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1043021

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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 steps he is taking to support the improvement of local authority-run services for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	209746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act (2014) introduced a range of additional duties for local authorities in relation to services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>We have invested heavily in training and support for local authorities to take on their new responsibilities and improve their services. This includes funding training and resources on education, health and care planning; leadership skills; joint commissioning of services; and effectively engaging with children, young people and their families to deliver a service that meets their needs. We are also working with IPSEA (Independent Parental Special Education Advice) to deliver legal training for local authorities on the implications of the SEND reforms, and are funding peer support via a network of local authority regional coordinators.</p><p>High needs funding has risen by £1 billion since 2013, to just under £6 billion this year and on 17 December 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced additional high needs funding for local authorities of £125 million in 2018-19 and £125 million in 2019-20 to help local councils manage the increasing costs of provision for children and young people with SEND. He also announced a further £100 million top-up to the special provision capital fund for in 2019-20, to take the total investment to £365 million across 2018 to 2021. This will help local authorities invest in improved facilities and additional school and college places for children and young people with SEND.</p><p>Since May 2016, we have been funding Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to inspect local areas (the local authority and relevant commissioning health bodies) on how they are fulfilling their duties for children and young people with SEND. All 152 areas will be inspected over 5 years and where weaknesses are identified by the inspectors, areas are being supported by the Department for Education and NHS England regional SEND advisers to develop and implement an improvement plan known as a written statement of action (WSOA). Inspections are identifying a wide range of strengths, as well as areas for improvements and are acting as a real driver for change. Revisits by Ofsted and the CQC to those areas with a WSOA are helping to ensure than momentum is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 15:23:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1043094

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Nottinghamshire
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 in Nottinghamshire with individual education, health and care plans whose schools have yet to receive the additional funding needed for their implementation; and how long on average schools have waited to receive that funding in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are legally required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable them to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, by up to £6,000, in their base budgets.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This funding comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. Whilst many pupils who are in receipt of this top-up funding do have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, it is not a requirement for them to have one; nor is there a requirement that every pupil with an EHC plan should receive top-up funding. The allocation of this top-up funding is a matter between the local authority and the school, and the department does not collect information on when schools are allocated funding by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 12:56:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1043095

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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, how long on average it has taken for an education, health and care plan for a special needs child to be put in place from the date of initial request for assessment for such a plan in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the average length of time it takes for an education, health and care (EHC) plan to be put in place from the date of initial request for assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Of the new EHC plans made during the 2017 calendar year (excluding cases where exceptions apply), 64.9% were issued within the 20-week time limit, an increase from 58.6% in 2016. When including cases where exceptions apply, 61.3% were issued within the 20-week time limit, an increase from 55.7% in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>More information on can be found in ‘Statements of special educational needs and EHC plans: England, 2018’</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 15:31:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1043096

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education, health and care plans are in place in Nottinghamshire schools; and how many were in place in each of the two previous academic years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	209764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs, including the type of need, in the annual ‘Special educational needs in England’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of pupils with a statement or education, health and care plan, based on where the child attends school by local authority, can be found in a time series in the 'Special educational needs in England – January 2018: local authority tables, table 12'.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 13:00:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1043174

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Frontline
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 effectiveness of Frontline in improving retention rates among children’s social workers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	209849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Frontline participants are more likely to enter child and family social work than those qualifying through university based social work courses. Frontline select these high performing graduates for their aptitude to perform challenging child protection social work roles, and for their leadership potential. The first cohort of Frontline participants completed the programme in 2016. We have commissioned an independent evaluation of Frontline to assess long-term impacts.[1][2]</p><p> </p><p>[1] Frontline Impact report 2018, p9: “87% of Frontline participants remain in children’s social work 6 months after completing the programme.”</p><p><a href="https://thefrontline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Frontline-Impact-Report-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://thefrontline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Frontline-Impact-Report-2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[2] Skills for Care analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data, social work education 2018, p2: “Around 74% of qualifiers in 2016/17 were employed as social workers within six months of graduation.”</p><p><a href="https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/NMDS-SC-intelligence/Workforce-intelligence/documents/Social-Work-Education-in-England.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/NMDS-SC-intelligence/Workforce-intelligence/documents/Social-Work-Education-in-England.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 13:56:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1042306

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many speech and language therapists work in virtual schools.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	209276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/01/2019 11:14:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1041617

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much central government funding was allocated to local authority children and young people’s services in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018; and what proportion of that funding was allocated to early help services in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	208743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>As children’s services are delivered through local government, the vast majority of their funding comes through the local government finance settlement (LGFS).</p><p>Over the 5 year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20, councils have access, through the LGFS, to over £200 billion to deliver local services. This core spending power, £43.7 billion in 2016-17, £44.3 billion in 2017-18 and £45.1 billion in 2018-19, is un-ring fenced and it is for local authorities to determine spend across different areas according to local priorities, including children’s and early help services.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/01/2019 17:00:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1041778

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the siblings of children with life threatening and terminal conditions are identified as young carers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	208947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting young carers - to improve their health and wellbeing, and to protect them from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities. Since April 2015, all young carers are entitled to an assessment of their needs for support, under Section 17 of the Children Act (1989).</p><p>The ‘carers action plan’, a two-year programme of tailored work to support unpaid carers of all ages, aims to improve the identification of young carers; improving their educational opportunities and outcomes; providing support to young carers, particularly to vulnerable children; and improving access to services. The plan can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020</a>.</p><p>In December 2016 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published the guidelines ‘End of life care for infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions: planning and management’. The guidance emphasises the need to be aware that siblings will need support to cope with: their brother's or sister's condition and death, and the effects of their parents' or carers' grieving. This may include social, practical, psychological and spiritual support. The guidance can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng61" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng61</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education provides schools with £2.4 billion each year in additional funding through the pupil premium to support disadvantaged pupils; each eligible pupil attracts £1,320 to primary schools and £935 to secondary schools. Eligibility for the pupil premium is based largely on current or past claims for free school meals. Some research with young carers aged 14 to 16 suggested that around 60% already attract the pupil premium through their eligibility for free school meals.</p><p>We expect schools to make effective use of their pupil premium and do not tell them how to use it - schools know their pupils best and will spend the grant to meet pupil needs, which may include needs arising from a caring role. Schools are held to account for their pupil premium use through school inspection and information in performance tables, and most schools are required to publish details about their pupil premium strategy and its impact.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 208948 question first answered 21/01/2019 11:21:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1041779

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding the Government provides to support the siblings of children with palliative care needs who meet the definition of being young carers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	208948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting young carers - to improve their health and wellbeing, and to protect them from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities. Since April 2015, all young carers are entitled to an assessment of their needs for support, under Section 17 of the Children Act (1989).</p><p>The ‘carers action plan’, a two-year programme of tailored work to support unpaid carers of all ages, aims to improve the identification of young carers; improving their educational opportunities and outcomes; providing support to young carers, particularly to vulnerable children; and improving access to services. The plan can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020</a>.</p><p>In December 2016 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published the guidelines ‘End of life care for infants, children and young people with life-limiting conditions: planning and management’. The guidance emphasises the need to be aware that siblings will need support to cope with: their brother's or sister's condition and death, and the effects of their parents' or carers' grieving. This may include social, practical, psychological and spiritual support. The guidance can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng61" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng61</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education provides schools with £2.4 billion each year in additional funding through the pupil premium to support disadvantaged pupils; each eligible pupil attracts £1,320 to primary schools and £935 to secondary schools. Eligibility for the pupil premium is based largely on current or past claims for free school meals. Some research with young carers aged 14 to 16 suggested that around 60% already attract the pupil premium through their eligibility for free school meals.</p><p>We expect schools to make effective use of their pupil premium and do not tell them how to use it - schools know their pupils best and will spend the grant to meet pupil needs, which may include needs arising from a caring role. Schools are held to account for their pupil premium use through school inspection and information in performance tables, and most schools are required to publish details about their pupil premium strategy and its impact.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 208947 question first answered 21/01/2019 11:21:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1041780

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to primary schools seeking to achieve the goals set out for the PE and Sports Premium who wish to use that premium to buy equipment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	208949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s full guidance for the use of PE and Sport Premium can be viewed online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools</a>.</p><p>The guidance is clear that primary schools have considerable freedom to use the PE and Sport Premium in the way which will best meet the needs of their pupils. It cannot be used to fund capital expenditure, but the department does not set the capitalisation policy for each school. School business managers, school accountants and their auditors are best placed to advise on school’s agreed capitalisation policy, and how it relates to the purchase of sport equipment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/01/2019 16:14:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones