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910184

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Fostering in England 2016 to 2017: main findings, published by Ofsted on 29 March 2018, if he will publish the number of (a) foster places, (b) foster placements, and (c) placements not available in each local authority area for which figures were collected between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	147431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for Coventry South and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:34:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

910197

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
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 Regional Schools Commissioners on whether to consult with local hon. Members and multi-academy trusts with a relevant interest when brokering schools from a failing multi-academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	147348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>There is no formal guidance provided to Regional Schools Commissioners on the need to consult when re-brokering schools but we encourage transparency, listening exercises and communications with key stakeholders, which can include local MPs, to ensure that the department is in receipt of as much information as possible before deciding on a particular issue.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 09:09:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

910218

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
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 21 May 2018 to Question 144926 on Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments, if he will publish the (a) principal places of residence and (b) main employment and occupational sectors declared by applicants for Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	147465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We received 21 applications for the role of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. Of those, 20 completed diversity monitoring forms. A breakdown by principal places of residence and main employment and occupational sectors are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Principal places of residence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Main employment and occupational sectors</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private sector</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wider public sector</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third sector</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To protect personal information we have not provided more detailed geographic information on the candidates’ place of residence.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:10:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

910219

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123506, on Children's Centres: Closures, if he will publish the (a) name and (b) post-code of Sure Start centres that closed between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	147335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Since 18 September 2017, real-time data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities[1], the attached document provides details of the name and postcode of children’s centres that closed between 2010 and 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Councils are reconfiguring services to deliver them more efficiently. If a council decides to close a children’s centre, statutory guidance is clear that they should demonstrate that local children and families would not be adversely affected and local areas continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The list of children’s centres closed between 2010 and 2016 is based on information supplied by local authorities as at 24 May 2018 (8:30am). These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in the future, since local authorities may update the database at any time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:29:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 147335_Names_and_postcodes_of_childrens_centres__closed_2010-2016.pdf title Names_postcodes_of_childrens_centres_closed2010/16
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

910320

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childline: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Childline has sufficient funding.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	147354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The department is supporting the NSPCC through an £8 million grant over four years to 2020, as a contribution to funding Childline (a phone and online advice service for children) and the NSPCC’s National Helpline (for anyone with concerns or worries about a child).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 09:14:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

910368

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
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 23 May 2018 to Question 144964 on children's centres, if he will place a copy in the Library of his Department's clarification to the Science & Technology Committee referred to in that answer.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	147497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I have written to the Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee with a clarification. I would expect this letter to be published as part of the normal course of the inquiry. It should therefore be available to the House without the need for a copy to be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 16:02:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

910374

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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, pursuant to the answer of 23 May to Question 143823 on Children: Day Care, what scrutiny his Department undertakes on the effectiveness of IT systems procured by local authorities to support the 30 free hours of childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	147498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for defining and procuring 30 hours systems that best fit their needs and requirements. As these requirements vary across local authorities, the department does not provide scrutiny of these systems.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:32:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

910381

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that people in Barnsley with severe autism have local access to specialist schools and services without having to travel to Wakefield or Rotherham for such school and services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	147447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities must ensure there are sufficient good school places for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. If a local authority identifies a shortage of special school places for children and young people in its area, resulting in a significant number having to travel a long way to access an appropriate placement, it will need to consider creating or expanding specialist provision, either attached to mainstream schools or in special schools.</p><p>The department has allocated £215 million of capital funding (over and above basic need funding) to help build new places at mainstream and special schools, and to improve existing places to benefit current and future pupils. Local authorities, through consultation with local stakeholders, should decide how best to spend their allocation to meet local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:16:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

910382

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that specialist schools in Barnsley have sufficient resources to teach people who have severe autism.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	147448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the challenges that special schools face supporting pupils with high levels of need, that is why base funding is set at a much higher level of £10,000 per place. On top of this, local authorities provide top up funding to reflect additional need in respect of individual pupils. The level of the top-up funding is a matter for agreement between the local authority and the school, and we do not prescribe in detail how local authorities should allocate their high needs funding.</p><p> </p><p>To assist local authorities in making sure that special schools have sufficient resources, in 2018-19 we have provided Barnsley with £21.9 million in high needs funding, 3.1% more than they planned to spend in 2017-18. These allocations can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:20:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

910384

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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 children were taken into care in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	147303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of children entering the care system in the last 10 years is provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 10:13:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 147303_children_entering_care_system_in_the_last_10_years.pdf title 147303_children_entering_care_system_last_10_years
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms