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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

909347

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Rotherham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) all children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a good level of development at the age of five in Rotherham constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	146872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is in the attached table<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 13:30:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 146872_children_achieving_good_level_of_development_in_EY.docx title children_achieving_good_level_of_development_in_EY
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

909530

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is a zero tolerance approach to sexual assault and harassment by staff of students in schools.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	146832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>All children, from whatever background and no matter what challenges they face, deserve a safe environment in which they can learn.</p><p>The Teachers’ Standards 2012 state that teachers, as part of their professional duties, should safeguard children’s wellbeing.</p><p>Statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), sets out that governing bodies and proprietors should ensure policies/procedures are in place for appropriate action to be taken to safeguard and promote children’s welfare. This includes a staff behaviour policy (code of conduct). When drafting staff behaviour policies, consideration should be given to Section 16 of The Sexual Offences Act 2003, whereby it is an offence for a person aged 18 or over to have a sexual relationship with a child under 18 where that person is in a position of trust to the child.</p><p>All staff should undergo safeguarding/child protection training at induction and know of the systems in their school or college that support safeguarding. This training should be regularly updated.</p><p>Part 4 of KCSIE provides detailed advice on managing allegations of abuse made against teachers and other staff. Where a person is dismissed or the employer ceases to use the person’s service, or the person resigns, schools and colleges have a legal duty to refer to the Disclosure and Barring Service anyone who has harmed, or poses a risk of harm to a child or vulnerable adult, for consideration of whether to bar the person from working with children. In cases involving teaching staff, schools also have a duty to consider a referral the Teaching Regulation Agency to consider prohibiting the individual from teaching.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:06:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

909560

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Recruitment
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 cost to the public purse of advertising careers in the childcare and early education sector in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	146948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>There has been advertising expenditure in relation to promoting the Early Years Initial Teacher Training route. Expenditure in the last three years, was as follows:</p><ul><li>2016-17: £36,000</li><li>2015-16: £78,500</li><li>2014-15: £53,616</li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:37:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

909562

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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, how much his Department spent on advertising and marketing the 30 hours of free childcare policy in the (a) Autumn 2017, (b) Spring 2018 and (c) Summer 2018 term.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	146949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>As of the 30 April 2018, we have spent £240,771.05 on advertising and marketing the 30 hours free childcare offer. This includes social media advertising, flyers and hosting information about the offer on the Childcare Choices website – <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:30:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

909572

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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, if he will meet with the National Deaf Children’s Society to discuss the Society’s recent research finding that over a third of local authorities are cutting funding from deaf children’s education.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	146815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards attended the All Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness on 12 March and recently met with the Chief Executive of the National Deaf Children’s Society to understand the challenges facing children and young people with hearing impairments.</p><p> </p><p>Officials will explore the findings of this research with the National Deaf Children's Society, as members of the National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP), to ensure schools have access to the support they need to support pupils with sensory impairments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:14:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

909028

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Intercountry Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support families in adopting children from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	146188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education provides a service to process intercountry adoption cases in accordance with the legislative framework. We provide prospective adopters with information and guidance on the intercountry process but do not provide legal advice on individual cases and independent legal advice may need to be obtained. Prospective adopters habitually resident in the UK, who wish to undertake an intercountry adoption need to be assessed and approved by a registered adoption agency, which will support them through the process.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the intercountry adoption process can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-adoption/adopting-a-child-from-overseas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-adoption/adopting-a-child-from-overseas</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 10:22:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson