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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The most recent figures for the number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals is based on the school census for January 2020. The number of children eligible for and claiming FSM in January 2020, by major ethnic group and for Vauxhall constituency, London and England, are provided in the attached table. Education and free school meal provision is a devolved responsibility, so figures for the United Kingdom are not available.</p><p>Further information can be found in the annual 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics' publication, available at:<br><a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/09/2020 16:54:48 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 91750 table showing pupils from major ethnic groups eligible for free school meals in 2020.doc title 91750 Table Attachment

1354240

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme: Bexleyheath and Crayford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any schools in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency will be supported by the new National School Breakfast Programme in the next academic year.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	45804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs and we are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme for the next two years. This funding will support around 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to learn.</p><p>The focus of the programme is to target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including the Department for Education’s Opportunity Areas. Schools’ eligibility for the programme is based on the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) deprivation scale – a nationally recognised indicator of need – to ensure provision is directed where it is most needed. Schools will be eligible for the programme if they have 50% or more pupils within bands A-F of the IDACI scale.</p><p>The enrolment process for schools joining the programme is currently ongoing, and we have seen a strong interest so far from eligible schools since we invited the expressions of interest. Schools are currently still able to apply to join the programme. As we are still registering schools for the programme, it is too early to publish a list of participating schools. However, we will of course consider the best opportunities to share information on the programme as it progresses.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 45945 question first answered 15/09/2021 14:01:33 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1354258

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme: Hastings and Rye
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any schools in Hastings and Rye constituency will be supported by the new National School Breakfast Programme over the 2021-22 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Sally-Ann Hart
uin	45945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs and we are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme for the next two years. This funding will support around 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to learn.</p><p>The focus of the programme is to target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including the Department for Education’s Opportunity Areas. Schools’ eligibility for the programme is based on the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) deprivation scale – a nationally recognised indicator of need – to ensure provision is directed where it is most needed. Schools will be eligible for the programme if they have 50% or more pupils within bands A-F of the IDACI scale.</p><p>The enrolment process for schools joining the programme is currently ongoing, and we have seen a strong interest so far from eligible schools since we invited the expressions of interest. Schools are currently still able to apply to join the programme. As we are still registering schools for the programme, it is too early to publish a list of participating schools. However, we will of course consider the best opportunities to share information on the programme as it progresses.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 45804 question first answered 15/09/2021 14:01:33 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4842 label Biography information for Sally-Ann Hart

1354259

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to monitor and publish data on the average (a) size of food orders by schools supported through the National School Breakfast Programme and (b) proportion of students enrolled on that Programme who take up the offer of breakfast provision during the 2021-22 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Sally-Ann Hart
uin	45946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs and we are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme for the next two years. This funding will support around 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to learn.</p><p> </p><p>The focus of the programme is to target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including the Department for Education’s Opportunity Areas. Throughout the contract we will be working with our provider, Family Action, to monitor different aspects of the programme including the food ordering from schools, participation rates among children, and the benefits the programme is having on pupils who are attending. We will consider the best opportunities to share information on the programme as it progresses.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 13:36:05 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4842 label Biography information for Sally-Ann Hart

1354269

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
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, how many Educational, Health Care Plans have been sought in each month of (a) 2021, (b) 2020 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	45847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>Monthly data on the number of Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) assessments is not available, but annual data is published at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of initial requests made for assessment for an EHCP in 2019 was 82,329 and 75,951 in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not yet hold information on the number of EHCPs requested in 2021. This will be published in May 2022 at the link above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 13:52:52 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1354370

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
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 impact of the covid-19 outbreak on the on the attainment of SEND pupils.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	45877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>Understanding the impact of COVID-19 disruption on the attainment and progress of all pupils, is a key research priority for the government. The Department have commissioned Renaissance Learning to provide a baseline assessment of lost learning for pupils in schools in England and monitor progress over the course of the 2020/21 academic year. The latest interim findings from this research were published on 4 June and are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-progress-in-the-2020-to-2021-academic-year-interim-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-progress-in-the-2020-to-2021-academic-year-interim-report</a>.</p><p>In Autumn 2020, primary aged special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils experienced a learning loss of 14.8 scaled score points in reading, compared with 17.1 points for pupils without an identified SEND. There was no significant difference in learning loss between pupils with and without SEND in reading for secondary aged pupils, or maths for primary aged pupils. The Department will be using the research to further understand the continued impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on lost learning and education recovery. The next phase of the analysis will allow us to assess the impact of disruption to education between Autumn 2020 and Summer 2021 by pupil characteristics. The full report will be published once the study is completed in October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 13:31:17 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1354373

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
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, whether he will make additional support available for SEND pupils from September 2021 to assist with (a) closing the attainment gap in accordance with their projected attainment and (b) wellbeing and mental health support.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	45880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for York Central to the answer I gave on 14 September 2021 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-06/43696" target="_blank">43696</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Mental health and wellbeing are a priority for the government. Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, we have prioritised keeping schools open above all else, as long as it was safe to do so, because it is vital for children and young people’s wellbeing, as well as their education.</p><p> </p><p>In May, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we announced more than £17 million of mental health funding to improve mental health and wellbeing support in schools and colleges. This includes £7 million additional funding for local authorities to deliver the Wellbeing for Education Recovery programme. This builds on our £8 million funding for the Wellbeing for Education Return programme in the 2020-21 financial year, which provided free expert training, support and resources for staff dealing with children and young people experiencing additional pressures from the last year – including trauma, anxiety, or grief. Wellbeing for Education Return has been used by more than 90% of councils since its launch last summer.</p><p> </p><p>The £17 million funding will also support up to 7,800 schools and colleges in England, who will be offered funding worth £9.5 million to train a senior mental health lead from their staff in the next academic year, and is part of the Government’s commitment to offering this training to all state schools and colleges by 2025. More information on this can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/senior-mental-health-lead-training#which-staff-can-get-the-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/senior-mental-health-lead-training#which-staff-can-get-the-training</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, our Mental Health in Education Action Group, has worked to identify and put in place further specific help to education settings to provide support for children and young people’s mental wellbeing at this critical time, and in the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>This support for practice in schools is in addition to the £79 million boost to children and young people’s mental health support we announced in March, which will include increasing the number of Mental Health Support Teams. The support teams, which provide early intervention on mental health and emotional wellbeing issues in schools and colleges, will grow from the 59 set up by last March to around 400 by April 2023, supporting nearly 3 million children. This increase means that millions of children and young people will have access to significantly expanded mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>The department has brought together all of its sources of advice for schools and colleges into a single site, which includes signposting to external sources of mental health and wellbeing support for teachers, school staff and school leaders. This is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 13:47:39 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1353755

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Disadvantaged
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 potential merits of breakfast club provision focused on disadvantaged children to help those children settle back into school following the summer break.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	45103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing support for breakfast clubs, and we are funding up to a further £24 million to continue our programme over the next two years. This funding will support around 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas meaning that thousands of children in low income families will be offered nutritious breakfasts.</p><p>The focus of the programme is to target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including the Department for Education’s Opportunity Areas. Schools will be eligible for the programme if they have 50% or more pupils within bands A-F of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index scale. When schools join the programme, they will sign a partnership agreement that requires them to identify and target those children that are most in need of support.</p><p>The department has seen strong interest from eligible schools so far since we invited expressions of interest, and our programme will make a real difference in terms of children’s health, attainment, wellbeing and readiness to learn. Our provider, Family Action, are currently recruiting schools on the programme through their enrolment process. The department is keen to encourage all schools to consider the benefits of breakfast provision, especially for those children who are most in need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 13:27:54 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1353786

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Afghan children who have recently arrived in the UK will be given educational support whilst waiting for their visas and full UK status to be processed.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	45303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>All children resident in the UK are entitled to access education irrespective of their immigration status.</p><p>We’re working hard across government on a coordinated effort to resettle Afghan families, providing at least £12 million in extra education funding so Afghan children and young people get the best possible start in this country.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 14:38:59 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1353808

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2021 to Question 35600 on Special Educational Needs, what data set is referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	45159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>We collect and publish data annually on children and young people with an education, health and care plan in England, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/09/2021 13:21:54 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders