The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of VE Day in 2015.
Anna Soubry
The 70th Anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day will have significant resonance in the UK and the allied nations. No specific plans have yet been developed, but this is something that we will be turning our attention to in the coming months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has met; and if he will publish the minutes of that Panel’s meetings.
Mr Edward Timpson
The national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews has met on the following dates:
1. 25 July 2013
2. 9 September 2013
3. 11 November 2013
4. 13 January 2014
5. 10 February 2014
6. 10 March 2014
The key output of the panel meetings is letters from the panel to Local Safeguarding Children Boards making recommendations on the cases put to them, about the application of the SCR criteria, the appointment of reviewers and the publication of SCR reports. The letters refer to sensitive material not in the public domain and would not therefore be routinely publishable.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who owns data on police information notices issued by police services in England and Wales.
Damian Green
Data on police information notices issued by Police services in England and
Wales is not collected centrally and is owned by the individual police force
that issued the notice.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with members of the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews.
Mr Edward Timpson
My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and I had a meeting with the members of the panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews earlier this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police information notices were issued in England and Wales, by constabulary area, in each of the last five years; and how many such notices have been revoked.
Damian Green
Data on police information notices issued by Police services in England and
Wales is not collected centrally and is owned by the individual police force
that issued the notice.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to whom the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews is accountable; and what the terms of reference of that Panel are.
Mr Edward Timpson
The members of national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews (SCR) were appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and are ultimately accountable to him, though they operate independently.
The role of the panel is set out in ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013)’ as follows:
“The role of the panel will be to support Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in ensuring that appropriate action is taken to learn from serious incidents in all cases where the statutory criteria are met and to ensure that those lessons are shared through publication of final SCR reports. The panel will also report to the Government their views of how the SCR system is working”.
The panel’s remit will include advising LSCBs about:
1. application of the SCR criteria;
2. appointment of reviewers; and
3. publication of SCR reports.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued by (a) her Department, (b) ACPO and (c) the College of Policing to ensure consistency of practice in the issuing of police information notices by police services.
Damian Green
Any decision to review or update police guidance on Police Information Notices
is an operational matter for the College of Policing. The College of Policing
will shortly be undertaking a full review and update of the guidance on
investigating stalking to incorporate it into Authorised Professional Practice,
which will include making sure that the guidance on the use of Police
Information Notices is reviewed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-04-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities are involved in investigations of historic abuse by Jimmy Savile; and when he expects the resulting reports to be published.
Mr Edward Timpson
As published in the Written Statement made by my Rt. hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Education on 27 March 2014, the following local authorities are involved in investigations of historical abuse by Jimmy Savile: Bournemouth, Devon, Gloucestershire, Leeds, London Borough of Hounslow, London Borough of Islington, London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Manchester, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and Surrey.
The investigations will be completed at the earliest opportunity, but not before the independent quality assurers are satisfied that they have been full and thorough.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in care in residential children’s homes who have been placed outside their local authority area.
Mr Edward Timpson
This information is available in Table A3 of ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption’ statistical first release: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-04-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether recommendations from the Independent Experts Panel on Serious Case Reviews to Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards are advisory.
Mr Edward Timpson
‘Working Together’ states that local safeguarding children boards “should have regard to the panel’s advice when deciding whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR), when appointing reviewers and when considering publication of SCR reports.”