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1010552

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money from the public purse has been spent by (a) further education colleges and (b) academies in offering subsidies to attract students in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	193423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The department does not collect information regarding such subsidies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/11/2018 17:05:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1010578

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to findings of his Department's Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, published 1 November 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the loss of 8,800 childcare providers since 2016; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent further decreases in the number of childcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	193505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the 2018 Childcare and Early Years Provider survey has shown a decrease in the number of providers since 2016, this has not impacted on parents being able to find a childcare place and, with the introduction of 30 hours, we had no reported sufficiency issues. Ofsted also publishes census data on the actual number of providers entering and leaving the market. Their latest published data based on registrations at 31 August 2018, confirms there is a downward trend in the number of providers registered with them, which primarily relates to childminders leaving the Early Years Register. Despite this, Ofsted’s official statistics confirm that the overall number of childcare places available has remained broadly stable since August 2012. They also show a small rise in the number of group-based providers in the most recent statistical period between 31 March 2018 and 31 August 2018. This information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-august-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 16:40:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1010657

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Universities
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 improve access to universities for students with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	193376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Widening participation to higher education is a priority for this government. We want everyone with the capability to succeed in higher education to have the opportunity to benefit from a university education, regardless of their background or where they grew up.</p><p>In our first guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), we identified certain target groups, including students with specific learning needs or disabilities, as we recognise that they require specific support for accessing and succeeding in higher education. Through access agreements (now known as access and participation plans), which have been agreed with the OfS, higher education providers are expected to reduce the gaps in access, success and progression for under-represented groups amongst their students.</p><p>Through the access and participation plans for the period of 2018 to 2019, universities and further education colleges plan to spend more than £860 million on measures to improve access and student success for students from under-represented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds. This amount has significantly increased from the planned expenditure of £404 million in 2009.</p><p>Prior attainment is a critical factor and we are asking higher education providers to take on a more direct role in helping to raise attainment in schools as part of their outreach activity. We expect all universities to help raise attainment and support school improvement, including through school sponsorship and establishing new state schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/11/2018 14:51:06 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1010670

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has put in place to ensure that every primary school child is able to undertake at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a day.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	193556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>It is important that all children have the opportunity to engage in physical activity and sport in a way that interests them. We want all primary school children to do at least 30 minutes of the Chief Medical Officers’ recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity at school.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our Childhood Obesity Plan we are promoting a national ambition that every primary school should adopt an active mile initiative, which can be a good way for schools to achieve this aim. We support primary schools to enhance their Physical Education (PE) and sport provision through the PE and sport premium, which we have recently increased to £320 million per year using money from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. This money can be used to improve the PE, sport and extra-curricular activities offered by schools.</p><p> </p><p>Other initiatives to encourage increased physical activity by primary age pupils outside the school day include the department’s Essential Life Skills Fund and Sport England’s Families Fund. Both programmes support children from low income families to access opportunities to develop competence and confidence in their ability to be physically active outside the school day.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 15:45:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1010676

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the SEND focus group supporting the development of the early career framework for teachers includes an expert in speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	193560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The department is working closely with the teaching profession to develop the early career framework. Teachers and academics with expertise in supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are closely involved in the design of the framework. The framework will have at its centre approaches that support the needs of all pupils, including those pupils with the four areas of need set out in the SEND Code of Practice. We will continue to work with the sector, including individuals with expertise in speech, language and communication to develop the framework and will publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 15:51:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1010677

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department defines school readiness in (a) speech, (b) language and (c) communication skills.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	193561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the learning and development requirements that all early years providers must meet to shape and use educational programmes to ensure that children learn and develop well, and are ready for school.</p><p>The EYFS does not explicitly define school readiness; rather the 17 early learning goals (ELG) summarise the knowledge, skills and understanding that all young children should have gained by the end of the reception year, including with regard to speech, language and communication.</p><p>The department is in the process of making revisions to the ELGs and to the approach to assessment and moderation in the reception year. These reforms are intended to free up teachers to spend more time teaching, interacting with and supporting children to ensure they are developing the rich vocabulary, skills and behaviours they need to thrive at school and in later life.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 17:09:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1010678

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to fund What Works and other research centres in (a) storing and (b) sharing evidence of interventions that support speech, language and communication.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	193562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2018, the department funded the development and maintenance of a What Works virtual library of evidenced interventions to support children's speech, language and communication. This was funded through The Communication Trust. What Works helps practitioners and teachers find the most appropriate interventions for children and young people by providing a free and easily accessible overview of the evidence base for each intervention.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, we are investing £5 million in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to fund two rounds of an early years What Works fund. The fund aims to build and share better evidence on professional development that improves the learning and development of children from low-income families aged 0 to 5, particularly in early language, literacy and mathematics. The EEF is also running a trial of evidence-based home learning environment (HLE) support programmes in the North of England, focusing on supporting early language and literacy. The HLE trial will be a jointly funded project worth more than £5 million and is scheduled to run over three financial years between 2018 to 2019 and 2020 to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The EEF has also received £137 million of grant funding from the government to produce and disseminate evidence on What Works to improve the academic attainment and other outcomes of disadvantaged children and young people. The EEF has funded and evaluated several projects that focus on improving the speech, language and communication of pupils in early years and school settings, and findings from these studies are published on the EEF website: <a href="http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk" target="_blank">http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, the department published an interactive What Works resource for those working with pupils and students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which provides information and evidence-based practice that can be effective for SEND support all in one place. The What Works resource includes research on interventions supporting speech, language and communication and is available on the SEND Gateway: <a href="https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/r/sen-support-research-evidence-on-effective-approaches-and-examples-of-current-practice-in-good-and-outstanding-schools-and-colleges" target="_blank">https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/r/sen-support-research-evidence-on-effective-approaches-and-examples-of-current-practice-in-good-and-outstanding-schools-and-colleges</a>, and: <a href="https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/resources.effective-sen-support-a-guide-for-senior-leaders-in-education-settings.html" target="_blank">https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/resources.effective-sen-support-a-guide-for-senior-leaders-in-education-settings.html</a>. We provided this information to enable schools to determine which strategies are most effective for the pupils they are supporting, depending on the specific needs of the individual pupil.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 16:04:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1010694

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	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 is taking to increase the number of children being adopted.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on adoption in England are made by local authorities based on children’s individual needs.</p><p>In 2016 the government published ‘Adoption – A vision for change’ which set out how we intend to radically redesign the whole adoption system in England – the structures, systems and workforce – to ensure we have the foundations in place to build lasting change.</p><p>We have enabled more children to be placed in stable homes earlier by requiring local authorities to consider a fostering for adoption placement wherever possible. We funded a significant growth in the use of innovative adopter-led matching through National Exchange Days and Adoption Activity Days. We have also introduced a new, quicker two-stage process for approving adopters.</p><p>The result has been that the average time taken from entering care to a child being placed with their adopted family has decreased since 2012-13 by 7 months to 14 months in 2017-18. The children waiting in care with a placement order but not yet placed with adopters has dropped from 5,300 reported at 31 March 2013 to 2,760 at the end of 2017-18.[1]</p><p>We are driving further improvements in local adoption recruitment, matching and support through the introduction of Regional Adoption Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 15:40:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1010749

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
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 16 October 2018 to Questions 175942, 175943 and 175944, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) records by special educational needs primary need on children educated in settings other than a schools or awaiting a school place.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	193385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The department collects the total number of children and young people with education, health and care (EHC) plans, including those educated in settings other than schools or awaiting provision from each local authority via the special educational needs survey (commonly known as SEN2) data collection. This collection does not include any information on the primary need of the child or young person.</p><p> </p><p>The department collects information in the alternative provision census on pupils attending a school not maintained by a local authority for whom the authority is paying full tuition fees, or educated otherwise than in schools and pupil referral units, under arrangements made (and funded) by the authority. This includes primary type of need for those with an EHC plan.</p><p> </p><p>Placement types are categorised as follows:</p><ul><li>Non-maintained further education provision</li><li>One on one tuition</li><li>Other unregistered provider</li><li>Work based placement</li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/11/2018 16:24:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1010773

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education and Skills Funding Agency regulations for 16-19 education provision on student eligibility for funding in 2019-20 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	193466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding guidance relating to 16-19 provision will be published in the period of March or April 2019 and will be available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/11/2018 17:06:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield