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1691417

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a table on the net increase per quarter of the number of Ofsted-registered childcare places for children aged (a) two or under and (b) over two per local authority since 15 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	15466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 11/03/2024 15:35:51 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1689845

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that digitally excluded older people can access the Government Property Portal.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Property Portal is being designed in line with the Government’s Digital <a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard" target="_blank">Service Standard</a>. One of these Standards is to ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard/point-5-make-sure-everyone-can-use-the-service" target="_blank">Make sure that everyone can use the service’</a> including disabled people, people who do not have access to the internet or lack the skills or confidence to use it. We also intend for the Property Portal to have offline routes available to all users. To support this, the next phase of digital development of the Property Portal will include ongoing accessibility testing with representatives from all user groups.</p><p>My officials have recently met with Disability Rights UK and Independent Age to discuss accessibility and the Property Portal and have reassured them of the intent to follow the Service Standard and provide an offline route for users.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 22/02/2024 14:25:30 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1689935

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Send and Alternative Provision Implementation Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes have been made to the membership of the national SEND and Alternative Provision Implementation Board since that board was announced.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Since the National Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Implementation Board was established on 6 June 2023, there have been two changes to membership.</p><p> </p><p>I replaced the former Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing, my right hon. Friend, Claire Coutinho. Amanda Allard, Director of the Council for Disabled Children, has also replaced her predecessor, Dame Christine Lenehan. Information about the Board is available on GOV.UK and is being updated to reflect these changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 22/02/2024 16:57:21 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1689963

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Spinal Injuries: Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications for NHS continuing healthcare received in each of the last two years came from patients who became tetraplegic as a result of a spinal injury; how many and what proportion of those applications were granted; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by integrated care board area.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Data is not collected on the specific medical conditions of people who apply for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). Eligibility for CHC is not determined by age, diagnosis or condition, or financial means. It is assessed on a case-by-case basis taking into account the totality of an individual’s needs, including ways in which these needs interact with one another.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 14650 question first answered 22/02/2024 11:32:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1690117

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Spinal Injuries: Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications for NHS continuing healthcare received in each of the last two years came from patients with autonomic dysreflexia; how many and what proportion of those applications were granted; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by integrated care board area.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Data is not collected on the specific medical conditions of people who apply for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). Eligibility for CHC is not determined by age, diagnosis or condition, or financial means. It is assessed on a case-by-case basis taking into account the totality of an individual’s needs, including ways in which these needs interact with one another.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 14649 question first answered 22/02/2024 11:32:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1690118

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 201458, what recent progress her Department has made on reviewing the (a) role and (b) transparency of special educational needs and disabilities information reports.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The requirement for all schools to publish special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Information Reports was introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014. This means that every school must publish details of its provision for pupils with SEND and review these details annually.</p><p> </p><p>The department is exploring whether the role of SEND Information Reports, and their transparency, could be developed further as part of the implementation of the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 22/02/2024 16:52:07 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1689278

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National SEND and Alternative Provision Implementation Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a list of dates of meetings of the national SEND and alternative provision implementation board since June 2023; and if she will publish the minutes of these meetings.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The National Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Implementation Board met on 6 June, 18 September and 12 December 2023. Information about the Board is available on GOV.UK and will continue to be updated in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 21/02/2024 12:02:51 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1689279

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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 her Department's policy is on the publication of the strategic delivery plans for each SEND Change Programme Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	14200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Each of the Change Programme Partnerships (CPP) has developed a Strategic Delivery Plan, which outlines their plan for delivery across their local areas for the duration of the Change Programme.</p><p>These plans are specifically for the department to understand how the CPPs will work with each other, the department and delivery partners to deliver the Change Programme. As such, these are internal working documents and are not intended for publication.</p><p>The department will be sharing updates on the progress of the Change Programme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 21/02/2024 12:16:43 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1686650

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of local authorities who have advised their local childcare providers of their hourly rate from 1 April 2024; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that childcare providers have adequate notice to prepare for the expanded roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	12620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The 2024/25 government hourly funding rates for all the early years entitlements for individual local authorities were announced on 29 November 2023 to reflect the funding uplifts and the national living wage increase.</p><p> </p><p>The department is in close communication with local authorities and recognises the need to ensure childcare providers have early confirmation of their early years funding rates for 2024/25. The department now anticipates that all local authorities will have confirmed funding rates that come into force from 1 April 2024 no later than the end of February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 January 2024, the department can confirm that over 40 local authorities in England have published their final funding rates for providers. Where local authorities have not yet published the final rates, the vast majority have provided indicative rates to their providers to support in their business planning.</p><p>On 2 February 2024, the department also took steps to provide greater funding certainty to nurseries and childcare providers going forwards. Each year, the government sets out funding rates in the autumn, to take effect in the following financial year. A window, likely to be 8 weeks, will be introduced, within which local authorities have to confirm rates, after the point the department announces local authority hourly rates. The department will work with the sector in the coming weeks to finalise the approach.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 06/02/2024 17:24:43 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1685591

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Mediation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what opportunities parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have had to contribute to the development of new professional standards for mediators working with SEND.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	11833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, the department committed to work with the Civil Mediation Council (CMC) and the College of Mediators (CoM) to review and build on the existing professional standards for SEND mediators, which was first published in 2018. The standards are owned by CMC and CoM and apply to those listed on their joint register of accredited SEND mediators.</p><p>CMC and CoM conducted a review of the existing standards last year and are currently consulting on proposed updated standards. Departmental officials have been working closely with CMC and CoM to ensure that the views of families, local authorities and other stakeholders are considered.</p><p>Parents and carers of children with SEND can contribute their views directly by responding to the consultation via the CMC’s website: <a href="https://civilmediation.org/send-consultation" target="_blank">https://civilmediation.org/send-consultation</a>.</p><p>The department has also engaged with the National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF), which is the national combined strategic voice of parent carer forums working in co-production with the government. All funded local parent carer forums are, by default, members of the NPCF. The department has engaged with NNPCF via the department’s SEND Dispute Resolution Steering Group, where they have had an opportunity to comment and share their views on plans to update the standards. NNPCF have also shared details of the consultation with their network.</p><p>The Council for Disabled Children and Contact have also shared details of the consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 01/02/2024 15:11:45 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes