Throughout the outbreak, all of our decisions have been informed by the best scientific evidence. This includes expert advice from multiple sources, including the Chief Medical Officer and Public Health England. Temperature screening was considered and discounted as a border measure on the basis that it is not, at present, effective or reliable in accurately identifying or rapidly screening for COVID-19. For example, temperature screening would not detect those who are asymptomatic, nor those who are symptomatic but do not have a fever.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Faversham and Mid Kent"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Helen Whately"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-09-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-07T14:21:20.937Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Airports: Coronavirus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) advice and (b) guidance provided by the (i) Chief Medical Officer and (ii) Public Health England on the introduction of temperature checks for passengers at airports during the covid-19 outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "70310"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221378", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221378/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Children in care generally have lower educational attainment than other pupils.<\/p>
63% of looked-after children enter care due to abuse or neglect. They often have a disrupted experience of education and this pre-care experience can have a significant impact on their attainment. Looked-after children are almost four times more likely to have a special educational need (SEN) than all children and this in part can also explain the gap in attainment compared to non-looked after children.<\/p>
We expect looked-after children to be placed in good or outstanding schools. Schools must appoint a designated teacher for looked-after children and local authorities must have a Virtual School Head who is accountable for the educational attainment of all children looked-after by the local authority. We have introduced the pupil premium plus for looked-after children (£2,345 per eligible pupil and is managed by the Virtual School Head) to deliver the outcomes in each looked-after child\u2019s personal education plan. The department\u2019s exclusions statutory guidance is clear that the headteacher should, as far as possible, avoid permanently excluding a looked after child. The rate of permanent exclusion for looked after children was 0.14% in 2014\u201315. That has reduced in recent years; in 2017-2018, the rate was 0.05%. The local authority must have regard to the relevant statutory guidance when carrying out its duties in relation to the education of looked after children.<\/p>
Information on the performance of children who had been looked after continuously for at least 12 months at Key Stage 4 is published in a statistical release. Due to the introduction of reformed GCSEs and the 9-1 grading scale, comparisons over a long timeframe are difficult. Table 5a shows that the percentage of children who had been looked after continuously for at least 12 months achieving the threshold in English and mathematics at grade 5 or above decreased slightly from 7.4% in 2017 to 7.2% in 2019. The publication is available here: Equivalent figures are not available for A levels as we do not match data collected for looked-after children with Key Stage 5 attainment data on the national pupil database.<\/p> Information on the degree qualifications of children who have been looked after is not held centrally within the department.<\/p> The Office for Students published a report that looked at the effects of different characteristics on students\u2019 degree attainment. Annex B describes how care-experienced students have lower rates of achieving a first or upper-second class degree when compared to students who have not been in care. For qualifiers in 2018-19, the attainment rate of care experienced students was 12.1% lower than the attainment rate of students who have not been in care. The report is available here: Since 2018, we have been working with universities to encourage them to sign up to the Care Leaver Covenant and publish their offer to care leavers. The website is available here: We continue to work with the sector to better understand the needs of care leavers and increase their attendance and attainment.<\/p>"}
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}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Vicky Ford"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the trends in the level educational attainment of children in care at (a) GCSE, (b) A level or equivalent and (c) undergraduate degree level.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "70311"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221379", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221379/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department publishes data about children and young people\u2019s services, including weekly costs, which is available here: The approximate average weekly cost in England in 2018-19 for a child in residential care was £3,945 and for foster care was £580.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4674", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Vicky Ford"}
}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average weekly cost to the public purse is for a child in (a) residential care, (b) foster care and (c) other residential care settings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221380", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221380/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The number of looked after children placed in foster care, residential homes and other residential settings since 2010 are shown in the attached table.<\/p> The latest figures nationally on children looked-after by placement are published in Table A2 of the statistical release \u2018Children looked after in England including adoption: 2018 to 2019\u2019, which is available here: The Department does not hold the information in the format required. National data on pupil attendance in educational establishments since 23 March was last published on Tuesday 7 July at the following link, covering data up to Thursday 2 July:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak-23-march-to-1-july-2020<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> The publication includes breakdowns of attendance statistics for both primary and secondary schools and colleges from 1 June.<\/p> <\/p> The data is collected from individual education establishments and the published figures include estimates for non-response.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nick Gibb"}
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}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have been attending a (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) Hemsworth parliamentary constituency (ii) the Wakefield Council area on a daily basis since 1 June 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "70314"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221382", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221382/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As of November 2019, there were 2,626 Pension Credit claimants in Hemsworth.<\/p> The department does not hold information on the number of pensioners in Hemsworth constituency.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-07-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-07-14T12:47:15.617Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pension Credit: Hemsworth"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners in Hemsworth constituency are in receipt of pension credit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "70315"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221383", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221383/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The available information on the number of people on Universal Credit, by Parliamentary Constituency, is published and can be found at:<\/p> https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a><\/p> Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:<\/p> https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html<\/a><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
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]}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit: Hemsworth"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of universal credit there were in Hemsworth consistency in each month since January 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "70316"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221384", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221384/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Estimates of the number of people who are unemployed for sub-regional geographies in the UK are compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). At parliamentary constituency level these estimates are subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty. This is because the sample of the Annual Population Survey, upon which the estimates are based, includes small numbers of people matching this description at this level.<\/p> The latest available data is available on the NOMIS website (https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/<\/a>) and covers the period January to December 2019.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-07-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-07-14T16:08:14.803Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Unemployment: Hemsworth"}
, "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 Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 oubreak on the level of unemployment in Hemsworth consistency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "70317"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221385", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221385/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The latest available information on Universal Credit payment timeliness is published and can be found at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-local-authorities-31-march-2019<\/a>.<\/p>
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/differences-in-student-outcomes-further-characteristics/<\/a>.<\/p>
https://mycovenant.org.uk/offers/educational/<\/a>.<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait<\/a>.<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019<\/a>.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4674", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Vicky Ford"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Vicky Ford"}
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, "title" : "70313_table"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in England there have been place in (a) foster care, (b) residential children\u2019s homes and (c) other residential settings in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1221381", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
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