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1039609

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the funding allocation for the early years pupil premium in the dedicated schools grant has fallen from £50.0 million in 2015-16 to £28.1 million in 2019-20 while the hourly rate has remained 53p.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	207611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We introduced the early years pupil premium (EYPP) in April 2015 in order to support better outcomes for disadvantaged 3 and 4-year-old children.</p><p> </p><p>The EYPP is demand led and local authorities are funded for the EYPP on the basis of the number of children benefiting and by the number of entitlement hours they take, according to annual census data. The EYPP is therefore funded on the same basis as the early year’s childcare entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>Census data was not available when the EYPP was introduced. Funding for 2015 to 2016 was on the basis of data held by the Department of Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/01/2019 13:57:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1039050

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
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 educational psychologists on the effect of reception baseline assessments on infant mental health.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) are working with the department to develop and deliver the reception baseline assessment (RBA). NFER have been developing assessments for over 70 years, and all aspects of the RBA design are informed by an evidence base of early years research. As we move forward with the development and piloting of the assessment, the department will continue to work very closely with the sector to ensure we get the experience right for pupils.</p><p>The department is confident that the assessment will not be stressful or upsetting for children. It will be teacher-mediated and carried out one-to-one with the child using age-appropriate resources that they can handle and manipulate, lasting around 20 minutes. It will be similar to the on-entry assessments that schools already carry out in the reception year.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2019 17:11:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1039095

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption Leave: Self-employed
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 effect of self-employed people being unable to take paid adoption leave on the level of adoption.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	207265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The department has undertaken no assessment because policy on paid leave for self-employed people is a policy responsibility of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p>Where adopters do not qualify for family related statutory pay because they are self-employed, local authorities may make a payment equivalent to Maternity Allowance. This is at the discretion of the local authority and is means-tested.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures on adoptions were published in a statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018’ on 15 November 2018. The release is available on the department’s website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2019 15:55:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1038328

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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 the average waiting time was for a child to be assessed for an Education, Health Care Plan after receiving a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in (a) the London Borough of Southwark, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	206711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Under the Children and Families Act 2014, parents and schools are able to apply for an assessment for an Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan without the need for a diagnosis to have already been made.</p><p>Data is collected by the department on assessments for EHC plans that are completed within their 20 week target. This is published in the ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2018’ publication available here – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/01/2019 13:21:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1038344

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) how widespread social exclusion is in rural areas and (b) the effect of his Department’s policies on social exclusion in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	206843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The department aims to provide every child and young person with world-class education, training and care regardless of their background or where they come from.</p><p>Opportunity Areas (OAs) in England are at the heart of our work to learn what works best in areas with entrenched social mobility barriers so that we can roll out successful approaches across the country. We chose these 12 areas to make sure that there was a geographical spread, allowing us to test approaches in a rural context as well as in urban and coastal locations.</p><p>Outside of the work undertaken in OAs, the department has made no assessment of social exclusion in rural areas. However, we are aware of the contribution that schools make to rural communities, which is why we support the presumption against the closure of rural schools in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/01/2019 16:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1038397

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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 planned funding for children's services in meeting future demand.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	206737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>All future funding for local government will be agreed in the Spending Review that my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister and my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer have announced will take place this year. For the financial year 2019 to 2020, the local government finance settlement that was published in December provides local government with core spending power of £46.4 billion. The Autumn Budget also gave an additional £410 million for local authorities to spend on adult and children’s services.</p><p><strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/01/2019 17:37:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1038423

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Voluntary Work
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 on the number of (a) parent and (b) non-parent volunteers in schools who have had safeguarding checks in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	206705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Volunteers play an important role in supporting children in many of our schools. As decisions whether to engage volunteers are made locally by schools, the department does not collect data on the number of volunteers in schools or data on safeguarding checks carried out for volunteers. There is, therefore, no data held on which to base an estimate of safeguarding checks carried out.</p><p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, makes clear that any volunteer should not be deployed to work unsupervised with children without appropriate checks. Where schools decide that a DBS criminal record check is appropriate for a volunteer, these can be obtained free of any charge from DBS. There are no plans currently to change these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>There is a legal requirement for a DBS criminal record check for school governors, which are predominantly volunteer roles, including any parent governors. School governing boards have a key role in providing clarity of vision, and promoting the ethos and direction of the school and setting the school's aims and policies. DBS and other pre-appointment safeguarding checks, provide reassurance to the governing board that an individual is not disqualified from holding office as a governor and is suitable for the position.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206706 206707 206709 question first answered 14/01/2019 17:53:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1038424

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Voluntary Work
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 exempt parent volunteers from criminal record checks; and whether he has had any discussions with his Australian counterpart on the effectiveness of introducing such a scheme in that country.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	206706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Volunteers play an important role in supporting children in many of our schools. As decisions whether to engage volunteers are made locally by schools, the department does not collect data on the number of volunteers in schools or data on safeguarding checks carried out for volunteers. There is, therefore, no data held on which to base an estimate of safeguarding checks carried out.</p><p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, makes clear that any volunteer should not be deployed to work unsupervised with children without appropriate checks. Where schools decide that a DBS criminal record check is appropriate for a volunteer, these can be obtained free of any charge from DBS. There are no plans currently to change these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>There is a legal requirement for a DBS criminal record check for school governors, which are predominantly volunteer roles, including any parent governors. School governing boards have a key role in providing clarity of vision, and promoting the ethos and direction of the school and setting the school's aims and policies. DBS and other pre-appointment safeguarding checks, provide reassurance to the governing board that an individual is not disqualified from holding office as a governor and is suitable for the position.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206705 206707 206709 question first answered 14/01/2019 17:53:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1038427

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of volunteers in schools in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those volunteers are parents.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	206707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Volunteers play an important role in supporting children in many of our schools. As decisions whether to engage volunteers are made locally by schools, the department does not collect data on the number of volunteers in schools or data on safeguarding checks carried out for volunteers. There is, therefore, no data held on which to base an estimate of safeguarding checks carried out.</p><p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, makes clear that any volunteer should not be deployed to work unsupervised with children without appropriate checks. Where schools decide that a DBS criminal record check is appropriate for a volunteer, these can be obtained free of any charge from DBS. There are no plans currently to change these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>There is a legal requirement for a DBS criminal record check for school governors, which are predominantly volunteer roles, including any parent governors. School governing boards have a key role in providing clarity of vision, and promoting the ethos and direction of the school and setting the school's aims and policies. DBS and other pre-appointment safeguarding checks, provide reassurance to the governing board that an individual is not disqualified from holding office as a governor and is suitable for the position.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206705 206706 206709 question first answered 14/01/2019 17:53:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1038429

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Voluntary Work
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 the number of parent volunteers in schools; and whether he plans to reduce obstacles to volunteering in schools.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	206709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Volunteers play an important role in supporting children in many of our schools. As decisions whether to engage volunteers are made locally by schools, the department does not collect data on the number of volunteers in schools or data on safeguarding checks carried out for volunteers. There is, therefore, no data held on which to base an estimate of safeguarding checks carried out.</p><p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, makes clear that any volunteer should not be deployed to work unsupervised with children without appropriate checks. Where schools decide that a DBS criminal record check is appropriate for a volunteer, these can be obtained free of any charge from DBS. There are no plans currently to change these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>There is a legal requirement for a DBS criminal record check for school governors, which are predominantly volunteer roles, including any parent governors. School governing boards have a key role in providing clarity of vision, and promoting the ethos and direction of the school and setting the school's aims and policies. DBS and other pre-appointment safeguarding checks, provide reassurance to the governing board that an individual is not disqualified from holding office as a governor and is suitable for the position.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206705 206706 206707 question first answered 14/01/2019 17:53:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton