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1019345

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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, what steps he is taking to support local leaders in delivering better outcomes for vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	198189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that all children, irrespective of background, have a fair chance to go as far as their talent and hard work will take them. Every child – including those from economically deprived backgrounds, with special educational needs, or who are in need of help and protection from children’s social care – should have the opportunity to achieve good outcomes. The government is working to ensure that local leaders are supported to provide these vulnerable children with the services they need to achieve well in education and, where necessary, to have a safe and stable home life.</p><p>To help school leaders support the most disadvantaged children, we have spent over £13 billion since 2011 – almost £2.4 billion this year alone – through the pupil premium to tackle educational inequality. In 2011 we established the Education Endowment Foundation with £137 million to research and promote the most effective ways of using pupil premium, so that schools leaders can improve their disadvantaged pupils’ outcomes.</p><p>In schools, our system leaders continue to provide support to help deliver better outcomes for vulnerable children. To ensure that system leaders can support all students, teaching schools must demonstrate high levels of progress and attainment for all pupils, and especially disadvantaged pupils, in order to be designated and funded by the department.</p><p>We know that many disadvantaged pupils have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and the government has also provided over £340 million since April 2014, to support local authorities, working with their partners, including health and schools, to implement the SEND reforms. We have funded training and a SEND leadership programme to support local authorities and health services to deliver their SEND services, which included training on joint commissioning.</p><p>Equally, where children need help and support from social care to achieve safety and stability in their lives, we know effective leadership is vital for good practice to thrive. ‘Putting Children First’ sets out our reform programme to improve the quality of leadership and of the workforce in children’s social care. As part of these reforms, we have established the Children’s Social Care What Works Centre, to develop the evidence base for leaders to use in delivering what works to support vulnerable children and families. We are building further evidence of what works to improve these children’s educational outcomes at a national and a local level through the Children in Need review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/12/2018 16:24:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1017523

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Opportunity North East
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 November 2018 to Question 194656 on Opportunity North East, from which of his Department's budgets will the £12 million be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	197651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>For 2018-19 and 2019-20, there is no specific budget from which the funding for Opportunity North East will be drawn. As part of normal business planning processes, it will be drawn from existing budget underspends and efficiencies. Funding needed in the next Spending Review period will be prioritised at upcoming negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/12/2018 16:04:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1017218

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues on nutrition in packed lunches.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The government supports measures to ensure that children eat a healthy, nutritious meal at lunchtime. This is why we set out, through legislation, the minimum standards for food provided by schools.</p><p>It is ultimately for schools to set their own packed lunch policies. Schools must act reasonably in setting such policies and we would expect schools to consider pupils’ medical, dietary and cultural needs accordingly. We also expect that schools will consult with parents, setting out their objectives, gaining their support and giving proper consideration to any difficulties when setting their packed lunch policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 16:53:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1017219

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Refugees
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 the integration of refugee children that attend schools.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for ensuring that all of their pupils, irrespective of their ethnicity and background, are engaged, challenged and have opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. Such children and young people may be diverse in terms of their country of origin, how long they have been in England and their previous experiences of formal education – so individual schools will be best placed to determine how to integrate pupils with refugee status most effectively into the life of the school.</p><p>Head teachers have flexibility in how they use the funding allocated to their schools in order to support and address the specific needs of their pupils – including those who are refugees (or seeking asylum). Refugee children may have English language development needs. Through the new national funding formula (NFF) for schools, which was introduced in April 2018, schools are allocated funding for pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) who have been in the school system in England for up to three years. The funding equates to an additional £515 per primary school pupil and an additional £1,385 per secondary school pupil by the time the formula is fully implemented. The mobility factor in the NFF also directs funding to schools in which more than 10% of pupils joined the school mid-way through the academic year.</p><p>Where appropriate, schools can also use their pupil premium funding to support refugee pupils who are classed as disadvantaged, or who are currently or have previously been in local authority care.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum seeking children who arrive in the UK become looked-after children and therefore will be safeguarded and have their welfare promoted in the same way as any other looked-after child. Such children will have a Personal Education Plan, and social workers, Virtual School Heads (VSH) and Independent Reviewing Officers, school admission officers and special educational needs departments will work together to ensure that appropriate education provision for the child is arranged.</p><p> </p><p>The department has contributed £1.3 million through the Controlling Migration Fund over two years to fund eight diverse local authorities in providing better access to initial assessment and education for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The local authorities will also use their delivery models to develop resources for this vulnerable cohort of looked-after children that can be easily shared with and used by other local authorities facing similar challenges. We are working with the VSH Network to support the development of the tools and resources as well as good practice examples and case studies of effective support, which are being cascaded through the VSH Network to all other local authorities looking after unaccompanied and refugee children.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 17:42:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1017302

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Care Leavers and Children in Care
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 level of resources required for teachers, school leaders and other school staff to implement effectively the national protocol on reducing the unnecessary criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	197427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The national protocol on reducing criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers sets out best practice; it does not place any new statutory burdens on local authorities, the police, schools or other agencies. Implementing the protocol is voluntary.</p><p>Positive practice improvements will ultimately see benefits for young people and the services on which they rely. The protocol has been developed with leaders from across the children’s social care, health and criminal justice sectors and endorsed as a positive step forward for children and young people and the relevant professionals working with them.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/12/2018 14:25:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1016242

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, if his Department will take steps to reduce the time taken for autistic children to receive a statement of special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	196715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>All local authorities in England are required to follow the guidance set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 years: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p>This requires them to meet a statutory deadline of 20 weeks for completion of an Education, Health and Care plan from the time that they receive a request for an assessment. This applies to all children and young people, including those on the autism spectrum.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 10:14:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1016278

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191474 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, when he plans to publish data showing the amount of schools block funding local authorities have allocated in 2018-19 to date compared with the amount they received in order to provide an indication of funding directed to other areas such as high needs.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	196905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Pre 16 maintained school and academy allocations are published each financial year for all maintained schools and academies.</p><p>We have already published the Dedicated Schools Grant provided to each local authority for 2018-19 financial year, and intend to publish the 2018-19 schools block allocations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/12/2018 17:10:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1016295

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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 additional financial support his Department makes available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools with high numbers of SEND children.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	196799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable them to provide additional support up to the value of £6,000 for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is provided through the local school formula. When the costs of supporting an individual pupil are more than £6,000 per year, the local authority provides top-up funding from its high needs budget. It is for the local authority to determine what level of top-up funding is required for each pupil.</p><p>In addition, local authorities have the discretion to give schools additional funding from the high needs budget, for example to support schools which are particularly inclusive of pupils with SEND. Authorities in England are planning to provide £41 million to primary schools and £16 million to secondary schools in such funding, in addition to the funding provided through their local formula and through top-ups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/12/2018 12:33:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1016299

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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 financial support is available to schools from local authorities to support SEND children.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	196801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>A mainstream school’s funding is calculated through a local funding formula decided by the local authority in consultation with its schools. Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to £6,000. The local formula often uses factors such as low prior attainment and free school meals to do this. The local authority can also give additional funding from its high needs budget to schools that have a disproportionate number of pupils with SEN whose additional support costs up to £6,000.</p><p>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 funding comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. The local authorities’ high needs funding allocation also covers the costs of provision in special schools, and alternative provision. Nationally, high needs funding has risen from a total of £5 billion in 2013 to just under £6 billion this year. Allocations to individual local authorities for this year 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> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/12/2018 12:27:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1016300

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to Southampton City Council to support children with SEND needs in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	196802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are legally required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to £6,000 per annum per pupil. Within their local schools formula, local authorities use factors such as low prior attainment and free school meals to do this. This funding is provided from the local authority’s schools budget.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. In addition, the local authority pays the full costs for all children who are placed in special schools. This funding comes from the authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>The department has allocated funding in separate blocks for schools and high needs since 2013-14. Southampton’s allocations for each of these years are shown below. These were taken from the dedicated schools grant allocations for each year. Allocations for 2018-19 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><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools Block (in millions)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High Needs Block (in millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£125.0</p></td><td><p>£17.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£126.9</p></td><td><p>£18.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£130.4</p></td><td><p>£18.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£135.3</p></td><td><p>£18.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£136.1</p></td><td><p>£22.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£139.0</p></td><td><p>£23.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/12/2018 12:30:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith