Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Janet Daby
The following table includes the number of lost department-issued devices by the department since 5 July 2024.
Breakdown of department-issued equipment type | Number of lost items |
Mobile phones | 43 |
Laptops | 16 |
Other electronic devices - please specify (headsets) | 87 |
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has visited any private schools since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
I refer the hon. Member for Huntingdon to the answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 46839.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the value of funding for each child with an education, health and care plan is calculated.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
An education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment ensures that a child or young person’s needs are assessed in a joined-up way across education, health and social care services.
The assessment process must identify if the child or young person has any special educational needs, together with any relevant health or social care needs. If the local authority then decides to issue an EHC plan, it must set long term outcomes for the child or young person and specify provision which will deliver those outcomes. The local authority is then statutorily required to secure the special educational provision specified in the EHC plan.
Local authorities provide additional funding to mainstream schools when the costs of the specified special provision exceed £6,000 per pupil per annum, and also fund children and young people with EHC plans in special schools and other settings. Local authorities have a degree of discretion as to how their high needs budget is allocated to those schools and other settings for those with EHC plans, and use different methods to calculate the allocations.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which county councils are failing to meet the 20-week timeframe for delivery of Education, Health and Care Plans.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the statutory timeframe of 20 weeks from the date of the request for an EHC needs assessment are published for each local authority, for the 2023 calendar year, in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans/2024.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have (a) applied for and (b) had approved an Education, Health and Care Plan by Cambridgeshire County Council in each of the last five academic years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of assessments carried out and the number where an EHC plan has been issued are published for Cambridgeshire local authority, for each of the last five years (where available), in the following table: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/1a9ce774-d804-47af-1f6e-08dd8e2f6934.
Information on the number of requests where it was decided to carry out an EHC needs assessment was collected for the first time for the 2022 calendar year.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been granted (a) 25%, (b) 50%, (c) 75% and (d) 100% Special Educational Needs Inclusion Funding in each constituency in Cambridgeshire in each of the last five academic years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
All local authorities are required to have a Special Educational Need Inclusion Fund (SENIF) for all eligible children for the entitlements and who have special educational needs.
Local authorities should establish their SENIFs using funding from the early years block and/or the high needs block of their Dedicated Schools Grant, considering pressures on high needs and early years budgets locally.
The department gives local authorities the autonomy to set SENIF budgets and to decide on eligibility criteria locally, as they are best placed to meet local need.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times Cambridgeshire County Council exceeded the statutory 20 week timeframe to provide a final EHCP in each of the last five academic years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans for each Cambridgeshire local authority, issued within the statutory timeframe of 20 weeks from the date of the request for EHC needs assessment and for each of the last 5 years, is accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/55f72795-1ec2-487f-1f6a-08dd8e2f6934.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how is the value of funding from the SEN Inclusion Fund for each child calculated.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
All local authorities are required to have a special educational need inclusion fund (SENIF) for all eligible children for the entitlements and who have special educational needs (SEN).
Local authorities should establish their SENIFs using funding from the early years block and/or the high needs block of their dedicated schools grant, considering pressures on high needs and early years budgets locally.
The department gives local authorities the autonomy to set SENIF budgets and decide on eligibility criteria locally, as they are best placed to meet local need.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have applied for SENIF funding in Cambridgeshire in each of the last five academic years, broken down by constituency.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
All local authorities are required to have a special educational need inclusion fund (SENIF) for all eligible children for the entitlements and who have special educational needs (SEN).
Local authorities should establish their SENIFs using funding from the early years block and/or the high needs block of their dedicated schools grant, considering pressures on high needs and early years budgets locally.
The department gives local authorities the autonomy to set SENIF budgets and decide on eligibility criteria locally, as they are best placed to meet local need.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46070 on Schools: Domestic Visits, how many private schools she has visited since 5 July 2025.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
I refer the hon. Member for Huntingdon to the answer of 06 May 2025 to Question 46839.