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1640484

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide additional support for students who have entered UK schools through the (a) Ukrainian, (b) Hong Kong and (c) Afghanistan resettlement schemes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>All pupils, regardless of immigration status, are entitled to education between the ages of 5 to 16, and are free to apply for a school place at any time.</p><p>The Department is clear that the best place for all children to be educated is in school, and that attending school is vital to help newly arrived children integrate as quickly as possible into the communities in which they are living.</p><p>The Department has supported arrivals via humanitarian and resettlement schemes through the provision of funding to Local Authorities for all arrivals aged 2 to 18. This funding was paid in the 2022/23 financial year for those who arrived via the Homes for Ukraine scheme and in both the 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years for those who arrived from Afghanistan and lived in bridging accommodation. Further details are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-education-and-childcare-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-education-and-childcare-funding</a>, and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-education-grant" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-education-grant</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/06/2023 15:36:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1544093

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the steps taken to support children and young people from Ukraine adapt to UK schools; and whether her Department has any plans to review the requirement for Ukrainian pupils to take English and Maths’ GCSE exams if they cannot show physical proof of having passed previous similar exams.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	92368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department is clear that the best place for all children to be educated is in school and that attending school will help newly arrived Ukrainian children integrate into the communities in which they are living. It is the experience and skill of local authorities and schools that provides the support and care necessary for these children as they adjust to their new lives in the UK.</p><p>Schools and colleges are responsible for deciding which qualifications they enter pupils for, based on what is in their best interests. Schools will want to carefully consider the individual circumstances of the students before deciding the appropriateness of an exam entry. Exam centres should make these decisions carefully on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/11/2022 14:14:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1540244

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken recent steps with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that children of refugees are able to access (a) schools and (b) colleges.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	80777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The department has contributed to the Home Office welcome pack for adults, who have recently been granted refugee or Humanitarian Protection status, to support them in applying for a place at school or college. The pack has been translated into several languages. The department has also contributed similar information to specific welcome packs for arrivals from Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Ukraine.</p><p>The department provides online resources for local authorities and schools which makes it clear that refugees and asylum seeker children and young adults have a right to access schools and colleges. Local authorities are required to ensure all children living in their areas receive an appropriate education.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 14/11/2022 15:35:45 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1540255

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help offer mental health support to child refugees in schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	80781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes.</p><p>Schools are not specialist mental health providers, if child refugees experience symptoms of poor mental health, evidence-based treatment should be accessed via their general practitioner or local Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services.</p><p>However, schools have an important role to play in identifying and responding to emerging or existing mental health issues, whether that be by providing targeted pastoral support, such as in school counselling, or ensuring referrals are made to external specialist support.</p><p>The department provides mental health and behaviour guidance to support education staff to identify children in need of extra mental health support, which includes working with external agencies. The guidance can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2</a>.</p><p>The department has also published guidance and signposting to external sources of mental health and wellbeing support for teachers, school staff and school leaders. This information can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges</a>.</p><p>To support children and young people arriving from Ukraine, the department has published a resource pack signposting schools and colleges to offers of support for Ukrainian children and young people which covered mental health and wellbeing, amongst other areas including learning English. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/helping-ukrainian-students-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/helping-ukrainian-students-in-schools</a>.</p><p>To support the effective use of training and guidance on supporting and promoting mental health in schools, the department is funding all schools and colleges in England to train senior mental health leads who can put in place whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing. This approach should encompass robust processes for identifying students, or specific groups, who need additional mental health support. Two thirds of schools and colleges will have been able to access funding by April 2023, backed by £10 million in the 2022/23 financial year. Further information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/senior-mental-health-lead-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/senior-mental-health-lead-training</a>.</p><p>The department is also increasing the number of Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges, which provide early intervention for those experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues and facilitate smoother access to specialist services for those who require additional support, which may include child refugees. Further information is available here: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/trailblazers/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/trailblazers/</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 15/11/2022 17:12:48 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1537468

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
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 support Ukrainian refugee children into education in Havering.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	74558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department expects the local authority to support children to attend school as soon as possible.</p><p>For children arriving via the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Department is making quarterly payments to local authorities in England in the 2022/23 financial year, which they will make available to their schools. The London Borough of Havering has received allocations totalling £360,787.50 in the first two quarterly payments made in August and October 2022.</p><p>The Department continues to engage with all local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2022 16:09:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1506249

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Ukrainian pupils attending secondary school in (a) England, (b) the North West England region and (c) Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the department. However, data is collected on the number of school place applications and offers made for children from outside of the UK, including children from Ukraine. More information can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk</a>.</p><p>Between 1 September 2021 and 26 July 2022, there were an estimated 7,000 applications in England for secondary school places for children from Ukraine. Of these 7,000 applications, 6,200 offers of secondary school places have been made. These figures are adjusted for non-response.</p><p>In the North West, there were an estimated 500 applications for secondary school places for children from Ukraine, with 400 offers made. These figures have been adjusted for non-response.</p><p>The data is not collected by constituency, however, for Sefton Council, there were 11 applications for secondary school places, with 11 offers made. These figures are as reported by the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/09/2022 08:30:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503749

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
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 help ensure that school staff are adequately equipped to support the mental health of Afghan refugee children.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	45441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>This financial year, the government is offering 7,800 schools and colleges in England grants to train a senior mental health lead in their setting. The training will equip senior mental health leads with the knowledge and skills to implement effective processes for identifying students, or specific groups, who need additional mental health support. Furthermore, we have provided additional funding to accelerate the roll out of Mental Health Support Teams linked to schools and colleges, who provide early intervention on mild to moderate mental health issues, to cover approximately 35% of pupils in England by 2023.</p><p>For those who need immediate access to specialist support or help, all NHS Mental Health Trusts are providing 24/7 support. Furthermore, to help parents and carers, front line workers and volunteers support children and young people in emergency or crisis situations, the UK Health Security Agency, formally Public Health England, has developed a psychological first aid e-learning training package. The training aims to support those working directly with children and young people to help them access appropriate support needed during and after crisis situations: <a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-first-aid-for-children-and-young-people" target="_blank">https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-first-aid-for-children-and-young-people</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/09/2022 15:56:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1504499

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
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 support Ukrainian refugee children into education in Hertfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	46003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The department is supporting all local authorities, including Hertfordshire, to create sufficient school places for Ukrainian refugee children. As of 1 September, a total of 382 Ukrainian children had applied for school places in Hertfordshire, including 232 primary and 150 secondary applications. 221 Ukrainian children have been offered a place in a primary school and 138 children in a secondary school, a total of 359 places. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk#dataBlock-0d7ea979-5308-4894-dbfb-08da76d991a7-tables" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk#dataBlock-0d7ea979-5308-4894-dbfb-08da76d991a7-tables</a>.</p><p>Moreover, the department will provide additional funding on a per pupil basis for Ukrainian children for the three phases of education at the following annual rates:</p><ul><li>Early years (ages 2 to 4) - £3,000</li><li>Primary (ages 5 -11) - £6,580</li><li>Secondary (ages 11-18) - £8,755</li></ul><p> </p><p>In August 2022, the department made initial payments to all local authorities that have children who arrived between March and May 2022 via the Homes for Ukraine visa route. Further payments will be made on a quarterly basis. Hertfordshire received £2,158,450 in August. The funding is for local authorities to spend on providing early years education and primary and secondary school places for children from overseas. It can be used to provide a wide range of support, including funding teachers and other school staff, school transport, uniform, English language tuition and emotional/mental health support.</p><p>Ukrainian parents can apply for a school place through the in-year admissions process. We have set out this process in the Ukrainian welcome pack. For younger children, all local authorities, including Hertfordshire, will work with families to enable all children access to early years provision in their local area as soon as possible, even if these places are not in the immediate vicinity of their accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/09/2022 10:44:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1484235

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Ukrainian school pupils in classrooms across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	26896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The department has started collecting information from each local authority in England on school placements for children from outside of the UK. This includes data on the number of applications and offers made to children from Ukraine. Data relating to the 2021/22 academic year can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk</a>.</p><p>The data shows that between September 2021 and May 2022 there has been an estimated 9,900 school place offers made to Ukrainian children. The data relates to local authorities in England only.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/07/2022 15:53:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1483529

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many school age children have (a) arrived in the UK via the (i) Ukraine Family Scheme and (ii) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and (b) have secured a school place as of 27 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>We estimate that as of 27 May 9,900 offers have been made to children from Ukraine from the two sponsorship schemes. This data is published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk/2022-may" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk/2022-may</a></p><p>The Department for Education’s second monthly data collection for Local Authorities to submit data to update the numbers of school places offered to children from outside of the UK will be open between 29 June and 5 July. DfE intends to publish this data mid-July.</p><p>Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and arrivals in the UK of relevant visa holders can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2#:~:text=Contents&amp;text=The%20Ukraine%20Family%20Scheme%20allows,the%20Homes%20for%20Ukraine%20Scheme." target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). We are not however able to provide a breakdown to show how many of those arriving in the UK under either scheme were school age children.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2022 16:29:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan