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1026695

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	What recent discussions he has had with directors of children’s services on their ability to fulfil their statutory duties.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	908224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I regularly meet Directors of Children’s Services (DCS), and we have full and frank conversations on the delivery of children’s services. For example, just last week we met DCSs from Yorkshire and London. I understand the challenges facing the sector and I will continue to work with local government colleagues, particularly in advance of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/12/2018 16:51:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1025301

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the educational outcomes for children with pathological demand avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not assessed the educational outcomes of children and young people who have had a health diagnosis of pathological demand avoidance (PDA) as a distinct group.</p><p>The department collects data on the educational outcomes of children identified as having special educational needs in comparison to children without special needs. Where individual children and young people with PDA have been identified as having a special educational need, they will be captured via these data collections.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:03:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025302

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 ensure that children with complex needs are able to obtain a place in a school appropriate for their needs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Children with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) usually have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. The SEND Code of Practice sets out the rights of parents and young people to request the school of their choice when a final EHC plan is issued.</p><p>Local authorities must name that school in the EHC plan unless it would not be suitable for the pupil’s age, ability, aptitude or SEND, or unless the attendance of the pupil there would be incompatible with the efficient education of others or the efficient use of resources. A school named in an EHC plan has a statutory duty to admit the child or young person.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to keep local provision for children and young people with SEND and their families under review to ensure that it continues to meet local needs. This would include the provision of sufficient school places that can support pupils with SEND.</p><p>The department has allocated £365 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 must consult with local stakeholders to decide how best to spend their allocation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:07:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025303

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 local authorities which have seen a significant rise in the number of children with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced in a written ministerial statement on Monday 17 December that we will provide additional high needs funding to all local authorities, totalling £250 million over 2018-19 and 2019-20. This brings the total allocated for children and young people with more complex special educational needs and disabilities to £6.1 billion this year, up by over £1 billion from the £5 billion allocated in 2013. This additional investment will help to support local councils manage the increasing costs of provision for these pupils and students.</p><p>​We have also announced a further £100 million top-up to the Special Provision Capital Fund in 2019-20 to take our total investment to £365 million across 2018-21. This additional funding will give more children access to a good school or college place and pay for more state-of-the-art facilities, such as sensory rooms and specialist equipment.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:21:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1025317

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Temporary Accommodation
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 provide additional educational support for schoolchildren who are housed in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>We know moving into temporary accommodation can mean changing schools, which is strongly associated with poorer attainment. We provide schools with extra resources to ensure all pupils, regardless of their home circumstances, have the educational support they require and can go as far as their talent and hard work will take them. We are spending over £2.4 billion this year through the pupil premium to support disadvantaged pupils, which may include those housed in temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 16:58:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1025320

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
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 12 December 2018 to Question 198762 on Children: Protection, what cross-cutting factors his Department has identified as affecting trends in the level of demand for children's services.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	202295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The most common factors that present themselves in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse, neglect and mental health. Data on this is available in Tables B3 and C3 of statistical release ‘Characteristics of children in need 2017-18’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 16:34:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1025323

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he provides to local authorities on the time they should take to make an Education, Health and Care needs assessment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice sets out the statutory timescales and decision points for the process of education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment and plan development (paragraphs 9.39 to 9.44 in the attached document).</p><p>The maximum time for the whole assessment process to be completed is 20 weeks. There are limited exceptions to this timescale, for example if exceptional personal circumstances affect the child or young person or their family, or if the child or young person is absent from the area for at least four weeks.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 14:50:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name SEND_Code_of_Practice_January_2015.pdf title SEND_code_of_practice_January_2015
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1025330

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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 many children were referred to children’s social care services in the last five years to 1 April 2018; and how much funding local authorities received to provide those services over that time period.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	202293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of children referred to children’s social care, England, 2013-14 to 2017-18:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of children referred</p></td><td><p>570,790</p></td><td><p>553,500</p></td><td><p>547,330</p></td><td><p>571,000</p></td><td><p>581,280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Characteristics of children in need: 2017 to 2018, Table A1, found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Funding made available to local authorities is largely not ring-fenced, enabling local authorities to target spending according to local needs.</p><p>Over the five year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20 councils will have had access to more than £200 billion, after last month’s budget.</p><p>At the Autumn Budget the government announced over £1 billion of extra funding for local authorities, this year and next, to help them deliver the services their communities need and support their most vulnerable residents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 16:38:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1025335

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent in each local authority on pupil premium plus in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18; and how much of that spending was on pupil premium plus for (i) looked after children, (ii) former looked after children who are on special guardianship orders, (iii) former looked after children who are on child arrangements orders and (iv) former looked after children who have been placed for adoption or adopted.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	202299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The pupil premium plus funding, including both looked after and formerly looked after children for the relevant years, can be found in the published tables using the links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 17:15:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1024774

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Healthy Schools Rating Scheme
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 11 December 2018 to Question 198194 on Schools: Food, (a) what the timetable is for his Department's interaction with stakeholders and schools and (b) from which industries his Department plans to identify stakeholders.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	202073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>We remain committed to delivering the healthy schools rating scheme in a way that makes the most of existing resources available to schools. We have met with a wide range of stakeholders, as well as a number of interested suppliers, to discuss the best way to deliver the scheme. We are preparing our scheme based on testing and stakeholder feedback, and will continue to work with stakeholders across government, the food sector and charitable organisations. We will share more information shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/12/2018 18:46:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson