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1002139

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: 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 effect of ending the supplementary funding to maintained nursery schools in 2019-20 on the ability of those schools to support children with SEND needs.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	188270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children, including those with special needs and disability (SEND). Many of them also provide specialist SEND support to other providers.</p><p>In recognition of the costs that MNS experience over and above other providers, we are providing supplementary funding – additional to funding received under the Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF) – of around £60 million a year. This will enable local authorities to protect MNS pre-EYNFF funding levels until at least 2019-20.</p><p>In deciding what should happen after 2019-20, we want to ensure that decisions about the future of MNS are based on evidence. Therefore, we have commissioned new research on the value offered by MNS, which will be published over the winter.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/11/2018 17:36:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

993579

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department are taking to extend access to pupil premium plus funding for adopted children who are (a) home educated, (b) educated at independent schools and (c) adopted from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises that children adopted from care can remain vulnerable and have high levels of need. Pupil Premium funding is only available to children attending state-funded schools or where a local authority is providing significant support for a child’s education. Where parents have decided to educate their children at home, they are only eligible for Pupil Premium if the local authority is providing such support. Similarly, pupil premium is available for pupils attending an independent school only where the local authority is paying all or part of the tuition fees. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>We have already extended support from Virtual School Heads and designated teachers to children adopted from outside England and Wales and are carefully considering other educational entitlements, including Pupil Premium Plus.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/10/2018 16:56:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 81158 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

992746

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 the changes to the eligibility criteria for free school meals on the number of families living in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Our new criteria for free school meals eligibility are forecast to increase the number of children benefiting from this vital benefit by 2022, compared to under the previous benefits system. In addition, our transitional protections will mean that all children currently receiving a free meal will continue to do so.</p><p>In February, the government published an updated equality analysis on the criteria following a public consultation. Our overall assessment was that we expect children with a special educational need or disability, pupils attending schools with no religious character, and children from certain ethnic groups to benefit more than others from the estimated increase in the size of the free school meal cohort. These children were identified as more likely to benefit from the new criteria because they are considered more likely to come from households with earnings below the new eligibility threshold. We did not have evidence to suggest there will be any negative impact on children with other protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/10/2018 16:26:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

987802

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Dyslexia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on assessments for children who may have dyslexia.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	179182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Schools are required under the Children and Families Act (2014) to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils or students they support, and guidance is set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice<em>. </em>This includes arranging for appropriate tests where the school’s own assessments indicate that this is necessary</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/10/2018 12:16:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

945515

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children excluded for 2017-18 were children with special educational needs or disabilities; and what proportion of such children were excluded by their schools for the reason given as Other.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	166506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The attached tables give the percentage of permanent and fixed period exclusions for pupils with and without special educational needs (SEN), and the percentage of exclusions of pupils with SEN that were recorded with a reason of 'Other'. The figures cover academic year 2016/17, figures for 2017/18 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/07/2018 11:46:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 166506_attachment_permanent_and_fixed_period_exclusions.xls title 166506_permanent_and_fixed_period_exclusions
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

942933

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, what advice his Department provides to local authorities on setting the criteria of who should be admitted into urgent social or foster care.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	165021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Children Act 1989 provides the framework for the English child protection system and sets the basic national threshold for statutory intervention in family life. The specific criteria are set by local authorities’ who have the overarching responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children in their area, and are best placed to set thresholds suited to the needs of local children and families. To support local areas and professionals in discharging their responsibility, the government issues statutory guidance on ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, which was updated earlier this month.</p><p>The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ (2018) guidance is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722305/Working_Together_to_Safeguard_Children_-_Guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722305/Working_Together_to_Safeguard_Children_-_Guide.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/07/2018 14:18:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

942509

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 have been taken into social care in each of the last five years; and what assessment he had made of reasons for the trends in those numbers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	164444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>We monitor the number of children entering the care system on an ongoing basis and information showing the change in the number of children entering the care system in the last five years is provided in the table below:</p><p><strong>Children who started to be looked after<sup>1,2,3 </sup>and children who were taken into care during the year<sup>4</sup> ending 31 March 2013 to 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children who started to be looked after</p></td><td><p>28,980</p></td><td><p>30,730</p></td><td><p>31,360</p></td><td><p>32,160</p></td><td><p>32,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which children who were taken into care<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>11,150</p></td><td><p>10,950</p></td><td><p>10,840</p></td><td><p>11,810</p></td><td><p>14,490</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><ol><li>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted.</li><li>Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, but include children who were previously looked after under and agreed series of short term placements but have changed to become looked after under a different legal status (e.g. care order) in the year.</li><li>A child starts to be looked after when they are provided with local authority accommodation. Of these, a child is deemed to have been ‘taken into care’ if they start to be looked after under an interim or full care order, or if they are detained for child protection under a police protection order, emergency protection order or child assessment order.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further breakdowns of children who started to be looked after can be found in Tables C1 and C2 of the statistical first 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>.</p><p> </p><p>We want the very best for all children, including those who come into contact with the children’s social care system and we set out our vision for delivering excellent children’s social care in ‘Putting Children First’. This outlines our reform programme which seeks to: improve the quality of social work practice; create systems and environments where great social work can flourish; promote learning and multi-agency working where all involved in supporting children and families can work together; and support children who both enter and leave the care system. The reforms are designed to ensure that all vulnerable children and families receive the highest-quality care and support and that only those children who need to be are removed from their families and only then as a last resort. We have invested over £200 million through the Innovation Programme to test and develop better practice, including testing approaches to help vulnerable children to remain safely at home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/07/2018 13:59:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

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

931130

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Crumbling Futures, published by the Children's Society in March 2018, what plans the Government has to encourage more 16 and 17-year-olds to come forward with any mental or physical health concerns.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	157169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>We are interested in the recommendations of the Children’s Society Crumbling Futures report and welcome the focus on this area.</p><p>The government’s mandate to NHS England includes an explicit expectation that the NHS, working together with schools and children’s services will support and safeguard vulnerable children through a joined-up approach to addressing their emotional, mental and physical health needs.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is providing an additional £1.4 billion funding between 2015/16 and 2019/20 in order to transform mental health services for children and young people with the ambition for an additional 70,000 children and young people to access NHS specialist services a year by 2020/21.</p><p>One of the ways the government will encourage take up of mental health services is through the new Mental Health Support Teams proposed in the Mental Health Green Paper, which will provide significant support to 16-18s in schools and colleges. The Department for Education will also test how the teams can support vulnerable 16-18s and others not in school or college such as those in apprenticeships and other work-based learning. Additionally, the Department of Health are setting up a new national strategic partnership with key stakeholders focused on improving the mental health of 16-25 year olds by encouraging more coordinated action, experimentation and robust evaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 157170 question first answered 28/06/2018 16:17:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis