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My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, who is a brilliant Minister, for her reply. But she erred slightly in blaming the EBacc, which provides no constraint on choice. What supports choice, of course, is the provision of music hubs. Under the coalition Government, Darren Henley’s music review ensured that they are there to provide support for all schools, but sadly, under the latter years of the Conservative Government, and under this Government, there has been no real-terms increase in funding for music hubs. We know that the incoming Prime Minister is a great fan of music and a champion of the Hallé Orchestra. Will the Minister encourage him to show “true faith” in our music hubs, end the “definitely maybe” culture of funding and guarantee a “new order” with a “wonderwall” of funding for them?
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, who is a brilliant Minister, for her reply. But she erred slightly in blaming the EBacc, which provides no constraint on choice. What supports choice, of course, is the provision of music hubs. Under the coalition Government, Darren Henley’s music review ensured that they are there to provide support for all schools, but sadly, under the latter years of the Conservative Government, and under this Government, there has been no real-terms increase in funding for music hubs. We know that the incoming Prime Minister is a great fan of music and a champion of the Hallé Orchestra. Will the Minister encourage him to show “true faith” in our music hubs, end the “definitely maybe” culture of funding and guarantee a “new order” with a “wonderwall” of funding for them?
Oh dear. We are definitely investing £76 million annually in music hubs, which of course means that the 43 music hubs can continue their important work to help children, regardless of background, to access musical education, by providing instruments and resources. In addition, we are investing up to £13 million in the national centre for arts and music education, which we intend to establish by September, to provide support for the revised national curriculum, improve the professional development of music teachers and make sure that extracurricular school enrichment and partnerships with music and arts organisations are strengthened.
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady MacLeod, has made a vital point. Gaelic as an indigenous language is not just an integral part of the culture of these islands but the means of expression of two of the greatest poets of the 20th century, Sorley MacLean and Iain Crichton Smith. There is a statutory duty on the BBC to fund Welsh, which is quite right, but there is no similar statutory duty for Scots Gaelic. The last Government set up the Islands Forum, to ensure that the voice of Gaelic speakers was heard at the heart of Westminster. This Government abolished it. The Lord Speaker, when he was Scottish Secretary, ensured increased broadcasting funding for Gaelic. This Government have not yet made that commitment. Will the Government stand behind Gaelic speakers, whose contribution to our culture is so important?
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady MacLeod, has made a vital point. Gaelic as an indigenous language is not just an integral part of the culture of these islands but the means of expression of two of the greatest poets of the 20th century, Sorley MacLean and Iain Crichton Smith. There is a statutory duty on the BBC to fund Welsh, which is quite right, but there is no similar statutory duty for Scots Gaelic. The last Government set up the Islands Forum, to ensure that the voice of Gaelic speakers was heard at the heart of Westminster. This Government abolished it. The Lord Speaker, when he was Scottish Secretary, ensured increased broadcasting funding for Gaelic. This Government have not yet made that commitment. Will the Government stand behind Gaelic speakers, whose contribution to our culture is so important?
I agree with the noble Lord on the importance of Gaelic speakers to our national culture. However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to minority-language broadcasting models and how they are funded. The Scottish and UK Governments have a role to play to help ensure that relevant institutions and organisations have adequate funding so that they can deliver for audiences. We are considering, through charter review, how we can provide more certainty to Gaelic broadcasting and MG Alba.
My Lords, I am grateful, as ever, to the Minister for his lucid and authoritative response. When I was a Minister, I saw how Palantir’s technology helped to save lives in the NHS. I saw how Palantir helped to ensure that those fleeing persecution from the Ukraine war could have a safe home in this country. I also appreciate that Palantir is playing a role in defending democracy, not just in the Middle East but in Ukraine. Is it therefore not a matter of regret to the Minister, as it is to me, that the Mayor of London has specifically ruled out Palantir helping to fight crime on the streets of London when the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has made clear that, as a result of the Mayor of London’s decision, our citizens will be less safe?
My Lords, I am grateful, as ever, to the Minister for his lucid and authoritative response. When I was a Minister, I saw how Palantir’s technology helped to save lives in the NHS. I saw how Palantir helped to ensure that those fleeing persecution from the Ukraine war could have a safe home in this country. I also appreciate that Palantir is playing a role in defending democracy, not just in the Middle East but in Ukraine. Is it therefore not a matter of regret to the Minister, as it is to me, that the Mayor of London has specifically ruled out Palantir helping to fight crime on the streets of London when the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has made clear that, as a result of the Mayor of London’s decision, our citizens will be less safe?
My understanding is that the mayor and the commissioner have now reached an arrangement with respect to the activity of Palantir within the Metropolitan Police, where there will be a 12-month period to establish a proof of concept as to whether Palantir can move forward. The mayor and the Metropolitan Police commissioner have agreed that because, as the noble Lord says, the commissioner believes it will help fight crime. It is a matter for them to resolve that, but it seems they have found a way in which both are happy to try to take it forward.
I do not want to underestimate the moral questions that Governments sometimes have to answer. The noble Lord knows the issue of education particularly well, but let us look at the issue with respect to health: 41 ICBs and 171 trusts have signed up to use the NHS federated data platform; more than 100,000 extra patients have been seen; hundreds of thousands of patients have been safely removed from the waiting list; and nearly 94,000 patients have been supported on their cancer journey. That is the sort of dilemma that Governments need to resolve to try to find the best way forward.
My Lords, whatever improvements might be made in dealing with the consequences of extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea in environmental terms, it is undoubtedly the case that the environmental and economic benefits are greater if we extract from our own native resources than if the resources are extracted from Russia and refined in a third country. Yet this Government have decided to relax sanctions on Putin’s Russia, to accept Russian oil refined in third countries and to acquiesce in the loss of jobs and investment in Aberdeen and the North Sea. How can it possibly make sense to strengthen Putin during a war against Ukraine and to leave people in Scotland jobless as a result?
My Lords, whatever improvements might be made in dealing with the consequences of extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea in environmental terms, it is undoubtedly the case that the environmental and economic benefits are greater if we extract from our own native resources than if the resources are extracted from Russia and refined in a third country. Yet this Government have decided to relax sanctions on Putin’s Russia, to accept Russian oil refined in third countries and to acquiesce in the loss of jobs and investment in Aberdeen and the North Sea. How can it possibly make sense to strengthen Putin during a war against Ukraine and to leave people in Scotland jobless as a result?
No, the Government have not relaxed sanctions against Putin and Russia. I believe the noble Lord is referring to recent decisions about how to phase in new sanctions as far as Russia is concerned, particularly concerning third-party products which arise not from crude oil itself but from the refining of it, particularly in circumstances where the UK does not have that refining capacity at home. The decisions that have been taken very recently relate only to that and not to the ongoing and increased sanctions as far as Putin is concerned.
My Lords, if this policy is such a good idea, why was the Whip removed from seven Labour MPs in the other place when they voted in favour of it last year?
My Lords, if this policy is such a good idea, why was the Whip removed from seven Labour MPs in the other place when they voted in favour of it last year?
My Lords, perhaps the noble Lord knows more than I do about the state of the economy that this party inherited when we came into government. We have dealt with all the challenges that his Government left behind. Chief among those was the state of—not just support for children—the welfare state. We had huge numbers of people who had been abandoned. Under the last Government, the bill went up by £88 billion. This Government came in with a budget. We invested £1.5 billion in employment support; we have reformed Motability and universal credit. We are going to make a difference. We care about children.
My Lords, the Government pledged at the last election that this tax increase would pay for 6,500 new teachers in state schools. Over the past year, this Government have seen the number of teachers in state schools drop by more than 400. How can minus 400 be an addition, even in the crazy mathematics of His Majesty’s Treasury?
My Lords, the Government pledged at the last election that this tax increase would pay for 6,500 new teachers in state schools. Over the past year, this Government have seen the number of teachers in state schools drop by more than 400. How can minus 400 be an addition, even in the crazy mathematics of His Majesty’s Treasury?
The noble Lord mentions crazy mathematics—I think he was one of the leading proponents of Brexit, so he would know all about crazy mathematics. This measure raises £1.7 billion to spend on state schools. He will have seen in the previous SR settlement for schools that, to raise school standards for every child and break down barriers to opportunity, the Government are increasing the core schools budget by £4.7 billion per year by 2028-29. This is a real-terms increase of 1.1% on average each year, on a per-pupil basis, taking per-pupil funding to a new record high.
I thank the noble Baroness for her reply and take this opportunity to associate these Benches with the earlier comments and expressions of gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for his ministerial service— proof, if it were needed, of the invaluable role hereditary members continue to play in this House.
The Grenfell inquiry report made it clear that Arconic, Saint-Gobain and Kingspan all had a direct responsibility for the death of the victims in that horrendous tragedy. Can the Minister assure us that the Government have no commercial relationship with any of those firms, government agencies will not enter into commercial relationships with any of those firms, and Ministers will not appear at events sponsored by those firms complicit in murder?
I thank the noble Baroness for her reply and take this opportunity to associate these Benches with the earlier comments and expressions of gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for his ministerial service— proof, if it were needed, of the invaluable role hereditary members continue to play in this House.
The Grenfell inquiry report made it clear that Arconic, Saint-Gobain and Kingspan all had a direct responsibility for the death of the victims in that horrendous tragedy. Can the Minister assure us that the Government have no commercial relationship with any of those firms, government agencies will not enter into commercial relationships with any of those firms, and Ministers will not appear at events sponsored by those firms complicit in murder?
Before I answer the noble Lord’s question, I thank him for his comments about my noble friend Lord Ponsonby, but I point out to him that my noble friend is in fact a life Peer. We truly value his service.
In response to the question about public contracts, we are, of course, absolutely committed to exploring all available options to take action to hold to account those companies which were criticised by the inquiry. In that spirit, the Cabinet Office said it would launch investigations into seven organisations, using the new debarment powers that came in the Procurement Act 2023. I have to say, however, that the Met Police and the Crown Prosecution Service informed the Cabinet Office that debarment investigations might unintentionally prejudice the criminal investigation, so the Cabinet Office then concluded that it was right to pause the debarment investigations while the criminal investigation was going on. However, I completely understand the noble Lord’s point, and we will do all we can to make sure that those who are responsible are brought to account.
I am tempted to say that if the hon. Gentleman has evidence, he should please share it. It is the case that Labour in Teesside, including Labour in Middlesbrough, has consistently sought to undermine, thwart and oppose those efforts at economic development and investment that the Mayor of Tees Valley has brought forward. I recognise that the hon. Gentleman has made a number of allegations in this House that he has been reluctant to repeat outside. We look forward to him putting us right in a way that actually contributes to the welfare of the people of Tees Valley, rather than advancing the agenda of the Labour party.
I am tempted to say that if the hon. Gentleman has evidence, he should please share it. It is the case that Labour in Teesside, including Labour in Middlesbrough, has consistently sought to undermine, thwart and oppose those efforts at economic development and investment that the Mayor of Tees Valley has brought forward. I recognise that the hon. Gentleman has made a number of allegations in this House that he has been reluctant to repeat outside. We look forward to him putting us right in a way that actually contributes to the welfare of the people of Tees Valley, rather than advancing the agenda of the Labour party.
Ministers will be aware that at the weekend it was reported that the school in England that has recorded the best Progress 8 score, and the best measure of how much value is added during time in the classroom, is Michaela Community School in Wembley. Michaela is a free school. It encourages students to study EBacc subjects, and it is Ofsted outstanding. The Labour party opposed the creation of free schools, opposed the EBacc, and wanted to abolish Ofsted. What lessons can we learn from that?
Ministers will be aware that at the weekend it was reported that the school in England that has recorded the best Progress 8 score, and the best measure of how much value is added during time in the classroom, is Michaela Community School in Wembley. Michaela is a free school. It encourages students to study EBacc subjects, and it is Ofsted outstanding. The Labour party opposed the creation of free schools, opposed the EBacc, and wanted to abolish Ofsted. What lessons can we learn from that?
My right hon. Friend puts his finger on the point exactly. He will be pleased to know that only 10 days ago I visited Michaela school to see exactly what goes on, having heard an awful lot about it and indeed having watched the moving documentary about the work done there. I confess to being rather alarmed by the aggression that that school attracts from the wider educational establishment, particularly on social media. Although the head of that school is obviously very outspoken, she is outspoken because it seems she has a cause. It was gratifying at the weekend to see that in the Progress 8 scores she proved that she was right.
When the Secretary of State launched the levelling-up fund, it was denounced by the Scottish nationalist Government in Holyrood as a “power grab.” Now, of course, SNP MPs and SNP councils are only too eager to apply to benefit from the levelling-up fund. What conclusions does my right hon. Friend draw from the vast divergence between the rhetoric of Nicola Sturgeon and the reality of SNP MPs wanting all the financial benefits of being in the United Kingdom?
When the Secretary of State launched the levelling-up fund, it was denounced by the Scottish nationalist Government in Holyrood as a “power grab.” Now, of course, SNP MPs and SNP councils are only too eager to apply to benefit from the levelling-up fund. What conclusions does my right hon. Friend draw from the vast divergence between the rhetoric of Nicola Sturgeon and the reality of SNP MPs wanting all the financial benefits of being in the United Kingdom?
This is a fitting opportunity to pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for all his work in this Department. He is a fantastic champion of not only levelling up but the Union as well. As he rightly says, on this day of
all days, when Nicola Sturgeon is bringing forward her vision, it is particularly ironic that we hear so much about the strength of the Union and the support it offers to communities across Scotland, to the benefit of SNP Members’ constituents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure clear strategic governance in the delivery of cancer services with the Frimley Health Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure clear strategic governance in the delivery of cancer services with the Frimley Health Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
There are two Cancer Alliances across the Frimley Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint. Representatives of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan are included in the membership of each newly formed Cancer Alliance Board, which give strategic direction on behalf of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan and receive assurance and advice on priority setting and delivery of cancer services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department paid any sums in to the Baker-Dearing Trust in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department paid any sums in to the Baker-Dearing Trust in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
The Department has paid the following sums to the Baker Dearing Trust (BDT):
(a) 2014/15 - £213,191
(b) 2015/16 - £157,364
(c) 2016/17 –£138,341 (from 1 April 2016 – 31 January 2017)
BDT provide advice, guidance and pre-approval support to proposer groups developing applications to establish UTCs. The Department funds this work through a competitively tendered grant award.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools currently sponsor academies; what independent schools sponsor academies; and which academies each such independent school sponsors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools currently sponsor academies; what independent schools sponsor academies; and which academies each such independent school sponsors.
As of 3 March 2017, eight organisations have been set up by independent schools for the purpose of sponsoring academies. They currently sponsor 11 academies in total.
Three free schools are sponsored by independent schools.
The following table contains the names of the relevant academies, the sponsor organisations to which they are linked, and the relevant independent school(s) that originally established the sponsor organisation.
Academy Name | Sponsor name | Independent School/ Independent School Organisation |
Orchard Meadow Primary School | Blackbird Academy Trust | Dragon School |
Windale Community Primary School | Blackbird Academy Trust | Dragon School |
Theale Green School | Bradfield College | Bradfield College |
The Bourne Academy | Canford School | Canford School |
Birkenhead High School Academy | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) â umbrella body of independent schools |
The Belvedere Academy | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) | Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) â umbrella body of independent schools |
Haileybury Turnford | Haileybury Academy Trust | Haileybury and Imperial Service College |
Messing Primary School | New Hall Academy Trust | New Hall School |
The Steiner Academy Hereford | Steiner Waldorf | Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship â umbrella body of independent schools |
Wellington Primary Academy | Wellington College | Wellington College |
The Wellington Academy | Wellington College | Wellington College |
The following table contains the names of the relevant free schools and the sponsoring independent schools.
Free School Name | Independent School/ Independent School Organisation |
New Islington Free School | Manchester Grammar School |
London Academy of Excellence | Brighton College & a consortium of Eton College, Highgate School, City of London School |
Holyport Free School | Eton College |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) which state schools entered candidates for A-level Greek in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) which state schools entered candidates for A-level Greek in 2015-16.
Information on the number of A level entries to Modern and Classical Greek by students at the end of advanced level study in 2015/16 is published at school level in the performance tables underlying data download file[1]
There were 54 state funded schools with pupils at the end of advanced level study in the 2015/16 academic year with A level entries to modern or classical Greek. A list of these schools is provided in the table below.
Local Authority | URN | School or college name | School or college type | A level entries in |
Camden | 100054 | The Camden School for Girls | Voluntary Aided School | Classical Greek |
Lambeth | 100638 | Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School | Voluntary Aided School | Modern Greek |
Barnet | 101361 | St Michael's Catholic Grammar School | Voluntary Aided School | Modern Greek |
Barnet | 101365 | Bishop Douglass School Finchley | Voluntary Aided School | Modern Greek |
Bromley | 101676 | St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School | Voluntary Aided School | Classical Greek |
Enfield | 102047 | Southgate School | Community School | Modern Greek |
Enfield | 102049 | Chace Community School | Community School | Modern Greek |
Enfield | 102055 | The Latymer School | Voluntary Aided School | Modern Greek |
Birmingham | 103560 | Bishop Challoner Catholic College | Voluntary Aided School | Modern Greek |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 108524 | Walbottle Campus | Community School | Modern Greek |
Dorset | 113854 | Ferndown Upper School | Community School | Modern Greek |
Brighton and Hove | 114607 | Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre | Community School | Modern Greek |
Gloucestershire | 115758 | Rednock School | Foundation School | Modern Greek |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 118075 | Withernsea High School | Community School | Modern Greek |
Kent | 118840 | Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School | Voluntary Controlled School | Classical Greek |
Staffordshire | 124407 | Westwood College | Foundation School | Modern Greek |
Enfield | 132256 | Highlands School | Community School | Modern Greek |
Lewisham | 135073 | Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College | Sponsored Academy | Classical Greek |
Bristol, City of | 135581 | Colston's Girls' School | Sponsored Academy | Modern Greek |
Hertfordshire | 135876 | Francis Combe Academy | Sponsored Academy | Modern Greek |
Barnet | 136308 | Ashmole Academy | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Lincolnshire | 136358 | Branston Community Academy | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Buckinghamshire | 136419 | Dr Challoner's Grammar School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Bedford | 136470 | Sharnbrook Upper School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Kent | 136581 | Valley Park School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Warwickshire | 136587 | Ashlawn School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Hertfordshire | 136607 | The John Warner School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Kingston upon Thames | 136615 | The Tiffin Girls' School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Gloucestershire | 136623 | Chosen Hill School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Barnet | 136658 | East Barnet School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Milton Keynes | 136730 | Shenley Brook End School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Lancashire | 136742 | Lancaster Royal Grammar School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Sutton | 136785 | Cheam High School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Sutton | 136795 | Nonsuch High School for Girls | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Sutton | 136800 | Greenshaw High School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Kingston upon Thames | 136910 | Tiffin School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 137157 | The London Oratory School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Harrow | 137177 | Harrow High School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Warwickshire | 137302 | King Edward VI School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
West Berkshire | 137465 | St Bartholomew's School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Sefton | 137520 | Maghull High School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Brent | 137685 | Kingsbury High School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Essex | 137790 | Plume School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Essex | 137814 | Colchester Royal Grammar School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Oxfordshire | 137936 | Chipping Norton School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Brent | 137994 | Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Barnet | 138051 | The Henrietta Barnett School | Converter Academy | Classical Greek |
Bournemouth | 138385 | LeAF Studio | Studio School | Modern Greek |
Birmingham | 138136 | The Arthur Terry School | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Wandsworth | 138682 | Southfields Academy | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Sunderland | 139538 | St Aidan's Catholic Academy | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Plymouth | 140104 | Eggbuckland Community College | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Coventry | 140248 | President Kennedy School Academy | Converter Academy | Modern Greek |
Coventry | 140961 | WMG Academy for Young Engineers | University Technical College | Modern Greek |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on implementing the English Baccalaureate which closed on 29 January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on implementing the English Baccalaureate which closed on 29 January 2016.
The English Baccalaureate provides the right foundation for most pupils, and we want to see a significant increase in the proportion of pupils in mainstream secondary schools entering the English Baccalaureate subjects at GCSE.
We are carefully considering the consultation responses and will publish the Government response in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect girls from female genital mutilation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect girls from female genital mutilation.
The Department for Education’s vision statement, Putting Children First, published in July 2016, set out our commitment to protecting children from all forms of abuse, including female genital mutilation (FGM). The Children and Social Work Bill, currently before Parliament, will help us to deliver the change needed to secure a system that meets children’s needs.
As well as that wide-ranging work on safeguarding, we are currently funding two voluntary sector organisations working to safeguard girls from FGM. The Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development (FORWARD) and the Midaye Somali Development Network have been allocated a total of over £600,000 for work from December 2016 until March 2018.
On 1 March the Secretary of State made a statement to this House announcing her intention to put Relationships and Sex Education on a statutory footing. There will be a comprehensive programme of engagement, followed by full public consultation, and I know that those campaigning on issues such as FGM will want to contribute to that discussion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2015 have not been published in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2015 have not been published in full.
Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).
Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).
Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:
Period | Completed SCRs received by panel | SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication | SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication | SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication | SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website | SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication |
01/07/13 to 30/06/14 | 74 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
01/07/14 to 30/06/15 | 80 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
01/07/15 to 30/06/16 | 110 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews were published in full in 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews were published in full in 2016.
Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).
Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).
Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:
Period | Completed SCRs received by panel | SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication | SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication | SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication | SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website | SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication |
01/07/13 to 30/06/14 | 74 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
01/07/14 to 30/06/15 | 80 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
01/07/15 to 30/06/16 | 110 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2014 have not been published in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2014 have not been published in full.
Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).
Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).
Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:
Period | Completed SCRs received by panel | SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication | SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication | SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication | SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website | SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication |
01/07/13 to 30/06/14 | 74 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
01/07/14 to 30/06/15 | 80 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
01/07/15 to 30/06/16 | 110 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 63174, on Department for Education: third sector, what information her Department holds on which charitable and voluntary organisations are in receipt of grants from her Department; what the value of each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 63174, on Department for Education: third sector, what information her Department holds on which charitable and voluntary organisations are in receipt of grants from her Department; what the value of each such...
The Department publishes details of all expenditure exceeding £25,000 and they are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000 .
This information is taken directly from our financial systems where reported expenditure includes all payments made to organisations. However, those systems do not distinguish between payments made to charitable and voluntary sector organisations and those made to the private sector. We have attempted to consider alternative sources of information.
The DfE Grants Register (in Excel format) covers grants awarded and the planned allocation of funds including to organisations in the charitable and voluntary sectors. An extract of the information held is attached, though this does not give the total picture as we are updating the data as part of a migration process to a new system.
To provide information on all grants actually paid would incur a disproportionate cost.