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1691892

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a register of children outside of school.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL2728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The government remains committed to legislating for a local authority registration system for children not in school, as well as placing a duty on local authorities to provide support to home educating families.</p><p>My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill.</p><p>In the meantime, the department continues to work with local authorities to improve their non-statutory registers; analyse local authority data from the voluntary elective home education and children missing collection to build a more accurate picture of the landscape.</p><p>The department has also held a consultation on revising its elective home education guidance for local authorities and parents. This consultation closed on 18 January 2024 and the department will publish its response and revised guidance in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/03/2024 12:52:40 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1647761

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to providing additional resources to fund places for looked after children to boarding schools; and what assessment they have made, of any, of any benefits such children could gain from that process.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL8750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The department launched the Broadening Educational Pathways programme in 2020 to increase the role of the independent and state-funded boarding sector in the education of looked-after children. The Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation was appointed as a delivery partner, providing a placement brokerage service to ensure children are placed in schools best suited to support their educational attainment and personal wellbeing. In the ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ implementation strategy, the department committed to further expansion of the programme and has subsequently extended the contract until September 2024 to further open up educational opportunities in boarding schools to even more children in and on the edge of care.</p><p>The department will continue, over the course of the contract, to work in partnership with the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation to understand the benefits to the children and young people placed by the programme, including the findings of formal research they have commissioned, from the University of Nottingham, on the outcomes for looked-after and vulnerable children attending boarding schools.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 10/07/2023 12:36:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1646826

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many looked after children were placed in boarding schools for the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by age.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL8716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information centrally. The department does hold information on the number of looked after children placed in residential schools. However, it is not possible to distinguish between boarding schools and other residential schools, such as residential special schools. Therefore, we are not able to provide the information requested overall or by age.</p><p>Figures on the overall number of looked after children in England placed in residential schools were published in the annual statistics release titled ‘Children looked after, including adoptions, 2021-22’. On 31 March 2022, there were 110 looked after children in these residential schools, which includes boarding schools and residential special schools. These annual statistics are available in the attached table.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/07/2023 13:41:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL8716_table.pdf title Children looked after, including adoption 2021/22
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1646827

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by Josh MacAlister The Independent Review of Children's Social Care, published in May 2022, what is their response to the recommendation that the Department for Education "should consider investing some of the free schools capital budget into a new wave of state boarding capacity"; and whether funding will be provided for new state boarding capacity within the free schools budget.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL8717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The department published bold and ambitious plans to reform children’s social care on the 2 February 2023 through ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’. It sets out how the department will help families overcome challenges, keep children safe, and make sure children in care have stable loving homes, long-term loving relationships, and opportunities for a good life. Over the next two years, the department will address urgent issues facing children and families now and lay the foundations for whole system reform.</p><p>As set out in the government’s response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, the department has extended the Broadening Educational Pathways Programme to increase the number of children in care in independent and state boarding schools. The department will use the evidence generated from this to inform long-term ambitions for this programme.</p><p>The free schools programme is open to proposals offering boarding provision. Although no such proposals were received in the most recent round of free school applications, there are currently five open free schools that offer boarding, with at least a further three set to open in the future. Plans for future free school application rounds have not yet been developed and will be considered as part of a future spending review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/07/2023 12:21:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1643897

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Boys
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have implemented the recommendations of the Save the Children 2016 report The Lost Boys; and if not, whether they plan to do so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL8380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The Lost Boys report recommended for the government to invest in the best early education and childcare provision.</p><p>Alongside setting high standards and requirements for all early years providers in the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, in March, the government announced the single biggest investment in childcare ever made in England, which means by 2027/28 this government expects to be spending more than £8 billion every year on the early years. This will result in an historic expansion of free childcare, with 15 free hours available for working parents of two-year-olds from April 2024, 15 free hours from nine months to the start of school available from September 2024, rising to 30 free hours from September 2025. From September, the hourly rates paid to providers to deliver free childcare for two-year-olds will increase by 30% from an average rate of £6 to £8. This represents a significant increase in funding for early years.</p><p>The government is also investing up to £180 million in workforce training, qualifications, expert guidance and targeted support for the early years sector, to support the learning and development of the youngest and most disadvantaged children. This includes the Professional Development Programme, phase 3, training up to 10,000 early years professionals and providing early years practitioners with training on communication and language, early mathematics and personal, social and emotional development.</p><p>Two-thirds of primary schools have benefitted from our investment in the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, improving the speech and language skills of an estimated 90,000 children in reception classes so far. Over 320,000 primary school children have been screened to identify those with language development difficulties. These children will receive targeted language support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/06/2023 11:39:56 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1608414

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many care leavers made applications to higher education institutions in each of the last three years for which data are available, broken down by individual institution.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on applications, offers, and acceptances for care leavers by institution is not held by the department. This information may be available from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6920 HL6921 question first answered 06/04/2023 12:59:55 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1608415

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many care leavers were made offers to attend a higher education institution in each of the last three years for which data are available, broken down by individual institution.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on applications, offers, and acceptances for care leavers by institution is not held by the department. This information may be available from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6919 HL6921 question first answered 06/04/2023 12:59:55 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1608416

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many care leavers were accepted onto undergraduate courses at higher education institutions in each of the last three years for which data are available, broken down by institution.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on applications, offers, and acceptances for care leavers by institution is not held by the department. This information may be available from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL6919 HL6920 question first answered 06/04/2023 12:59:55 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1606555

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Care Leavers and Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) looked-after children, and (2) care leavers, went on to Key Stage 5 in (a) the latest year for which figures are available, and (b) the three preceding years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL6747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the numbers of all care leavers who went on to key stage 5. The department does hold and publish information on the activities of care leavers aged 17 to 21 who had been looked after by local authorities in England. This includes information on care leavers in education, but not specifically at key stage 5. The latest statistics are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/1db542fc-b38b-4dd6-c132-08daa787e284" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/1db542fc-b38b-4dd6-c132-08daa787e284</a>.</p><p>The department also publishes information on pupils who were at the end of key stage 4 in 2018/19 and reports on their destinations in the 2019/20 academic year. The figures show in 2019/20, 5,010 looked after children were in a sustained education destination in the year following the end of key stage 4. Of these, 2,910 were in further education, 860 were in a school sixth form or sixth form college and 1,240 were in some other form of education. They may not necessarily be studying key stage 5 learning aims. This data can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/271af2fd-b022-402a-076f-08db29e96c41" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/271af2fd-b022-402a-076f-08db29e96c41</a>.</p><p>The latest information on attainment for looked after children is published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/outcomes-for-children-in-need-including-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-in-england</a>.</p><p>Information on pupils who were at the end of key stage 4 in 2019/20 and their destinations in the 2020/21 academic year was published on 30 March 2023 on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/04/2023 15:23:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1600118

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the perceived stigma of special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL5980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan, published on 2 March 2023, sets out a plan to establish a new national SEND and AP system with the mission to fulfil children’s potential, build parents’ trust, and provide financial sustainability.</p><p>The department’s vision is to create a more inclusive society that celebrates and enables success in all forms, with the cultures, attitudes, and environments to offer every child and young person the support that they need to participate fully, thrive, and fulfil their potential.</p><p>The Improvement Plan sets out the department’s reforms to ensure the process for identifying needs and accessing support is early, dignified, affirmative, and focuses on a child or young person’s achievements, talents, and strengths.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 14/03/2023 16:40:36 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton