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997611

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations in the report, Break the Barriers: Girls' experiences of menstruation in the UK, published in January 2018 by Plan UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that any action to support disadvantaged pupils is based on robust evidence. We have considered the research published by Plan UK and have used this to inform the department’s 2018 survey questions for pupils and senior school leaders.</p><p> </p><p>The department published additional analysis of its absence statistics, in March 2018, which show that whilst absence rates amongst girls increases after a certain age, there is no evidence to suggest that this is related to pupils being disadvantaged. This suggests period poverty does not have a significant, nation-wide impact on school attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are best placed to assess the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to more than £2.4 billion of additional funding this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 185671 question first answered 07/11/2018 13:16:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

997612

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing the P-card scheme proposed by Plan UK in its report Break the Barriers: Girls' experience of menstruation in the UK, published in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that any action to support disadvantaged pupils is based on robust evidence. We have considered the research published by Plan UK and have used this to inform the department’s 2018 survey questions for pupils and senior school leaders.</p><p> </p><p>The department published additional analysis of its absence statistics, in March 2018, which show that whilst absence rates amongst girls increases after a certain age, there is no evidence to suggest that this is related to pupils being disadvantaged. This suggests period poverty does not have a significant, nation-wide impact on school attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are best placed to assess the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to more than £2.4 billion of additional funding this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 185670 question first answered 07/11/2018 13:16:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

942588

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: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) Lewisham borough and (c) England were referred to children's social services on more than one occasion in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	164479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information in the requested format.</p><p>Figures on children in need are published at a local authority level, not a constituency level. Therefore, the figures for Lewisham Deptford constituency are not available.</p><p>The number of children referred to social services on one or more occasions within the same reporting year is not a figure that is routinely produced. Similarly, the number of children referred to social services at least once within consecutive reporting years is also not routinely produced.</p><p>The department publishes figures on the number of referrals which were within 12 months of a previous referral. This is a measure of the number of re-referrals rather than the number of children re-referred. Last year, the number of children to which these referrals applied was published for the first time. However, this information is not available for earlier years. These figures have been provided below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table </strong><strong>1</strong><strong>: Number of referrals to children's social services that were within 12 months of a previous referral from 2012-13 to 2016-17, and number of children who had a referral within 12 months of a previous referral in 2016-17</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Re-Referrals</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>147,700</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>154,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>152,400</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>138,700</p></td><td><p>141,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>414</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>262</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>377</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>387</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Children Re-referred</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td><p>117,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td><p>319</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of referrals to children’s social services within one reporting year is also reported in table C1 of main tables in the ‘children in need and child protection’ statistical collection on GOV.UK. It can be accessed at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a>.</p><p>These figures do not include the number of children who are referred in consecutive years however, as this measure is not routinely produced.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 164480 question first answered 24/07/2018 14:47:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

942591

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: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were referred to children's social services on more than one occasion in the same reporting year in each of the last five years in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) Lewisham borough and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	164480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information in the requested format.</p><p>Figures on children in need are published at a local authority level, not a constituency level. Therefore, the figures for Lewisham Deptford constituency are not available.</p><p>The number of children referred to social services on one or more occasions within the same reporting year is not a figure that is routinely produced. Similarly, the number of children referred to social services at least once within consecutive reporting years is also not routinely produced.</p><p>The department publishes figures on the number of referrals which were within 12 months of a previous referral. This is a measure of the number of re-referrals rather than the number of children re-referred. Last year, the number of children to which these referrals applied was published for the first time. However, this information is not available for earlier years. These figures have been provided below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table </strong><strong>1</strong><strong>: Number of referrals to children's social services that were within 12 months of a previous referral from 2012-13 to 2016-17, and number of children who had a referral within 12 months of a previous referral in 2016-17</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Re-Referrals</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>147,700</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>154,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>152,400</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>138,700</p></td><td><p>141,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>414</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>262</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>377</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>387</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Children Re-referred</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td><p>117,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>..</p></td><td><p>319</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of referrals to children’s social services within one reporting year is also reported in table C1 of main tables in the ‘children in need and child protection’ statistical collection on GOV.UK. It can be accessed at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a>.</p><p>These figures do not include the number of children who are referred in consecutive years however, as this measure is not routinely produced.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 164479 question first answered 24/07/2018 14:47:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

938688

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nursery schools there are in (a) London and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	163165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>These figures are published in the local authority tables of the annual statistical release ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’. This is available at <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> for 2010 onwards. For 2000, please consult the national archives website at the following link: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130321033119/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00193434/schools-in-england-2000" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130321033119/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00193434/schools-in-england-2000</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 163166 question first answered 20/07/2018 13:17:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

938689

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nursery schools there were in (a) London and (b) England in (i) 2000, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	163166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>These figures are published in the local authority tables of the annual statistical release ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’. This is available at <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> for 2010 onwards. For 2000, please consult the national archives website at the following link: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130321033119/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00193434/schools-in-england-2000" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130321033119/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00193434/schools-in-england-2000</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 163165 question first answered 20/07/2018 13:17:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

938691

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private nursery schools there were in (a) London and (b) England as of 1 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	163167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 163168 163169 163170 question first answered 19/07/2018 17:15:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

938692

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private nursery schools there were in (a) London and (b) England in (i) 2000, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	163168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 163167 163169 163170 question first answered 19/07/2018 17:15:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

938695

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of maintained nursery schools were rated (a) good and (b) outstanding at their last Ofsted inspection.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	163169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 163167 163168 163170 question first answered 19/07/2018 17:15:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

938703

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private nursery schools were rated (a) Good and (b) Outstanding at their last Ofsted inspection.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	163170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 163167 163168 163169 question first answered 19/07/2018 17:15:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft