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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132829/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost<strong>. <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Further to my noble friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State\u2019s letter to the Education Select Committee, dated 20 May 2019, we would note that where the department intervenes, we work with each trust to put in place a recovery process that underpins education provision with strong financial management and oversight.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>These plans and our support for trusts are flexible and will evolve as the trusts recover and to respond to any future challenges. Any request to disclose an improvement plan is responded to on a case-by-case basis.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter of 20 May 2019 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System to the Education Select Committee, how many requests for the publication of multi-academy trust improvement plans his Department has (a) received and (b) agreed; and which improvement plans have been published in (i) full and (ii) part as a result of those requests.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132833", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132833/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department can confirm that Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) used their funding in 2016-17 and 2017-18 for administration costs, such as the £930,000 non-recoverable funding being spent for central office staff redundancies and project management costs to transfer 4 academies to other academy trusts. The £3.58 million recoverable funding was spent towards academy level restructuring to reduce operational costs and support the trust\u2019s reserves following the financial impact of transferring Cordeaux, Millbrook, Swallow Hill and Everest academies out of AET, and closing down Sandown Bay.<\/p><p>As a result of these restructurings, we expect AET to achieve an operational surplus in the financial year ending 31 August 2019.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, where the £930, 000 of non-recoverable funding in 2016-17 and 2017-18 for Academies Enterprise Trust has been allocated.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132835", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132835/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department can confirm that Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) used their funding in 2016-17 and 2017-18 for administration costs, such as the £930,000 non-recoverable funding being spent for central office staff redundancies and project management costs to transfer 4 academies to other academy trusts. The £3.58 million recoverable funding was spent towards academy level restructuring to reduce operational costs and support the trust\u2019s reserves following the financial impact of transferring Cordeaux, Millbrook, Swallow Hill and Everest academies out of AET, and closing down Sandown Bay.<\/p><p>As a result of these restructurings, we expect AET to achieve an operational surplus in the financial year ending 31 August 2019.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the £3.58 million recoverable funding in 2016-17 and 2017-18 allocated to Academies Enterprise Trust has funded.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"}
      ], "uin" : "266162"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132854", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132854/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It remains our intention to undertake a review of the regulations, as committed to during the passage of the Children and Social Work Bill, as soon as resources permit. In the meantime, we are clear that allowing reasonable contact between looked-after children and their siblings is absolutely right where this is in the best interests of the children involved and the Children Act (1989) already provides for this.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children in Care"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children and Social Work Act 2017, when he plans to update the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4277", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck"}
      ], "uin" : "266173"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132885", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132885/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Local authorities have a duty to consider the placement for each child and are required to ensure that children in care are provided with suitable accommodation that meets their needs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Many children in care aged 16 and 17 live in foster care or children\u2019s homes, which are inspected by Ofsted. Data from Ofsted\u2019s latest annual report (2017/18) show that 84% of providers are judged as good or outstanding and 2% are inadequate.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We are supporting local authorities to increase sufficiency of fostering, secure and non-secure residential placements and ensure that placements meet children\u2019s needs. This includes investing £5 million in an innovation programme funding 3 projects to increase councils residential care capacity and improve commissioning practice.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In fostering, we have invited local authorities and their partners to bid for seed funding to conduct feasibility studies into new or expanded collaborative approaches. This is across sufficiency planning, commissioning, recruitment and training of foster parents. In addition, arrangements for young people preparing to step up to, or down from residential care, or return home from foster care. The department is also increasing the number of secure children\u2019s homes beds through our £40 million capital grants programme. In addition, the department has invested nearly £6 million in a pilot programme called Staying Close, which will provide further support for young people leaving residential care.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Where it is judged to be in the child\u2019s best interests, local authorities can also accommodate children in care and care leavers aged 16 or 17 in suitable unregulated provision.<\/p><p>Suitable accommodation is defined in regulations in the Children Act Volume 2 statutory guidance, a copy of which is available at the following link: <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Unregulated accommodation can be the right option for some older children in care and care leavers aged 16 or 17, providing a stepping-stone towards living as an independent adult. In some cases, the quality of accommodation provided may not be reaching the standards we would expect, so I have asked Sir Alan Wood, the Chair of the Residential Care Leadership Board, to collect evidence to help us understand where improvements might be needed.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In light of Sir Alan Wood\u2019s findings, we will consider whether further steps need to be taken to ensure that all children in care aged 16 or 17 are living in settings that are safe and provide the wrap-around support that they need.<\/p>"}
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        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) provision of accommodation for 16 and 17 year old children in care.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alistair Burt"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133012", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133012/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is considering how the government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years family support and identify gaps in available provision. The group will make recommendations to relevant Secretaries of State in due course.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Group on early years family support have been agreed by his Department; and what further steps he has taken to improve early years family support.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrea Leadsom"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrea Leadsom"}
      ], "uin" : "266288"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132417", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132417/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Of the 2,631 academies and free schools who do not currently have a sponsor, 14 are sponsored academies that are no longer linked to a sponsor. This can be for a variety of reasons, ranging from an improved Ofsted Inspection Outcome to a Diocesan request for links to be removed.<\/p><p>A list of these open academies is available via the link below:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Academies"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2019 to Question 259839 on Academies, how many of the 2,631 academies and free schools who do not have a sponsor were formerly sponsored.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/193", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mitcham and Morden"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Siobhain McDonagh"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132492", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132492/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2013 the department published the children\u2019s centre core purpose, which focussed on improving outcomes for children in greatest need of support. This can be found at the following link: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres<\/a>.<\/p><p>In July 2018 we set an ambitious goal to halve, by 2028, the percentage of children leaving reception year without the communication, language and literacy skills they need to thrive. We have been clear about the outcomes that we are looking to achieve in the early years and it is for local authorities to decide how best to deliver local services.<\/p><p>To help local areas monitor and improve these outcomes, we published on 6 June 2019 the Early Years Outcomes Dashboard: <a href=\"https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/smapey-dashboard/\" target=\"_blank\">https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/smapey-dashboard/<\/a>. This dashboard makes the most important early years social mobility metrics easily available and will allow local authorities to benchmark their outcomes against their statistical neighbours. This is in addition to the extensive range of data made available to local authorities by Public Health England through its Child and Maternal Health profiles: <a href=\"https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles\" target=\"_blank\">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles<\/a>.<\/p><p>In line with this emphasis on outcomes, the department has no plans to require local authorities to submit data on children\u2019s centre use. The decision to reduce burdens on local authorities and stop requiring them to submit usage data was set out in paragraphs 5.28 and 5.29 of the Sure Start children\u2019s centre planning and performance management guidance in 2006: <a href=\"https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100210171222/http:/www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/_download/?id=4974\" target=\"_blank\">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100210171222/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/_download/?id=4974<\/a>.<\/p><p>The department believes this is still the right approach. Local authorities should be reviewing data on service use and outcomes in order to ensure that they are meeting the duty to have sufficient children\u2019s centres to meet local need and their commissioning decisions are informed by evidence of the impact of their local services. We will continue to work with local authorities to achieve the Secretary of State\u2019s social mobility ambition, including through our £8.5 million early years local government programme.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to establish a children\u2019s centre outcomes framework.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1436", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Farrelly"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle-under-Lyme"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132494/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2013 the department published the children\u2019s centre core purpose, which focussed on improving outcomes for children in greatest need of support. This can be found at the following link: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres<\/a>.<\/p><p>In July 2018 we set an ambitious goal to halve, by 2028, the percentage of children leaving reception year without the communication, language and literacy skills they need to thrive. We have been clear about the outcomes that we are looking to achieve in the early years and it is for local authorities to decide how best to deliver local services.<\/p><p>To help local areas monitor and improve these outcomes, we published on 6 June 2019 the Early Years Outcomes Dashboard: <a href=\"https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/smapey-dashboard/\" target=\"_blank\">https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/smapey-dashboard/<\/a>. This dashboard makes the most important early years social mobility metrics easily available and will allow local authorities to benchmark their outcomes against their statistical neighbours. This is in addition to the extensive range of data made available to local authorities by Public Health England through its Child and Maternal Health profiles: <a href=\"https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles\" target=\"_blank\">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles<\/a>.<\/p><p>In line with this emphasis on outcomes, the department has no plans to require local authorities to submit data on children\u2019s centre use. The decision to reduce burdens on local authorities and stop requiring them to submit usage data was set out in paragraphs 5.28 and 5.29 of the Sure Start children\u2019s centre planning and performance management guidance in 2006: <a href=\"https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100210171222/http:/www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/_download/?id=4974\" target=\"_blank\">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100210171222/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/_download/?id=4974<\/a>.<\/p><p>The department believes this is still the right approach. Local authorities should be reviewing data on service use and outcomes in order to ensure that they are meeting the duty to have sufficient children\u2019s centres to meet local need and their commissioning decisions are informed by evidence of the impact of their local services. We will continue to work with local authorities to achieve the Secretary of State\u2019s social mobility ambition, including through our £8.5 million early years local government programme.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132508/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. We are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year of supplementary funding, to enable them to maintain the funding that was provided to MNS in 2016/17. The funding of individual MNS is a matter for local authorities. No estimate has been made of the number of MNS that rely on the supplementary funding they receive in order to stay open.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In February, we announced that we would provide local authorities with further funding of around £24 million to enable them to maintain the funding of MNS for the whole of the 2019/20. This provides MNS with further stability, and what happens after 2019/20 will be determined by the next Spending Review.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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