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1284065

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Disability Unit has made of the potential merits of introducing emergency funding for disabled children’s social care.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	149301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak including disabled children.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office Disability Unit works with disability stakeholders and across Government Departments to ensure that the needs of disabled people are considered in the Government’s response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>On 19 May 2020 the Government announced £37.3 million for the Family Fund to help over 75,000 low-income families raising children who are disabled or seriously ill, including £10 million specifically in response to the pandemic. Details of the announcement have been published here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/37-million-to-support-children-with-complex-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/37-million-to-support-children-with-complex-needs</a></p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government has provided £3.2 billion of additional to support local authorities to address any pressures they are facing in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including in children’s social care and for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish the National Strategy for Disabled People this year taking into account the impacts of the pandemic on disabled people. The strategy will focus on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects of life.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/02/2021 15:56:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1272107

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Education on incorporating children’s social care services into Integrated Care Systems.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Promoting integrated care is a priority for the Government and helping to develop Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) is a crucial part of this work.</p><p>In developing ICSs, we have been keen to allow local areas to develop models that work most effectively for them. This will allow them to promote close working between health and care organisations and between National Health Service (NHS) bodies and local authorities to support effective local service integration. <br> <br> NHS England is currently engaging on ICSs, and we will respond to that engagement in due course, including by introducing legislative change as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/01/2021 14:49:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177595

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether has plans to allocate additional funding to the Department for Education for the provision of children's services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of children’s services. Decisions on funding for children’s services beyond 2020/21 will be considered in full at the Comprehensive Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/02/2020 09:55:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1176503

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the allocation of long-term funding for children’s services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	13034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury works closely with the Department for Education and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to support the financial sustainability of local councils, so they can continue to offer a range of vital services, including children’s services. Decisions on long-term funding for local government will be taken at the Comprehensive Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/02/2020 13:46:03 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1170744

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 686 on Social Services, whether he plans to include proposals to reform child social care in that Green Paper on social care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	3282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for proposals to reform children’s social care is for the Department for Education.</p><p>The Department for Education is investing to deliver high quality children’s social care and are bringing more local services out of inadequate ratings and delivering programmes to strengthen the social work workforce.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government is providing councils with an additional £1 billion for adults and children’s social care in every year of this Parliament. This is on top of investing £84 million over five years to keep more children at home safely. The Government is committed to undertaking a review of the care system for children and young adults. This review will allow the Department for Education to go even further, and to ensure that all care placements and settings provide children and young people with the support they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/01/2020 11:49:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1170095

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with local authority leaders on future funding of children’s social care.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	900120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>I have regular engagement with local authority leaders in my role as Local Government Minister on a wide range of issues, including children’s social care.</p><p>Next year’s Settlement provides councils with £1 billion of additional funding for social care, recognising their vital role in supporting the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:43:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1145283

registered interest
date	06/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.11 of Spending Round 2019, how much additional funding will be allocated to each local authority in England for children's social care.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	287924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Proposals for distribution of the Social Care Grant in 2020-21 have now been put to the sector in a technical consultation, published on 3 October <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Flocal-government-finance-settlement-2020-to-2021-technical-consultation&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cc1e93007461e4919888108d74b3503b2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637060563368347928&amp;sdata=pkH2TMK7z3vA7iFSnkjKIxNOpnZpwsr81SRCgVX93%2Bg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-finance-settlement-2020-to-2021-technical-consultation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 287923 question first answered 08/10/2019 14:35:27 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1144660

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will allocate additional funding to local authorities for the social care needs of disabled children and their families.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	286610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 16:41:11 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1137022

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Children's Commissioner entitled vulnerable children: time for action, published in July 2019, what steps his Department is taking to support children’s social care services to meet their statutory duties.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	273350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve the way local agencies work together to identify and protect people at risk. We are implementing reforms following the Children and Social Work Act 2017, placing a responsibility on health and other partners to work together to develop effective, multi-agency arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/07/2019 13:22:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1133907

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to local authorities to improve the provision of services to vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	267714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>My Department has invested £920 million in the Troubled Families Programme. The latest evaluation shows that the programme has helped to reform local services and improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families across a number of measures, including a reduction in the proportion of children on the programme going into care by a third and a 15 per cent reduction of juvenile convictions. The full report is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-resilient-families-third-annual-report-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-resilient-families-third-annual-report-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2018-to-2019</a>. My Department is considering these positive evaluation findings as it prepares for the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p>At Autumn Budget the Chancellor also announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on adult and children social care services and, in the run up to the Spending Review, the Government is working closely with local authorities and the wider sector to build the evidence base and help develop a thorough understanding of children’s services costs and pressures.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/06/2019 14:21:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham