Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people used children and young people's social care services in each district authority in Lancashire in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The available information is given in the table below:
Referrals to children’s social care, children in need and children looked after in Lancashire local authority in the year ending 31 March 2014.
Number | |
Referrals1,2 to children’s social care throughout the year | 19,460 |
Children in need1 as of 31 March 2014 | 9,035 |
Children looked after as of 31 March 2014 | 1,590 |
Source: Children in Need census, SSDA903
1. Lancashire used two reporting systems to produce their Children in Need return in 2014 so we highlighted in the publication that we had some concerns over the quality of the data.
2. If a child has more than one referral in the year then each will be counted.
This data is only available at local authority and national level. Figures on referrals and children in need are published annually within the ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistical first release:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014
Figures on the number of children looked after are published annually within the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption’ statistical first release: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total level of (a) income and (b) expenditure is for children and young people's social care in each district authority in Lancashire.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The available information for Lancashire local authority is shown in the table below. Figures at district authority level within Lancashire are not available.
Income and expenditure statistics on children and young people's services for Lancashire local authority (1) | ||||
Year: 2013-14 | ||||
Total expenditure (£000) | Income (£000) | Net current expenditure (£000) | ||
Sure Start children's centres and early years | 28,077 | 775 | 27,302 | |
Children looked after | 71,390 | 48 | 71,342 | |
Other children's and families services | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Safeguarding children and young people's services | 25,978 | 267 | 25,711 | |
Family support services | 29,370 | 69 | 29,300 | |
Services for young people | 13,868 | 52 | 13,816 | |
Youth justice | 6,561 | 2,783 | 3,779 | |
Capital Expenditure from Revenue (CERA) (Children's and young people's services) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
TOTAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES EXPENDITURE (including CERA) | 175,245 | 3,995 | 171,250 | |
TOTAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES EXPENDITURE (excluding CERA) | 175,245 | 3,995 | 171,250 | |
1. An explanation of each expenditure category within the Section 251 outturn can be found in the guidance documentation at the following link: | ||||
Totals may not be the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding. | ||||
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of matron licence fees on participation in theatre and arts groups.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education has made no assessment of the effect of local authority fees for licensing of matrons (otherwise referred to as chaperones) on participation in theatre and arts groups.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with amateur theatre and arts groups on proposed changes to the Child Performance Regulations on performance hours and breaks.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education ran a public consultation this summer, from 23 June to 29 August, on proposed changes to the Child Performance Regulations. We first announced our intention to do so last December, during the passage of the Children and Families Bill (now Act) 2014.
The consultation was open to all those with an interest, including the amateur sector. A full consultation report will be published later this year.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to regulating smaller amateur theatre and arts groups under a separate class under the Child Performance Regulations.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The child performance licensing system is designed to provide a check that suitable arrangements are made to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children when they take part in performances, and that their education does not suffer when they do. This principle applies regardless of whether the performances are put on by amateur or professional organisations.
We therefore have no plans to introduce differential licensing arrangements for different types or sizes of organisation. We are, however, planning to remove some unnecessary and outdated restrictions and have recently consulted on other options to improve flexibility, but without reducing any of the important safeguards. We expect the resulting changes to benefit all types of organisation involved in child performances and, of course, the children themselves.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium funding has been allocated to each borough in Lancashire in each year since that scheme's introduction.
Answered by David Laws
The Department for Education does not hold pupil premium allocations broken down by borough. Pupil premium allocations are published each year at top tier local authority, constituency and school level. The allocations for each year are available online at:
2014-15
www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2014-to-2015-illustrative-allocation-tables.
The pupil premium allocations for Lancashire for each year going back to its introduction in 2011-12 are: £45.9 million in 2014-15 (provisional based on illustrative pupil numbers), £37.1 million in 2013-14, £21.7 million in 2012-13, and £12.4 million in 2011-12.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure Ofsted is able to undertake the proposed increase in inspections of apprenticeship providers.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Our apprenticeship reforms will improve quality by involving employers in defining the new standards and assessment and by controlling the funding of apprenticeships. Ofsted will continue to play an important role in ensuring the quality of teaching and learning in registered training providers. We are discussing the arrangements with Ofsted as part of the Trailblazer project.