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934940

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date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coastal Academies Trust: Children in Care
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 in response to the statement of the executive head of the Coastal Academies Trust that the trust will not be admitting out-of-county looked-after children without direction from the Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	161182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>The best needs of the child should always be front and centre of every decision and we are committed to ensuring that children who have been in care are supported to succeed in education and are admitted to school without delay. That is why the School Admissions Code requires all school admission authorities, including academies, to give the highest priority in their admissions criteria to looked-after and previously looked-after children.</p><p>Whilst we recognise that there can be challenges in school admissions for looked-after children, particularly, where they are placed out of their own areas, these placements play an important part of meeting the needs of children in care. This is an issue that the government takes incredibly seriously – and we want to reduce out-of-area placements and make sure children are properly protected and able to thrive.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with Directors of Children’s Services, who must approve any decision to move a child out of their home area, and we are supporting councils in London, so fewer children are placed in homes beyond their borders, which is backed by part of a £200 million programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/07/2018 12:43:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

935075

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools re-brokered by a Regional Schools Commissioner have been re-brokered to a member of a Regional Schools Commissioner head teacher board.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	161171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>From October 2014 when headteacher boards (HTB) came in, until the end of the financial year 2016/17, 17% of academies that moved trust, moved to a trust linked to an HTB member.[1] This figure also includes voluntary transfers, for example, where a standalone academy voluntarily joined an existing multi-academy trust.</p><p>It should be noted that HTB members must remove themselves from discussions of, and must not provide advice on, cases where they have a conflict of interest. The department’s published terms of reference for headteacher boards sets out a clear process for such cases.[2]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] This only includes HTB members elected or appointed in 2014, as the current cohort were elected or appointed in September 2017, after the cut off point of the data used, March 2017.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624689/HTB_Terms_of_Reference.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624689/HTB_Terms_of_Reference.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/07/2018 16:56:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

935079

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: 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 15 June 2018 to Question 152777 on Academies: Finance, which contentious connected party transactions were referred to the Education and Skills Funding Agency relating to (a) Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust, (b) Wakefield City Academies Trust and (c) Bright Tribe multi-academy trust; and what action was taken as a result of each referral.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	161173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>In adhering with accounting standards, academy trusts are required to disclose all related party transactions in their accounts, this being an illustration of the high levels of transparency that we require of academy trusts. There is no equivalent requirement for local authority schools to disclose such transactions, as they are not required to prepare or publish individual accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The referrals for both Bright Tribe and Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust are currently being assessed. The referral for Wakefield City Academies Trust has been considered and the trust has disclosed the transactions in their published accounts, available on the Companies House website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/07/2018 16:56:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

935082

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
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 March 2018 to Question 132609, what proportion of that funding to support trainees on the Graduate Employment Based route for Early Years ITT has been provided to (a) maintained nursery schools, (b) nursery classes in schools, (c) private and voluntary sector early years provision and (d) childminders.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	161174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally</p><p>Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) Providers are accredited to deliver EYITT training, working in partnerships with chosen nursery providers. EYITT providers receive relevant funding directly from the Department for Education and it is their responsibility to pass on the funding to their partner nursery providers in accordance with their own local agreements.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/07/2018 08:22:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

934732

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the number of children who are eligible for 30 hours free childcare in (a) the Bexleyheath and Crayford Constituency, (b) Bexley Borough and (c) London.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	160700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The government set out in the 2015 Spending Review that nationally we expect 390,000 children to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare. This figure is derived from national survey data taken in January and is an average across the year. Estimates at a regional and local authority level are not available due to the relatively small population that we are estimating within sub-national geographies.</p><p>We publish termly experimental statistics showing the number of children in a place. The most recent publication showed that 1,561 codes were issued in Bexley and that 1,113 children were in a 30 hours place in the summer term. Furthermore, at a regional level, 44,963 codes were issued in London and 37,286 children were in a 30 hours place.</p><p>Although we do not hold data at a constituency level, the full publication, which shows local authority and regional level breakdowns, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/07/2018 13:52:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

934822

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the provision of high quality social care services for disabled children throughout England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	160824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 July 2018 to Question 159051:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-29/159051/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-29/159051/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/07/2018 13:49:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

934140

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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 discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on investing in digital technologies to help integrate SEN children into mainstream schooling.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	160067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is interested in and aware of the opportunities technology presents throughout education, includingthe ways in which assistive technologies can support special educational needs (SEN) pupils, and is exploring how best to support schools in realising these opportunities.</p><p>Mainstream schools have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for children and young people who are disabled, which includes many of those who have SEN. This means that if pupils require specific technical equipment to enable them to access education on the same basis as their peers, schools must provide that equipment.</p><p>Decisions about investment in technologies for children and young people with SEN are made locally, by schools and local authorities.</p><p>Schools are expected to meet the first £6,000 of support for children with SEN from their budget. If costs are in excess of this amount, schools can apply to their local authority for top-up funding. Where a pupil has an Education, Health and Care plan, local authorities work with health and social care partners to deliver the special educational provision specified in the plan.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/07/2018 11:29:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

934263

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2018 to Question 146286 on Academies, if he will make it his policy to allow failing academy schools to be placed back into local authority control.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	160275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to consider returning schools back to local authorities. Indeed, as of March 2018 nearly 516,000 pupils now study in sponsored academies that are rated Good or Outstanding; they typically replaced underperforming maintained schools.</p><p>I firmly believe that becoming an academy can bring enormous benefits to schools and their pupils; coming together in a multi-academy trusts (MAT), sharing expertise, working collaboratively, driving improvements.</p><p>Hundreds of schools every year continue to voluntarily choose to become an academy and join a MAT.</p><p>The department is working on a range of methods and tools for building MAT capacity and assessing risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/07/2018 15:43:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

934358

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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, how many children were refused an Education, Health and Care assessment by a local authority in England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	160348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We publish the number of children who were refused an Education, Health and Care assessment by local authority in the annual statistics publication ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/07/2018 09:48:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

934360

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
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 potential merits of ensuring that funding for SEN pupils follows individual pupils.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	160349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The current arrangements for funding pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools were introduced in 2013. Local authorities are required to allocate funds to schools to a level that enables them to meet the additional cost of pupils with SEN up to £6,000 per annum. This ensures that funding follows pupils to the schools that provide their education and SEN support, and also that there are not perverse incentives for schools to label children as having SEN to attract funding for additional support that is not needed.</p><p>The new national funding formula for schools distributes the majority of funding to local authorities on the basis of pupil numbers and characteristics. Local authorities then fund schools under a local formula that allocates funding to schools based on their pupils and their characteristics. Factors such as the number of pupils with low attainment in the previous phase of their education act as a proxy for the level of SEN in a school. When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding follows the pupil for as long as they are at the school and require additional support at that level. Similarly, pupils with SEN in special schools also receive top-up funding from an authority’s high needs budget to cover costs in excess of special school place funding.</p><p>We continue to keep these arrangements under review to make sure that resources are directed where they are needed to support children and young people with SEN.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/07/2018 13:29:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith