The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Local Safeguarding Children Board review.
Edward Timpson
The independent review of the role and functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards, undertaken by Alan Wood, has been submitted to the Secretary of State for Education, and will be published in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-05-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the life chances strategy will be published.
Priti Patel
My Department’s forthcoming Life Chances Strategy will be published later this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to coordinate additional support for and recognition of the importance to modern British culture of the video games industry from (a) the BFI, (b) Arts Council of England and (c) other public agencies.
Mr Edward Vaizey
This Government recognises the cultural value of video games and the importance of the industry to the UK economy. The games sector is particularly well placed to deliverfurther prosperity in the regions and help increase UK exports. The creation of a video games archive and additional support for video games from public agencies were proposed in the recent industry report, A Blueprint for Growth.It also highlighted the contribution video games make to British culture and our economy, as well as the potential for further growth. We are currently reviewing the evidence in the report, its various recommendations and any implications for our future policies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to respond to each of the recommendations in the Independent Cancer Taskforce’s report entitled, Achieving world-class cancer outcomes, a strategy for England 2015 to 2020, published in July 2015.
Jane Ellison
NHS England is currently working with partners across the health system to determine how best to take forward the recommendations in the independent Cancer Taskforce’s report, Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015 to 2020, and has appointed Cally Palmer CBE as NHS National Cancer Director to lead on managing implementation. She is currently setting up a new Cancer Transformation Board to lead the roll-out of the recommendations of the new strategy, including on workforce, and a Cancer Advisory Group, chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, will oversee and scrutinise their work.
We announced in September that Health Education England (HEE) is developing a new national training programme for an additional 200 staff to get the skills and expertise to carry out endoscopies by 2018. The content of the next mandate from the Government to HEE is currently being determined.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff were employed by her Department to collate and publish statistical data on children with special educational needs in (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
Edward Timpson
Department staff were involved in activities covering requirements gathering; technical development and helpdesk facilities to upload data onto Department systems; liaising with school census staff to develop SEN requirements for the school census and monitoring data quality; publishing the statistical first releases in May and July; publishing Special educational needs: an analysis and summary of data sources.
It is not possible to calculate the number of full time equivalent staff because it would not include staff employed to collect the school census, which also collects SEN data, as it is difficult to separate out the SEN specific work.
The figures for 2010 are not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each local authority in England has received from the Adoption Support Fund since its creation.
Edward Timpson
The table below shows how much each local authority in England has received from the Adoption Support Fund since its creation:
|
LA |
ASF Total Spend to Date (£) |
|
Barking and Dagenham |
44,196.20 |
|
Barnet |
166,813.26 |
|
Barnsley |
29,235.00 |
|
Bath and North East Somerset |
40,261.47 |
|
Bedford |
81,340.50 |
|
Bexley |
70,451.00 |
|
Birmingham |
160,325.87 |
|
Blackburn with Darwen |
81,696.80 |
|
Blackpool |
57,601.98 |
|
Bolton |
55,920.00 |
|
Bournemouth |
28,727.76 |
|
Bracknell Forest |
21,444.10 |
|
Bradford |
309,173.00 |
|
Brent (prev Herts) |
43,973.00 |
|
Brighton and Hove |
123,200.90 |
|
Bristol |
199,771.70 |
|
Bromley |
12,314.00 |
|
Buckinghamshire |
205,907.10 |
|
Bury |
70,376.30 |
|
Calderdale |
102,775.50 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
251,323.18 |
|
Camden |
93,988.70 |
|
Central Bedfordshire |
88,479.91 |
|
Cheshire East |
184,035.96 |
|
Cheshire West and Chester |
151,425.46 |
|
City of London |
– |
|
Cornwall |
260,491.05 |
|
Coventry |
66,094.00 |
|
Croydon |
37,369.65 |
|
Cumbria |
362,150.10 |
|
Darlington |
25,810.00 |
|
Derby |
58,166.80 |
|
Derbyshire |
301,734.86 |
|
Devon |
458,850.32 |
|
Doncaster |
182,252.82 |
|
Dorset |
19,004.00 |
|
Dudley |
77,882.90 |
|
Durham |
145,119.27 |
|
Ealing (prev Herts) |
387,675.71 |
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
147,132.67 |
|
East Sussex |
374,962.27 |
|
Enfield |
95,085.44 |
|
Essex |
276,241.07 |
|
Gateshead |
8,984.00 |
|
Gloucestershire |
1,213,955.86 |
|
Greenwich |
91,407.75 |
|
Hackney |
165,218.00 |
|
Halton |
32,759.50 |
|
Hammersmith and Fulham |
35,313.56 |
|
Hampshire |
244,384.30 |
|
Haringey |
203,142.10 |
|
Harrow (prev Herts) |
57,459.50 |
|
Hartlepool |
17,631.96 |
|
Havering |
1,170.00 |
|
Herefordshire |
58,998.20 |
|
Hertfordshire |
293,849.02 |
|
Hillingdon (prev Herts) |
8,301.84 |
|
Hounslow (prev Herts) |
5,640.25 |
|
Hull |
116,738.65 |
|
Isle of Wight |
36,944.00 |
|
Isles of Scilly |
– |
|
Islington |
78,032.34 |
|
Kensington and Chelsea |
18,535.01 |
|
Kent |
367,991.20 |
|
Kingston |
56,034.14 |
|
Kirklees |
294,390.30 |
|
Knowsley |
30,508.70 |
|
Lambeth |
75,001.00 |
|
Lancashire |
440,242.16 |
|
Leeds |
199,474.72 |
|
Leicester |
105,823.75 |
|
Leicestershire |
189,426.69 |
|
Lewisham |
139,396.50 |
|
Lincolnshire |
109,876.35 |
|
Liverpool |
50,392.10 |
|
Luton |
19,413.60 |
|
Manchester |
263,742.75 |
|
Medway |
113,923.40 |
|
Merton |
121,835.40 |
|
Middlesbrough |
24,273.84 |
|
Milton Keynes |
129,924.42 |
|
Newcastle upon Tyne |
132,122.00 |
|
Newham |
29,051.00 |
|
Norfolk |
472,360.80 |
|
North East Lincolnshire |
169,037.20 |
|
North Lincolnshire |
3,603.50 |
|
North Somerset |
82,103.50 |
|
North Tyneside |
61,443.20 |
|
North Yorkshire |
612,921.58 |
|
Northamptonshire |
209,503.74 |
|
Northumberland |
28,498.90 |
|
Nottingham |
172,346.00 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
97,291.97 |
|
Oldham |
20,030.50 |
|
Oxfordshire |
34,818.65 |
|
Peterborough |
51,391.02 |
|
Plymouth |
221,433.97 |
|
Poole |
13,321.38 |
|
Portsmouth |
77,709.42 |
|
Reading |
26,652.00 |
|
Redbridge |
54,632.80 |
|
Redcar and Cleveland |
16,840.00 |
|
Richmond |
320,954.40 |
|
Rochdale |
61,243.50 |
|
Rotherham |
201,774.40 |
|
Rutland |
– |
|
Salford |
89,485.40 |
|
Sandwell |
26,059.00 |
|
Sefton |
29,383.92 |
|
Sheffield |
300,284.78 |
|
Shropshire |
92,774.00 |
|
Slough |
16,578.00 |
|
Solihull |
247,751.00 |
|
Somerset |
144,238.40 |
|
South Gloucestershire |
90,356.73 |
|
South Tyneside |
86,296.60 |
|
Southampton |
42,207.80 |
|
Southend-on-Sea |
69,489.25 |
|
Southwark |
264,437.46 |
|
St. Helens |
17,909.80 |
|
Staffordshire |
248,092.20 |
|
Stockport |
37,947.87 |
|
Stockton-on-Tees |
42,182.60 |
|
Stoke-on-Trent |
131,143.67 |
|
Suffolk |
390,301.42 |
|
Sunderland |
165,319.14 |
|
Surrey |
302,995.50 |
|
Sutton |
52,715.00 |
|
Swindon |
58,167.50 |
|
Tameside |
127,575.59 |
|
Telford and Wrekin |
– |
|
Thurrock |
21,901.60 |
|
Torbay |
51,134.40 |
|
Tower Hamlets |
16,004.00 |
|
Trafford |
59,046.76 |
|
Wakefield |
260,394.68 |
|
Walsall |
30,730.00 |
|
Waltham Forest |
5,552.00 |
|
Wandsworth |
273,035.42 |
|
Warrington |
63,546.60 |
|
Warwickshire |
344,023.10 |
|
West Berkshire |
40,060.00 |
|
West Sussex |
400,439.03 |
|
Westminster |
38,383.88 |
|
Wigan |
30,686.85 |
|
Wiltshire |
69,687.65 |
|
Windsor and Maidenhead |
59,604.50 |
|
Wirral |
8,334.40 |
|
Wokingham |
51,360.90 |
|
Wolverhampton |
63,073.60 |
|
Worcestershire |
201,224.60 |
|
York |
188,133.45 |
|
TOTAL |
19,892,053.92 |
* Shropshire provides Telford and Wrekin’s Adoption Service
* Leicestershire County Council provides Rutland’s Adoption Service
* Cornwall make applications on behalf of the Isles of Scilly
* City of London have had no adoptions from care during the relevant period.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-06-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the Independent review of consumer protection measures concerning online secondary ticketing facilities, published on 26 May 2016; and if he will present his response in a format similar to that of a government response to a select committee report.
Nick Boles
The Government will publish its response to Professor Waterson’s independent review in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has received on including art and design within the curriculum for STEM subjects.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Department works closely with the Department for Education and Arts Council England to increase access to music and cultural education for every child. This Government has ensured that art and design remain core subjects that must be taught in Key Stages 1-3 as part of the National Curriculum.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence.
Robert Buckland
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the oral question from the Hon. Member for Delyn earlier today.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 23325, how much specific additional funding her Department has provided to Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to support their inspection of the effectiveness of local areas in fulfilling their new special educational needs and disabilities duties.
Edward Timpson
Local area inspections will begin in May 2016 and will be completed over the next five years. For this financial year of 2015-16, the Department has allocated £349,087 of funding to Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to meet the costs of developing this new type of inspection. We intend to provide Ofsted with funding to support this activity over the next five years.
The data we will draw on to determine whether the special educational needs and disabilities provisions of the Children and Families Act have improved outcomes for children with special educational needs or a disability will include data on outcomes achieved by disabled children.