments. This includes the framework of core initial teacher training (ITT) content, published by the department in July 2016, which includes specific content on how ITT providers should equip teacher trainees to support pupils with SEND.</p><p>The performance of all teachers in maintained schools must be assessed every year against the Teachers' Standards which sets out that teachers must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs, and that they must be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.</p><p>Alongside this, through our contract with the National Association for Special Educational Needs, the department has funded the Whole School SEND consortium to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching for all children and young people with SEND, including specialist resources in relation to sensory impairments. The funding in the 2021-22 financial year will bring the total funding for this contract to over £8 million since 2018.</p><p>Finally, to teach a class of hearing or vision impaired pupils, qualified teachers must hold, or be working towards completing, the mandatory qualification for children with hearing or vision impairments that has been approved by the Secretary of State for Education. This is set out in the School Teachers' Qualifications Regulations 2003, Section 6: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662/pdfs/uksi_20031662_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662/pdfs/uksi_20031662_en.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2021 16:54:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater