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1049586

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in assessing offers to act as foster parents for incoming unaccompanied children; and what steps are being taken to link Community Sponsorship groups with approved fosterers of unaccompanied children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the vital role of foster carers in looking after unaccompanied children. Any prospective foster carer must be assessed and approved by an Ofsted registered fostering agency or local authority. The government’s Controlling Migration Fund has provided over £3.7 million funding to 15 local authorities who asked for funding to recruit and train foster carers for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The Department for Education has also commissioned training places for 1000 foster carers of unaccompanied children.</p><p>As the community sponsorship scheme is designed to enable local community groups to directly welcome and support resettled refugee families and not unaccompanied children under the Vulnerable Persons and Children’s Resettlement schemes, no link to approved foster carers of unaccompanied children has been made by central government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 07/02/2019 11:49:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

940069

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reverse the decline in new apprenticeships for the construction industry, in particular in small and medium-sized firms; and what steps they are taking to ensure that the Building Crafts College and other smaller providers of training are able to contribute as fully as possible in the training of apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL9484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is working with a range of sectors, including construction, to design and deliver new high quality apprenticeship standards that will meet the skills needs of industry. There are currently 52 construction standards approved for delivery, with 43 further standards in development. We have seen a 338% growth in apprenticeship starts at higher levels (Level 4 and above) in construction and planning this year, compared to the same period last year. To support smaller employers who do not pay the levy take on apprentices, the government provides at least 90% of training and assessment costs.</p><p>We recently released additional funds for providers who were successful in our procurement drive to fund apprenticeships amongst smaller employers, taking the total amount of investment to nearly £560 million. We recognise, however, that a number of smaller, niche providers were unsuccessful in the procurement. We have recently introduced the ability for levy paying employers to transfer up to 10% of their levy funds to other employers, including small and medium-sized enterprises in their supply chains, and we continue to make subcontracting an option; such initiatives have helped providers who were unable to continue in delivering high quality apprenticeship training.</p><p>We are encouraging employers to take advantage of these changes to enable them to grow their apprenticeship programmes and invest in the long-term skills required of their business. We meet regularly with business groups and individual employers to understand the impact of the reforms and use their feedback to inform any further changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/07/2018 13:54:32 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

838073

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children (1) temporarily, and (2) permanently, excluded from school in England, have been provided with alternative education in each of the last three years; and what was the average proportion of those excluded who were provided with alternative education.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The information regarding exclusions can be found in the National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2015 to 2016’. The information can be found in Table 1 of the national tables, attached.</p><p>The department does not hold statistics showing the alternative provision that pupils moved to when excluded. There are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full time education from the sixth day of a fixed-period or permanent exclusion.</p><p>The duties on schools and local authorities to provide alternative provision, and the standards that this should meet, are also set out in statutory guidance attached.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL5418 - Alternative Provision Statutory guidance for local authorities .pdf title Alternative Provision Statutory guidance 2 file name HL5418 - Permanent and fixed period exclusions by type of school.xlsx title Permanent and fixed period exclusions question first answered 20/02/2018 17:52:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

837296

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were taken into care in each of the last three years, because of the destitution of their parents or carers; and in how many such cases the parents or carers were (1) asylum applicants, and (2) rejected asylum applicants.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of children who started to be looked after with a category of need of ‘Low income’ in each of the last three years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Children who started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March with a category of need of ‘low income’<strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong><strong>[3]</strong><strong>[4]</strong></strong></p><p>Years ending 31 March 2015 to 2017</p><p>Coverage: England</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low income</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA 903</em></p><p> </p><p>This information and related figures can be found in the attached Table C1, which is part of the national statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the asylum status of a parent of a child looked after is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[2] Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted.</p><p>[3] Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.</p><p>[4] The main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after rather than necessarily the entire reason they are looked after.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/02/2018 11:33:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL5372 table 090218.xlsx title Table C1
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

837300

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children attending (1) primary, and (2) secondary schools, were (a) temporarily excluded, and (b) permanently excluded, from school, in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>Table 1, attached, of the National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2015 to 2016’ contains the number of primary and secondary school pupils with permanent and fixed-period exclusions. Data for the year 2016/17 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows that the rate of permanent exclusions across all state-funded primary, secondary and special schools has increased over recent years, from 0.06% in 2013/14 to 0.08% in 2015/16. The rate of fixed period exclusions across all state-funded primary, secondary and special schools has also increased from 3.50% in 2013/14 to 4.29% in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The full release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government<br>/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data regarding the number of temporary and permanent exclusions for pupils enrolled in independent schools is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/02/2018 16:34:51 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL5376 - Table 1.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

802401

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to eliminate long waiting periods before refugees needing tuition in English can enter English for Speakers of Other Languages courses; and if funding is an obstacle, whether they will bring this to the attention of the lottery managers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The government recognises that it is important for refugees to have timely access to English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL) courses. In 2016/17, ESOL provision increased with the department providing full or partial funding for 114,400 adult learners to improve their levels of English – up from 110,600 adult learners in 2015/16.</p><p>The Adult Education Budget (AEB) provides flexibility to enable providers experiencing waiting lists, including to deliver additional ESOL courses, to increase the size of their ESOL delivery to help meet local demand. In addition, providers can request AEB growth funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The scope and timeline for growth opportunities are outlined in the AEB Funding and Performance management rules.</p><p>Additional funding is also available for refugees who come to the UK as part of the Vulnerable People’s Resettlement Scheme. All local councils resettling Syrian families are required to ensure that refugees are able to access ESOL provision within a month of arrival.</p><p>The forthcoming integration strategy will set out how we will support people in more isolated communities to engage with the wider world, help women into the workplace, and teach more people to speak English.</p><p>With regards to National Lottery funding, this is distributed by independent distribution bodies. Their decisions are based on the published criteria of each of their different Lottery funding programmes and are made independently of government.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/12/2017 17:58:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

785856

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that children and young people who view disturbing or hate-filled material online, or otherwise digitally, are encouraged to report such material to parents, teachers or other responsible adults.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that children and young people stay safe online. On 11 October, the government published its Internet Safety Strategy green paper, attached, setting out plans for keeping all users safe. The Internet Safety Strategy outlines the crucial role that education will play in improving children’s safety online and the importance of digital literacy.</p><p> </p><p>When carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, schools and colleges must have regard to the Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. The guidance, attached, was updated in September 2016 to include, for the first time, a section covering online safety, including the requirement for schools and colleges to ensure appropriate filters and monitoring systems are in place. It also changed the emphasis from schools and colleges “considering” teaching about safeguarding (including online) to “ensuring” children are taught about safeguarding (including online).</p><p> </p><p>As part of the computing curriculum pupils in primary and secondary schools are taught to identify inappropriate and unacceptable content and contact, and a range of ways to report concerns about this.</p><p> </p><p>Education institutions are under a specific duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism (the Prevent duty). To support schools in this duty, the government published comprehensive advice and resource materials on the Educate Against Hate website, available at: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/</a>. The website signposts to support provided by leading partners, such as the NSPCC and the UK Safer Internet Centre to help keep children and young people safe from the risk of online radicalisation. It includes advice on how to report online material promoting terrorism or extremism.</p><p> </p><p>Higher and further education providers covered by the Prevent duty are required to understand and manage the potential risk posed by online material. This may include IT filtering or monitoring, or putting in place alternative measures. To support this activity and further protect young people online, the Department for Education has also funded a range of training material across Higher and Further education to raise awareness of the risk posed by online radicalisers and extremist content, and the support available to students and providers in responding to this.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Keeping_children_safe_in_education.pdf title Keeping Children Safe in Education 2 file name Internet_Safety_Strategy_green_paper.docx title Internet Safety Strategy - green paper question first answered 20/11/2017 11:35:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

748844

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost to local authorities of assessing home-educated children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>No estimate is possible as no data are collected on this expenditure from local authorities, and there are no reliable data on overall numbers of children educated at home. Furthermore, local authorities need to take different approaches to assessment of the suitability of home education depending on the circumstances of each child known to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 12/07/2017 11:56:34 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

711153

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many young people have left local authority care in each of the last 10 years; and whether they intend to recommend that local authorities treat them as a priority category for social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of young people who left local authority care in each of the last 10 years, is provided in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the Department for Communities and Local Government issued statutory guidance for local authorities on social housing allocations. The guidance makes clear that those leaving care should be treated as a priority group for social housing. In addition, care leavers aged 18-21 are an identified priority need group in homelessness legislation.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, we introduced the ‘Staying Put’ duty, which requires local authorities to support young people in foster care to remain with their former foster carer(s) until age 21. We have also made a commitment to introduce ‘Staying Close’, which will provide many of the benefits associated with Staying Put for young people leaving residential care.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/03/2017 16:16:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Children_who_ceased_to_looked_after 2012-2016.xlsx title Children_who_ceased_to_be_looked_after
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

673669

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to re-establish Education Priority Areas in places where children suffer from very limited ability to speak English or other disadvantages.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all pupils, regardless of ethnicity, background or location, are able to achieve their full potential in education. This includes those pupils who are classed as having English as an additional language (EAL).</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that all pupils are proficient in written and spoken English so that they can access the curriculum effectively and engage fully with school. To help schools develop the English language skills of their EAL pupils, rather than implementing a limited number of area-based programmes we have given all local authorities in England the ability to allocate funding to schools for their EAL pupils. In 2016-17, 136 local authorities used the EAL factor in their school funding formulae, spending £282 million in total. Furthermore, we have proposed that the national funding formula for schools, which will replace local funding formulae from 2018-19 onwards, will include an EAL factor.</p><p> </p><p>Schools may also use their pupil premium funding to support disadvantaged pupils with EAL.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, we do recognise that in some areas of England schools face entrenched challenges in raising the educational performance of their pupils. That is why we are designating those areas of greatest need as opportunity areas, and are targeting the Department’s improvement programmes in these locations with the aim of improving social mobility. To date twelve areas have been identified as opportunity areas and will share £72 million to improve the quality of education and to provide young people with the advice and skills needed for good jobs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/01/2017 15:34:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton