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862071

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date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption: 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 9 March 2018 to Question 130543, by what method his Department assesses the cost-effectiveness of funding given to adopters under the Adoption Support Fund in the absence of information on adoption breakdown.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	132490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>All applications for funding from the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) by local authorities and regional adoption agencies are based on an up to date assessment of the support needs of the adoptive family.</p><p> </p><p>The fund requires local authorities to meet it terms and conditions for funding, which include requirements that the procurement of funded services follow the relevant European, national and local rules and processes to secure best value for money. These terms and conditions can be found at: <a href="http://www.adoptionsupportfund.co.uk/Portals/0/Adoption%20Support%20Fund%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20Funding.pdf?ver=2017-03-08-154522-847" target="_blank">http://www.adoptionsupportfund.co.uk/Portals/0/Adoption%20Support%20Fund%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20Funding.pdf?ver=2017-03-08-154522-847</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Last August, we published an independent evaluation of the ASF. The results showed high levels of satisfaction amongst parents: 84% thought that the fund had helped their child and improvements in behaviour and mental health were also referenced.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:38:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

862201

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on supporting sport in primary schools in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	132620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Through the primary PE and Sport premium, the government has invested over £600 million of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport between 2013 and 2017. The government doubled the premium to £320 million a year from September 2017 using revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and funding will continue at this level in 2018/19. Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer. The premium must be used to develop or add to the PE and sport activities that a school already offers and make improvements now that will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.</p><p> </p><p>A further £100 million of revenue generated from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be used for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund which supports both primary and secondary schools. This fund is intended to improve children’s and young people’s physical and mental health by enhancing access to facilities for physical activity, healthy eating, mental health and wellbeing and medical conditions. These facilities include kitchens, dining facilities, changing rooms, playgrounds and sports facilities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:43:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

862219

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of (a) 11 and (b) 18 were taken into care in each of the last three years as a result of their mother being imprisoned; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	132638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:28:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

862254

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 with SEND have not been transferred to Education and Health Care Plans.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	132673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The latest published figures, as at 19 January 2017, show that there were 112,057 children or young people with a Statement of SEN (39%) and 175,233 children or young people with an EHC plan (61%).</p><p> </p><p>The department collects annual data from local authorities on the number of Statements of Special Educational Need (SEN) and Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans that each local authority maintains. This data is published in the statistical first release “Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England”.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures are available in Table 1 of the Main Tables on the department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:34:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

862256

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 the legal status will be from 1 April 2018 of children’s SEN statements that have not been transferred to an education, health and care plan.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	132675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Any Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) for which a transfer review has not been completed by 31 March 2018 will remain in force until a transfer review (a full Education, Health and Care needs assessment) has been completed and a decision made about future provision. Local authorities remain responsible for ensuring that the provision identified in Statements of SEN is met. This will ensure that children and young people in this situation do not lose support.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:36:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

862302

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Surrogacy: MRKH Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to assist people with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome with the financial costs of (a) adoption and (b) surrogacy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	132721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>We know that many people unable to give birth, such as those with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, look to alternatives such as adoption and surrogacy.</p><p> </p><p>The process of adopting a child in England is free for all eligible adopters whether they approach a local authority or a voluntary adoption agency. Local authorities have the power to make discretionary financial payments to adopters for the purpose of supporting the placement of the adoptive child with them or the continuation of adoption arrangements after an adoption order is made. In addition, local authorities are required to assess the need for post-adoption support when requested by adoptive parents or children.</p><p> </p><p>The government has invested significantly in adoption support through the Adoption Support Fund. Since its launch in May 2015, more than £66 million has been provided for thousands of families to access therapeutic support.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about local NHS services, including assisted conception and fertility treatment, are the responsibility of local Clinical Commissioning Groups and will take into account the overall needs of the local population. Individual cases where patients suffer from conditions such as Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome may be given exceptional consideration.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:41:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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

861096

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	Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust
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 7 February 2018 to Question 126339 on Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust and the Answer of 8 February to Question 126463 on Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust, if he will publish the invoices for all the related party transactions held by the Education and Skills Funding Agency relating to the Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	132245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to publish any invoices relating to any related party transactions held by the Education and Skills Funding Agency relating to the Collective Spirit Multi Academy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/03/2018 14:48:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

861099

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	Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what due diligence checks were undertaken on the (a) suitability to run and (b) experience and knowledge of running schools of the people who set up the Collective Spirit multi-academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	132248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The system for approving new free schools is underpinned by a rigorous application and evaluation process. Each application is considered against published criteria, focusing on the capacity and track record of proposers, with due diligence and financial viability checks carried out on them and affordability and value for money checks on the application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/03/2018 14:43:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

861141

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	Free School Meals: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the changes to the eligibility of free school meals under universal credit on child poverty in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	132290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Our new criteria for free school meals eligibility will increase the number of children eligible for this vital benefit. We have not made specific regional assessments of the effect of these changes. Due to the generous protections we will provide, all children receiving free school meals at the point the threshold is introduced, and all those who gain eligibility during the rollout of universal credit, will continue to receive free school meals until the end of universal credit rollout. After this point, those children who were protected – should they still be in school – will continue to be protected until the end of their current phase of education. While we estimate around 50,000 children more will benefit from our proposals in 2022, many more children again will benefit as a result of our transitional arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132291 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:42:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham