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988901

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many recipients of free school meals there have been in Liverpool in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	180172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>For 2018, the number and percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals by local authority can be found in Tables 8a to 8e, in the Schools pupils and their characteristics 2018 - LA tables of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2018’ statistical release.</p><p> </p><p>Information for earlier years (from 2008 onwards) can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/10/2018 14:26:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

984541

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children living in social care died by suicide in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	177282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Figures on looked after children who died in each year can be found in Table D1 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a> but the cause of each death is not collected.</p><p>The number of reviews of child deaths with a category of ‘suicide or deliberate self-inflicted harm’ for the year ending 31 March 2017 is given in Table 4 of the statistical release ‘Child death reviews: year ending 31 March 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-death-reviews-year-ending-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-death-reviews-year-ending-31-march-2017</a> but this is not limited to looked after children.</p><p>We recognise that this is a very serious issue, and we are piloting new approaches to the assessment of mental health needs that looked-after children receive on entry to care – ensuring that their individual needs are understood and at the centre of the process. Up to 10 sites across the country will benefit from a share of £650,000 to deliver this scheme. The expression of interest for pilots went live 24 September and the deadline for applications is set for noon 19 October. We welcome the appointment of Jackie Doyle Price as suicide prevention minister.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/10/2018 13:34:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

932331

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Occupational Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps with the Department for Health and Social Care to establish locally agreed referral processes to enable (a) sixth form schools and (b) higher education institutions to access occupational therapy for students.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	158740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Referral pathways for occupational therapy are agreed by local commissioners, based on local need, reflecting the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and other relevant commissioning guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Children and Families Act 2014, the Department for Education requires local authorities and their partner commissioning bodies to make arrangements to work together to meet the education, health and care needs of children and young people (0-25 years old) who have special educational needs and disabilities, who may be in need of occupational therapy. The Department for Education, and Department for Health and Social Care are working with NHS England, local authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and other partners to support local bodies to work together to jointly commission services to meet individual needs of children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Sixth form colleges have duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 to co-operate with local authorities in the provision of services and use their best endeavours to support young people where additional needs have been identified.</p><p> </p><p>As autonomous and independent organisations, it is for Higher Education Institutions to determine what therapy services they need to provide to their students. Each institution will be best placed to identify the needs of their particular student body, including taking actions in line with any legal responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are in the process of introducing a University Mental Health Charter, backed by the government and led by the sector. This will drive up standards in promoting student and staff mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/07/2018 15:51:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

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

869462

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its proposals on increasing the number of early years teachers in disadvantaged areas.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	133976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>We are considering a range of approaches to supporting graduates in the early years workforce, including in disadvantaged areas and their feasibility. This work is still underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/03/2018 15:38:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

869463

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training places have been (a) available and (b) unfilled for early years teachers in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	133977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no supply model to determine the number of early years teachers required and there is not a target set for recruitment of such teachers.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to make early years initial teacher training places available based on demand as evidence shows that the quality of early years provision is higher when led by specially trained graduates.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental statistics on new entrants to early years initial teacher training for the academic year 2017/18 are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/03/2018 16:36:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

869474

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of nurseries which have employed (a) one and (b) more than one Early Years Teacher in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	133988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Early Years Teacher Status was introduced in 2013. Therefore, we do not hold information dating back to 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers England (2013) did not collect data on Early Years Teachers, but did record the overall number of practitioners qualified to level 6 (degree level) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/355075/SFR33_2014_Main_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/355075/SFR33_2014_Main_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The next wave of the Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers England conducted in 2016 included a new question to collect information on those holding Early Years Teacher Status (Figure 4.6) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2016</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/03/2018 16:20:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

861095

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allocate funding for the training of educational psychologists after 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	132244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The educational psychologist workforce is critical to identifying special educational needs and their contribution is a mandatory requirement in the assessment process of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. Educational psychologists also provide essential wider support to schools including in relation to mental health, personal, health and social education, and major incident support for children in their communities.</p><p> </p><p>Funding levels for training for Educational Psychologists for 2020-21 and beyond will be decided as part of future Spending Reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Children and Families would welcome the opportunity to meet with Association of Educational Psychologists in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132430 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:40:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

861281

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Association of Educational Psychologists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to meet representatives of the Association of Educational Psychologists.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	132430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The educational psychologist workforce is critical to identifying special educational needs and their contribution is a mandatory requirement in the assessment process of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. Educational psychologists also provide essential wider support to schools including in relation to mental health, personal, health and social education, and major incident support for children in their communities.</p><p> </p><p>Funding levels for training for Educational Psychologists for 2020-21 and beyond will be decided as part of future Spending Reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State for Children and Families would welcome the opportunity to meet with Association of Educational Psychologists in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132244 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:40:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

834370

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
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 30 January 2018 to Question 125058, how many educational psychologists were employed in each local authority in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	125990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The attached table provides the number of educational psychologists (EPs) that were reported as being directly employed by each local authority in November 2010 to November 2016. The list excludes local authorities where EP provision has been outsourced or the provision has been shared with other local authorities. It would also be open to academies and free schools to obtain their own provision.</p><p> </p><p>The figures may also undercount the actual number of EPs in England and do not provide a comparable national year-on-year series because it is based on a varying percentage of local authorities returns in each year (between 91 and 95 per cent).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/02/2018 17:43:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 125990 - table 050218.xlsx title Number of Educational Psychologists 2010-2016
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger