Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were taken into care because their mother was given a custodial sentence in each of the last five years; and how many such children were in care for (1) less than two months, (2) two months to four months, (3) four months to six months, (4) six months to 12 months, and (5) over 12 months.
Answered by Baroness Berridge
The department does not hold the information centrally as data is not collected on the number of children who enter care as a result of their mother receiving a custodial sentence.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of school leavers entered higher education in each of the ten districts of Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Berridge
The department publishes annual information on the proportion of students from state-funded and special schools who entered higher education by age 19 by local authority in its ‘Widening Participation in Higher Education’ statistical release.
The table below shows figures for the latest five years for local authorities within Greater Manchester.
Table 1: Percentage of pupils from state-funded and special schools who entered Higher Education by age 19 by local authority.
Local Authority | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
Bolton | 40% | 43% | 43% | 46% | 43% |
Bury | 41% | 44% | 46% | 43% | 44% |
Manchester | 35% | 37% | 39% | 39% | 42% |
Oldham | 37% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 41% |
Rochdale | 37% | 38% | 40% | 40% | 39% |
Salford | 34% | 32% | 34% | 33% | 32% |
Stockport | 38% | 39% | 41% | 40% | 43% |
Tameside | 31% | 35% | 37% | 36% | 36% |
Trafford | 50% | 52% | 53% | 54% | 57% |
Wigan | 37% | 38% | 40% | 41% | 40% |
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current waiting time for children with special educational needs to have education, health and care plans (1) processed, and (2) implemented, in each of the ten districts of Greater Manchester.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
The information requested is not held centrally.
Data is collected by the department on assessments for education, health and care (EHC) plans that are completed within their 20-week target. This is published, at local authority level, in table 8 of the “Statements of special educational needs and EHC plans: England 2018” publication attached and available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018.
Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the new school funding formula for each school in the city of Manchester.
Answered by Lord Nash
We want to ensure every school has the resources it needs to deliver a high quality education for every child and that all schools are fairly funded. We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course.