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1433616

	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	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children have been placed with family members overseas in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Where a child cannot live with their birth family, local authorities have a legal duty to first consider family and friend carers, including those living in other countries. The department has issued specific guidance to English local authorities on working with foreign authorities on child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country. This includes advice on placing children abroad. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-protection-working-with-foreign-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-protection-working-with-foreign-authorities</a>.</p><p>The department does not hold figures on the number of looked after children who have been placed overseas specifically with family members. Nor does the department collect information on the number of children in care who have family members overseas with whom they could be safely placed. We can provide figures using a wider definition of children placed overseas with a relative or friend. These figures can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong>Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March<sup>1,2</sup> with an overseas placement<sup>3</sup> with a relative or friend<sup>4,5</sup></strong></p><p>Years ending 31 March 2017 to 2021</p><p>Coverage: Non-UK</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. See looked after children statistics guide for more information on rounding.</p><p>2. Excludes children looked after exclusively under one or more agreed series of short term placements at any time during the years ending 31 March.</p><p>3. Non-UK placements only, i.e. excludes all placements in English local authorities, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and confidential placements.</p><p>4. The following types of placement have been included: foster placement with relative or friend: long-term fostering; foster placement with relative or friend who is also an approved adopter: fostering for adoption (FFA)/concurrent planning; foster placement with a relative or friend: not long-term fostering or FFA/concurrent planning; and placed with own parents or other person with parental responsibility.</p><p>5. Where a child has more than one placement overseas in a year ending 31 March, they will only be included once in the figures for that year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 126724 126725 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:49:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1433617

	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	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is his policy is on placing looked after children with family members overseas rather than placing a child in care in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Where a child cannot live with their birth family, local authorities have a legal duty to first consider family and friend carers, including those living in other countries. The department has issued specific guidance to English local authorities on working with foreign authorities on child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country. This includes advice on placing children abroad. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-protection-working-with-foreign-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-protection-working-with-foreign-authorities</a>.</p><p>The department does not hold figures on the number of looked after children who have been placed overseas specifically with family members. Nor does the department collect information on the number of children in care who have family members overseas with whom they could be safely placed. We can provide figures using a wider definition of children placed overseas with a relative or friend. These figures can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong>Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March<sup>1,2</sup> with an overseas placement<sup>3</sup> with a relative or friend<sup>4,5</sup></strong></p><p>Years ending 31 March 2017 to 2021</p><p>Coverage: Non-UK</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. See looked after children statistics guide for more information on rounding.</p><p>2. Excludes children looked after exclusively under one or more agreed series of short term placements at any time during the years ending 31 March.</p><p>3. Non-UK placements only, i.e. excludes all placements in English local authorities, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and confidential placements.</p><p>4. The following types of placement have been included: foster placement with relative or friend: long-term fostering; foster placement with relative or friend who is also an approved adopter: fostering for adoption (FFA)/concurrent planning; foster placement with a relative or friend: not long-term fostering or FFA/concurrent planning; and placed with own parents or other person with parental responsibility.</p><p>5. Where a child has more than one placement overseas in a year ending 31 March, they will only be included once in the figures for that year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 126723 126725 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:49:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1433618

	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	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of children in care who have family members overseas that they could be safely placed with; and what support his Department provides to enable that.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Where a child cannot live with their birth family, local authorities have a legal duty to first consider family and friend carers, including those living in other countries. The department has issued specific guidance to English local authorities on working with foreign authorities on child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country. This includes advice on placing children abroad. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-protection-working-with-foreign-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-protection-working-with-foreign-authorities</a>.</p><p>The department does not hold figures on the number of looked after children who have been placed overseas specifically with family members. Nor does the department collect information on the number of children in care who have family members overseas with whom they could be safely placed. We can provide figures using a wider definition of children placed overseas with a relative or friend. These figures can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong>Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March<sup>1,2</sup> with an overseas placement<sup>3</sup> with a relative or friend<sup>4,5</sup></strong></p><p>Years ending 31 March 2017 to 2021</p><p>Coverage: Non-UK</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. See looked after children statistics guide for more information on rounding.</p><p>2. Excludes children looked after exclusively under one or more agreed series of short term placements at any time during the years ending 31 March.</p><p>3. Non-UK placements only, i.e. excludes all placements in English local authorities, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and confidential placements.</p><p>4. The following types of placement have been included: foster placement with relative or friend: long-term fostering; foster placement with relative or friend who is also an approved adopter: fostering for adoption (FFA)/concurrent planning; foster placement with a relative or friend: not long-term fostering or FFA/concurrent planning; and placed with own parents or other person with parental responsibility.</p><p>5. Where a child has more than one placement overseas in a year ending 31 March, they will only be included once in the figures for that year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 126723 126724 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:49:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1433710

	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	Communication Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to ensure that any future Early Years Recovery Plan also includes a focus on speaking and understanding language.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Early language acquisition impacts all aspects of young children’s non-physical development. It contributes to their ability to manage emotions and communicate feelings, to establish and maintain relationships, to think symbolically, and to learn to read and write. That is why early language development is at the heart of the department’s early years education recovery programmes.</p><p>The department is investing up to £180 million of recovery support in the early years sector through new programmes. The programmes focus on key areas such as speech and language development for the youngest children.</p><p>This includes:</p><ul><li>new, universally accessible online training to upskill practitioners and improve their knowledge of child development;</li><li>access to mentoring support for early years practitioners to help strengthen children’s teaching and development;</li><li>an expansion of the Early Years Professional Development Programme, which has a focus on early language, as well as maths and personal, social, and emotional development</li><li>a significant expansion of the number of staff in group-based providers and childminders, with an accredited level 3 special educational needs coordinator qualification. This will lead to better identification of special education needs and disabilities (SEND), and better support for children with SEND;</li><li>the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, which is a proven programme aimed at reception-aged children needing extra support with speech and language development. It includes training for staff on identifying speech and language difficulties, and is proven to help children make around three months of additional progress. Two thirds of all primary schools are signed up to deliver this programme;</li><li>the review of the Early Years Educator level 3 qualification, which will explore ways to strengthen SEND expertise in the workforce; and</li><li>programmes to train early years practitioners to support parents with the home learning environment, and improve children’s early language and social and emotional development by giving priority to families that would benefit the most.</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/02/2022 16:36:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1433805

	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	Special Educational Needs
	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 adequacy of the funding allocated from the high needs budget to young people aged 16-25 years when compared with the proportion of Education Health and Care Plans that are held by people in that age bracket.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>When the high needs funding block of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) was created in 2013/14, it incorporated funding to reflect the costs of support to young people up to age 25. The expected additional cost to local authorities was directly taken into account by:</p><ul><li>moving all funds previously allocated to supporting young people aged 16-25 with high needs through the previous funding system, into the high needs block of the DSG and;</li><li>increasing the high needs block further to reflect the likely increase in numbers of young people requiring high needs funding.</li></ul><p> </p><p>An additional £272 million was allocated to the DSG in the financial year 2013/14, and £390 million in the financial year 2014/15. The difference between the two years lies in the fact that some of the changes relating to funding provision for young people aged over 16 years old with high needs started in August 2013, rather than at the start of the financial year in April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>These increases in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years were consolidated into the funding baseline. This informed the 2015 spending review settlement reached between the department and Her Majesty’s Treasury. Local authorities’ increased spending, including on 16-25-year-olds, was also considered in subsequent decisions on the appropriate level of high needs funding through the DSG, and for informing overall Spending Review settlements.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the Autumn 2021 Spending Review, the core schools budget will have increased by more than £7 billion by the financial year 2024/25, compared to 2021/22. High needs funding for children and young people with complex needs is increasing in the next financial year 2022/23 by £1 billion to over £9.1 billion. This unprecedented increase in high needs funding of 13% in the financial year 2022/23, compared to 2021/22, comes in addition to the £1.5 billion increase over the last two years. It will continue to support local authorities and schools with the increasing costs they are facing.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the department produced guidance for local authorities about education, health and care (EHC) plans for 19 to 25-year-olds with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This non-statutory guidance is primarily for local authorities. It aims to support them in making fair and consistent decisions about when they should maintain an EHC plan beyond the age of 19 or issue an EHC plan to a young person aged 19 or over. The guidance facilitates the decisions in remaining in line with local authorities’ duties under the Children and Families Act 2014, and as described in the SEND code of practice.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/03/2022 17:44:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1433884

	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	Family Hubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the relationship is between the Family Hubs Local Transformation Fund and the Family Hubs Network.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The government has announced a £300 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies, and children in half of local authorities across England. This includes £82 million to create a network of family hubs.</p><p>The department will set out more detail in due course on how this new funding will be allocated. This builds on a £12 million family hubs transformation fund, which will support at least 12 local authorities in England to transform to a family hub model of service delivery. The family hubs model framework, published alongside the application guide for the family hub local transformation fund, provides information to local authorities bidding for transformation funding. Guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-hubs-transformation-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-hubs-transformation-fund</a>.</p><p>The vast majority of government investment in family hubs will be allocated through councils and other public bodies. No funding has been allocated to the Family Hubs Network run by Lord Farmer. The department holds no contracts with the Family Hubs Network Ltd, and all government contracts are procured through fair and open competition.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 126697 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:47:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1433887

	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	Family Hubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any funding from the public purse has been allocated to the Family Hubs Network, founded by Lord Farmer, as part of the Government’s rollout of the Family Hub Model Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The government has announced a £300 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies, and children in half of local authorities across England. This includes £82 million to create a network of family hubs.</p><p>The department will set out more detail in due course on how this new funding will be allocated. This builds on a £12 million family hubs transformation fund, which will support at least 12 local authorities in England to transform to a family hub model of service delivery. The family hubs model framework, published alongside the application guide for the family hub local transformation fund, provides information to local authorities bidding for transformation funding. Guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-hubs-transformation-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-hubs-transformation-fund</a>.</p><p>The vast majority of government investment in family hubs will be allocated through councils and other public bodies. No funding has been allocated to the Family Hubs Network run by Lord Farmer. The department holds no contracts with the Family Hubs Network Ltd, and all government contracts are procured through fair and open competition.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 126696 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:47:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1433577

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will review the Blue Badge renewal process.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently working with the supplier of the Digital Service to identify possible improvements to the online application and re-application process as part of its National Disability Strategy commitments.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/03/2022 14:14:53 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1433694

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to have robust policies on sexual misconduct in (a) its own policies on rail franchising agreements and (b) its advice to local authorities when letting their own public transport contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The rail industry has an established work programme and sexual misconduct is a priority for British Transport Police. Our National Bus Strategy made clear that the highest safety standards will be upheld by the commissioners. Bus Service Improvement Plans should also demonstrate how Local Transport Authorities and bus operators will work together to ensure safety. In addition, taxi licensing authorities are completing reviews of their existing policies and the Department is supporting the Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill through Parliament. The Department is working closely with the Home Office on the cross-departmental strategy to address Violence Against Women and Girls.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/02/2022 11:18:51 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1433695

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to block pornography through public WiFi on public transport and prohibit this activity through individual internet connection when letting rail franchising agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>In July 2018, Andrew Jones MP (former Minister for Rail) wrote to the Rail Delivery Group and urged train operators to sign up to the Friendly WiFi scheme to show they support blocking inappropriate material, including pornography, from being accessed while travelling on the rail network.</p><p>There are three companies who provide WiFi connectivity for trains, and in July 2019 we received confirmation that all three suppliers are signed up to the Friendly WiFi scheme.</p><p>There is no requirement for train operators to sign up to the scheme under franchise agreements.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/02/2022 11:17:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds