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1433456

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of private for-profit groups acquiring nurseries in England on (1) the stability of the nursery sector, and (2) the quality of provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>65% of early years childcare places in England are provided by private, voluntary, and independent group-based providers in a market-based system. The key measure of market health monitored by the department is whether the supply of available places is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents and children. This is monitored rather than whether changes occur in the number and type of providers, which is typically a feature of a healthy, competitive market.</p><p>The majority of eligible two, three, and four-year-olds have continued to access free childcare despite the challenges faced throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Local authorities are not reporting any substantial sufficiency or place supply issues that they are unable to manage locally. The department has not seen a substantial number of parents saying that they cannot secure a childcare place, either this term or since early years environments re-opened fully on 1 June 2020.</p><p>97% of early years childcare providers are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.</p><p>The department continues to evaluate the sufficiency and quality of childcare provision. It also endeavours to help local authorities, parents, and early years providers to ensure the sustainability of the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/03/2022 15:23:19 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1423166

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: National Police Chiefs' Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times have ministers in his Department met with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Child Protection in the last five years; and on what dates any such meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council are members of the Vulnerable Children Young People Board and Safeguarding Children Reform Implementation Board, and thus share communication with the relevant bodies within the department. They have also attended roundtables with my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to discuss issues such as online safeguarding.</p><p>With regards to the specific ask, information regarding the number of meetings is not readily available, although the former Minister for Children and Families, my hon. Friend for Chelmsford, met with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on 19 May 2021 and 10 June 2021. In addition, ministers will meet with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead where necessary, and cross-government department links and working groups are strong, ensuring that relevant information and concerns are shared.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2022 17:16:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1423167

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made prior to the closure of schools in March 2020 of the impact of closures on safeguarding vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that attending school is a vital protective factor when it comes to safeguarding and supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>That is why we kept schools, colleges and nurseries open throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and prioritised the attendance of vulnerable children.</p><p>Additionally, we took steps to ensure that vulnerable children had access to wider support by ensuring that children's social care services and early help services continued to operate. We worked with local authorities, the police and charities to tackle hidden harms, and we established a Vulnerable Children and Young People survey of local authorities, to make sure that we had an accurate picture of contact between these pupils and social workers.</p><p>The Public Accounts Committee report into the Department for Education’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak can be found here: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpubacc/240/24006.htm#_idTextAnchor006" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpubacc/240/24006.htm#_idTextAnchor006</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 125116 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:56:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1423169

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of covid-19 lockdowns on the ability of schools to safeguard vulnerable children in (a) England, (b) regions of England and (c) local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that attending school is a vital protective factor when it comes to safeguarding and supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>That is why we kept schools, colleges and nurseries open throughout the COVID-19 outbreak and prioritised the attendance of vulnerable children.</p><p>Additionally, we took steps to ensure that vulnerable children had access to wider support by ensuring that children's social care services and early help services continued to operate. We worked with local authorities, the police and charities to tackle hidden harms, and we established a Vulnerable Children and Young People survey of local authorities, to make sure that we had an accurate picture of contact between these pupils and social workers.</p><p>The Public Accounts Committee report into the Department for Education’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak can be found here: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpubacc/240/24006.htm#_idTextAnchor006" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpubacc/240/24006.htm#_idTextAnchor006</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 125115 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:56:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1423193

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that improvements are made following Serious Case Reviews carried conducted by (a) his Department, (b) local authorities, (c) schools and (d) other relevant parties in England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for how the system learns lessons from serious child safeguarding incidents lies with the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (the Panel) at a national level, and with the safeguarding partners at a local level. Safeguarding partners consist of local authorities, police, and clinical commissioning groups, with schools identified as relevant agencies.</p><p>The Panel and the safeguarding partners have a shared aim in identifying improvements to practice and in protecting children from harm. All serious incidents that are notified to the department are reviewed by the Panel.</p><p>Where there are issues of national significance, these are picked up by the Panel. The Panel then considers if a national review is necessary. The government takes the recommendations of the Panel extremely seriously.</p><p>In the tragic case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, the department requested that Ofsted, along with the Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire &amp; Rescue services, and HM Inspectorate of Probation assess the practice taking place in the local area, through a Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI). Areas of Priority Action arising from this inspection are helping ensure lessons are learnt and service improvements are made across all relevant agencies.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2022 17:08:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1423194

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what systems and processes are in place to ensure that lessons learnt from Serious Case Reviews carried out locally in England are reflected in the future training and qualifications of (a) teachers, (b) social workers, (c) police officers and (d) other professionals working with children.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) are locally led enquiries. Therefore, most recommendations are for local safeguarding partnerships to implement. Local safeguarding partnerships comprise the police, children's social services, health services and others. Schools are also &quot;relevant agencies&quot; of the partnerships as defined in ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018’ and further emphasised by ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021’. Many local recommendations will touch on development needs of local workforces and can, therefore, be used to inform the specific training offered for teachers, social workers, police offers and others in the local area.</p><p>The outcomes of Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) form part of the evidence used by those who deliver professional development programmes for social workers to inform and shape their content. They also inform the post-qualifying standards, and knowledge and skills statements for social workers published by the department.</p><p>The What Works Centre for Children's Social Care also draws on findings from SCRs. For example, it is currently building the evidence base on what works to equip school staff with the knowledge and tools to effectively support and respond to the needs of vulnerable children.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2022 17:02:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1421958

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme
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 reasons for the National School Breakfast Programme not reaching its target of 2,500 schools by January 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	122573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting school breakfast provisions. Accordingly, it is investing up to £24 million to extend the National School Breakfast Programme until July <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins><del class="ministerial">2022</del>. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better assist their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to be taught.</p><p>As of 22 December 2021, 1,245 schools signed up for the programme, and 847 schools placed food orders. The government will continue to work with its supplier, Family Action<strong>,</strong> to monitor relevant data and consider suitable occasions to share more information on the programme as it progresses.</p><p>Despite the number of challenges faced by schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the department has noted positive levels of interest in the programme. The enrolment process for the programme is still underway. The department has extended free breakfast provision beyond April 2022, allowing schools to receive free provisions until the end of July 2022. As a result, any school signing up to the programme now is still able to benefit from two terms worth of free food.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2022 11:41:37 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2022 12:39:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 51533 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1421959

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme
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 schools enrolled on the National School Breakfast Programme have been issued breakfast food orders this academic year since 7 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	122574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting school breakfast provisions. Accordingly, it is investing up to £24 million to extend the National School Breakfast Programme until July <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins><del class="ministerial">2022</del>. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better assist their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to be taught.</p><p>As of 22 December 2021, 1,245 schools signed up for the programme, and 847 schools placed food orders. The government will continue to work with its supplier, Family Action<strong>,</strong> to monitor relevant data and consider suitable occasions to share more information on the programme as it progresses.</p><p>Despite the number of challenges faced by schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the department has noted positive levels of interest in the programme. The enrolment process for the programme is still underway. The department has extended free breakfast provision beyond April 2022, allowing schools to receive free provisions until the end of July 2022. As a result, any school signing up to the programme now is still able to benefit from two terms worth of free food.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2022 11:41:37 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2022 12:39:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 54500 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1421116

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2021 Spending Review, by how much funding for early years entitlement schemes will increase for (1) 2022–23, (2) 2023–24, and (3) 2024–25.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL6103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In the Spending Review 2021 and the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2021, the department stated that investments in the upcoming financial years of 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 will be made individually and proportionately to the current financial year 2021-22. Investments will reflect anticipated cost pressures such as inflation, and changes in the number of children in these schemes as forecast at the time of the Spending Review.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the Spending Review 2021, and the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2021, the department stated that increases in investments in the upcoming financial years of 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 are all presented individually in comparison to the current financial year 2021-22. This investment reflects anticipated cost pressures and changes in the number of eligible children, as forecast at the time of the Spending Review.</ins></p><p>For the financial year 2022-23, the government is increasing the hourly funding rates for all local authorities by 21p an hour for the two-year-old entitlement and, for most areas, by 17p an hour for the three and four-year-old entitlements.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) forecasts a decrease in the number of children in these entitlement schemes across the financial year 2022-23. The ONS projects a decrease in the 0 to 4-year-old population of around 5% from mid-2022 to mid-2025. Consideration of this information can provide an accurate picture of what the funding settlement entails.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) projects a decrease in the 0- to 4-year-old population of around 5% from mid-2022 to mid-2025. Consideration of this information can provide an accurate picture of what the funding settlement entails.</ins></p><p>Announcement of the local authorities’ early years funding rates for the 2023-24 financial year will be made <del class="ministerial">in</del> <ins class="ministerial">next </ins>autumn<del class="ministerial"> 2022</del>, and in the following autumn for the financial year 2024-25, ahead of local authorities commencing business planning rounds for these financial years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/02/2022 12:15:48 question first ministerially corrected 01/04/2022 11:24:16 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 51037 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1359792

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
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 5 July 2021 to Question 25092 on Teachers: arts, how many schools lack a qualified teacher in each subject.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	57024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a degree in a particular subject or discipline. The Teachers’ Standards specify the subject knowledge required for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the time they complete their training.</p><p><del class="ministerial">In November 2019, of 2,948 state-funded secondary schools in England, the most common subjects taught where no teachers in a school held a relevant post A level qualification in the subject were computing (400), Spanish (292) and media studies (209). The attached table provides further detail on all subjects.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In November 2019, of 2,957 state-funded secondary schools in England, the most common subjects taught where no teachers in a school held relevant post A level qualification in the subject were: computing (293), Spanish (271) and media studies (225). The attached table provides further detail on all subjects.</ins></p><p>These figures relate only to schools where the subjects were taught. For example, a school that does not teach engineering and does not have a teacher with a post A level qualification in engineering is excluded from figures. In addition, figures only include schools that supplied both curriculum and teacher qualification data. This differs to the methodology used in the answer to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-30/25092" target="_blank">25092,</a> which included all schools, regardless of curriculum data and subjects taught. The present methodology better reflects the status of schools who do not have teachers with a post A level qualification in specific subjects.</p><p>The information provided does not consider the subject taught by teachers. For example, a teacher with a qualification in mathematics may instead teach computer science. Information on subjects taught and teacher’s post A level qualifications is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a></p><p>To reduce the burden during the COVID-19 outbreak, schools and local authorities were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in 2020. Therefore, the information provided relates to the November 2019 School Workforce Census.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 29/10/2021 10:38:46 question first ministerially corrected 07/04/2022 09:37:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 57024_table.xlsx title 57024_table previous answer version 28345 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 57024_Schools_without_specialist_teacher_by_subject.xls title 57024_table
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green