Information between 13th March 2024 - 12th April 2024
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13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 296 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 44 Noes - 300 |
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13 Mar 2024 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 288 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 291 Noes - 147 |
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13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No.2) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 43 |
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13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 293 Noes - 41 |
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13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 286 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 292 |
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13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 288 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 293 |
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14 Mar 2024 - Asylum and Migration - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 215 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 36 Noes - 220 |
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14 Mar 2024 - Asylum and Migration - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 215 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 218 Noes - 35 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 251 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 250 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 322 Noes - 249 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 255 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 252 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 315 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 253 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 320 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 328 Noes - 250 |
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18 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 253 |
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19 Mar 2024 - Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 218 Noes - 305 |
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19 Mar 2024 - Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 305 |
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19 Mar 2024 - Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 296 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 306 |
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19 Mar 2024 - Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 224 Noes - 301 |
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25 Mar 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 262 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 265 |
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25 Mar 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 251 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 39 Noes - 257 |
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25 Mar 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 261 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 265 |
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25 Mar 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Flick Drummond voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 252 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 257 Noes - 38 |
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Flick Drummond speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Flick Drummond contributed 2 speeches (109 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Flick Drummond speeches from: Israel and Gaza
Flick Drummond contributed 1 speech (52 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Flick Drummond speeches from: Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
Flick Drummond contributed 1 speech (698 words) 2nd reading Friday 15th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders
25 speeches (5,561 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Presentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)Christine Jardine, supported by Wendy Chamberlain, Mrs Flick - Link to Speech |
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Pupils: Absenteeism
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on how regularly a child not in school should be contacted by the (a) school and (b) local authority to (i) help ensure their safety and (ii) check on their wellbeing. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools. The data is one part of the department’s comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child registered at school attends every day. The strategy contains stronger expectations of schools, trusts and local authorities to work together to tackle absence as set out in guidance that will become statutory in August 2024. It also includes an attendance data tool allowing early identification and intervention of pupils at risk of persistent absence. Participation in this data tool will become mandatory from September 2024. As a further part of the strategy, 10 Attendance Advisers will support local authorities and trusts, expanding the department’s attendance mentor pilot from 5 to 15 areas from September 2024, backed by an additional £15 million and reaching 10,000 children. This will double the number of lead attendance hubs, bringing the total to 32, supporting nearly 2,000 schools to tackle persistent absence. Alongside these measures, the department is supporting schools in promoting good mental health in children. Key steps include making grants available to all state schools to train a Senior Mental Health lead to embed a whole school approach to mental health, and further rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to reach 50% of children by April 2025. These measures are making a difference, in 2022/23 380,000 fewer children were persistently absent or not attending in than in 2021/22. For those children who are not enrolled at a school, the department collects termly data on home educated children and children missing education from local authorities, doing so on a voluntary basis since October 2022, with the collection becoming mandatory this autumn. Analysis of the data is allowing the department to understand the drivers behind the rise in children not in school and take action where appropriate. The data is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652cf499697260000dccf830/Elective_home_education_and_children_missing_education_2023-24_aggregate_data_collection_guide_v1.1.pdf. Parents have a right to educate their children at home and must provide an efficient, suitable full-time education if the child is of compulsory school age. Local authorities hold the relevant powers to make enquiries with parents as to whether a suitable education is being provided. If home education appears not to be suitable, the local authority must commence the school attendance order process by first issuing a preliminary notice. The government remains committed to legislation for a local authority registration system for children not in school. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, Flick Drummond, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. Local authorities also have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not in school or receiving a suitable education elsewhere. The department has issued statutory guidance for local authorities to support them in this duty, and is running a call for evidence on improving support for children missing education to inform future policy. To keep all children safe, revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), clarify that a multi-agency safeguarding response applies to all forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In 2021, the department provided £1.5 million to 20 local authorities across 7 regions to develop and strengthen multiagency approaches to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm outside the home. The department funded the £2.8 million Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme (2019/2023) to help local areas develop their strategic response to extra-familial harms. |
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Pupils: Absenteeism
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to measure (a) the mental wellbeing of children who are not in school and (b) changes in their wellbeing. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools. The data is one part of the department’s comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child registered at school attends every day. The strategy contains stronger expectations of schools, trusts and local authorities to work together to tackle absence as set out in guidance that will become statutory in August 2024. It also includes an attendance data tool allowing early identification and intervention of pupils at risk of persistent absence. Participation in this data tool will become mandatory from September 2024. As a further part of the strategy, 10 Attendance Advisers will support local authorities and trusts, expanding the department’s attendance mentor pilot from 5 to 15 areas from September 2024, backed by an additional £15 million and reaching 10,000 children. This will double the number of lead attendance hubs, bringing the total to 32, supporting nearly 2,000 schools to tackle persistent absence. Alongside these measures, the department is supporting schools in promoting good mental health in children. Key steps include making grants available to all state schools to train a Senior Mental Health lead to embed a whole school approach to mental health, and further rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to reach 50% of children by April 2025. These measures are making a difference, in 2022/23 380,000 fewer children were persistently absent or not attending in than in 2021/22. For those children who are not enrolled at a school, the department collects termly data on home educated children and children missing education from local authorities, doing so on a voluntary basis since October 2022, with the collection becoming mandatory this autumn. Analysis of the data is allowing the department to understand the drivers behind the rise in children not in school and take action where appropriate. The data is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652cf499697260000dccf830/Elective_home_education_and_children_missing_education_2023-24_aggregate_data_collection_guide_v1.1.pdf. Parents have a right to educate their children at home and must provide an efficient, suitable full-time education if the child is of compulsory school age. Local authorities hold the relevant powers to make enquiries with parents as to whether a suitable education is being provided. If home education appears not to be suitable, the local authority must commence the school attendance order process by first issuing a preliminary notice. The government remains committed to legislation for a local authority registration system for children not in school. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, Flick Drummond, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. Local authorities also have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not in school or receiving a suitable education elsewhere. The department has issued statutory guidance for local authorities to support them in this duty, and is running a call for evidence on improving support for children missing education to inform future policy. To keep all children safe, revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), clarify that a multi-agency safeguarding response applies to all forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In 2021, the department provided £1.5 million to 20 local authorities across 7 regions to develop and strengthen multiagency approaches to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm outside the home. The department funded the £2.8 million Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme (2019/2023) to help local areas develop their strategic response to extra-familial harms. |
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Home Education
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children not in school reach the same level of attainment as children in school. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools. The data is one part of the department’s comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child registered at school attends every day. The strategy contains stronger expectations of schools, trusts and local authorities to work together to tackle absence as set out in guidance that will become statutory in August 2024. It also includes an attendance data tool allowing early identification and intervention of pupils at risk of persistent absence. Participation in this data tool will become mandatory from September 2024. As a further part of the strategy, 10 Attendance Advisers will support local authorities and trusts, expanding the department’s attendance mentor pilot from 5 to 15 areas from September 2024, backed by an additional £15 million and reaching 10,000 children. This will double the number of lead attendance hubs, bringing the total to 32, supporting nearly 2,000 schools to tackle persistent absence. Alongside these measures, the department is supporting schools in promoting good mental health in children. Key steps include making grants available to all state schools to train a Senior Mental Health lead to embed a whole school approach to mental health, and further rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to reach 50% of children by April 2025. These measures are making a difference, in 2022/23 380,000 fewer children were persistently absent or not attending in than in 2021/22. For those children who are not enrolled at a school, the department collects termly data on home educated children and children missing education from local authorities, doing so on a voluntary basis since October 2022, with the collection becoming mandatory this autumn. Analysis of the data is allowing the department to understand the drivers behind the rise in children not in school and take action where appropriate. The data is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652cf499697260000dccf830/Elective_home_education_and_children_missing_education_2023-24_aggregate_data_collection_guide_v1.1.pdf. Parents have a right to educate their children at home and must provide an efficient, suitable full-time education if the child is of compulsory school age. Local authorities hold the relevant powers to make enquiries with parents as to whether a suitable education is being provided. If home education appears not to be suitable, the local authority must commence the school attendance order process by first issuing a preliminary notice. The government remains committed to legislation for a local authority registration system for children not in school. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, Flick Drummond, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. Local authorities also have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not in school or receiving a suitable education elsewhere. The department has issued statutory guidance for local authorities to support them in this duty, and is running a call for evidence on improving support for children missing education to inform future policy. To keep all children safe, revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), clarify that a multi-agency safeguarding response applies to all forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In 2021, the department provided £1.5 million to 20 local authorities across 7 regions to develop and strengthen multiagency approaches to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm outside the home. The department funded the £2.8 million Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme (2019/2023) to help local areas develop their strategic response to extra-familial harms. |
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Pupils: Absenteeism
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of how many children not in school have been exploited. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools. The data is one part of the department’s comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child registered at school attends every day. The strategy contains stronger expectations of schools, trusts and local authorities to work together to tackle absence as set out in guidance that will become statutory in August 2024. It also includes an attendance data tool allowing early identification and intervention of pupils at risk of persistent absence. Participation in this data tool will become mandatory from September 2024. As a further part of the strategy, 10 Attendance Advisers will support local authorities and trusts, expanding the department’s attendance mentor pilot from 5 to 15 areas from September 2024, backed by an additional £15 million and reaching 10,000 children. This will double the number of lead attendance hubs, bringing the total to 32, supporting nearly 2,000 schools to tackle persistent absence. Alongside these measures, the department is supporting schools in promoting good mental health in children. Key steps include making grants available to all state schools to train a Senior Mental Health lead to embed a whole school approach to mental health, and further rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to reach 50% of children by April 2025. These measures are making a difference, in 2022/23 380,000 fewer children were persistently absent or not attending in than in 2021/22. For those children who are not enrolled at a school, the department collects termly data on home educated children and children missing education from local authorities, doing so on a voluntary basis since October 2022, with the collection becoming mandatory this autumn. Analysis of the data is allowing the department to understand the drivers behind the rise in children not in school and take action where appropriate. The data is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652cf499697260000dccf830/Elective_home_education_and_children_missing_education_2023-24_aggregate_data_collection_guide_v1.1.pdf. Parents have a right to educate their children at home and must provide an efficient, suitable full-time education if the child is of compulsory school age. Local authorities hold the relevant powers to make enquiries with parents as to whether a suitable education is being provided. If home education appears not to be suitable, the local authority must commence the school attendance order process by first issuing a preliminary notice. The government remains committed to legislation for a local authority registration system for children not in school. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, Flick Drummond, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. Local authorities also have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not in school or receiving a suitable education elsewhere. The department has issued statutory guidance for local authorities to support them in this duty, and is running a call for evidence on improving support for children missing education to inform future policy. To keep all children safe, revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), clarify that a multi-agency safeguarding response applies to all forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In 2021, the department provided £1.5 million to 20 local authorities across 7 regions to develop and strengthen multiagency approaches to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm outside the home. The department funded the £2.8 million Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme (2019/2023) to help local areas develop their strategic response to extra-familial harms. |
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Pupils: Absenteeism
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission research on why children are not in school. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools. The data is one part of the department’s comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child registered at school attends every day. The strategy contains stronger expectations of schools, trusts and local authorities to work together to tackle absence as set out in guidance that will become statutory in August 2024. It also includes an attendance data tool allowing early identification and intervention of pupils at risk of persistent absence. Participation in this data tool will become mandatory from September 2024. As a further part of the strategy, 10 Attendance Advisers will support local authorities and trusts, expanding the department’s attendance mentor pilot from 5 to 15 areas from September 2024, backed by an additional £15 million and reaching 10,000 children. This will double the number of lead attendance hubs, bringing the total to 32, supporting nearly 2,000 schools to tackle persistent absence. Alongside these measures, the department is supporting schools in promoting good mental health in children. Key steps include making grants available to all state schools to train a Senior Mental Health lead to embed a whole school approach to mental health, and further rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to reach 50% of children by April 2025. These measures are making a difference, in 2022/23 380,000 fewer children were persistently absent or not attending in than in 2021/22. For those children who are not enrolled at a school, the department collects termly data on home educated children and children missing education from local authorities, doing so on a voluntary basis since October 2022, with the collection becoming mandatory this autumn. Analysis of the data is allowing the department to understand the drivers behind the rise in children not in school and take action where appropriate. The data is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652cf499697260000dccf830/Elective_home_education_and_children_missing_education_2023-24_aggregate_data_collection_guide_v1.1.pdf. Parents have a right to educate their children at home and must provide an efficient, suitable full-time education if the child is of compulsory school age. Local authorities hold the relevant powers to make enquiries with parents as to whether a suitable education is being provided. If home education appears not to be suitable, the local authority must commence the school attendance order process by first issuing a preliminary notice. The government remains committed to legislation for a local authority registration system for children not in school. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, Flick Drummond, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. Local authorities also have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not in school or receiving a suitable education elsewhere. The department has issued statutory guidance for local authorities to support them in this duty, and is running a call for evidence on improving support for children missing education to inform future policy. To keep all children safe, revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), clarify that a multi-agency safeguarding response applies to all forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In 2021, the department provided £1.5 million to 20 local authorities across 7 regions to develop and strengthen multiagency approaches to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm outside the home. The department funded the £2.8 million Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme (2019/2023) to help local areas develop their strategic response to extra-familial harms. |
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Home Education
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with local authorities to ensure that all children not in school are supervised daily through a virtual hub. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) Ensuring that children are in school is a top priority for the government. The department routinely collects daily absence data to understand the causes for absence. The latest data is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-attendance-in-schools. The data is one part of the department’s comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child registered at school attends every day. The strategy contains stronger expectations of schools, trusts and local authorities to work together to tackle absence as set out in guidance that will become statutory in August 2024. It also includes an attendance data tool allowing early identification and intervention of pupils at risk of persistent absence. Participation in this data tool will become mandatory from September 2024. As a further part of the strategy, 10 Attendance Advisers will support local authorities and trusts, expanding the department’s attendance mentor pilot from 5 to 15 areas from September 2024, backed by an additional £15 million and reaching 10,000 children. This will double the number of lead attendance hubs, bringing the total to 32, supporting nearly 2,000 schools to tackle persistent absence. Alongside these measures, the department is supporting schools in promoting good mental health in children. Key steps include making grants available to all state schools to train a Senior Mental Health lead to embed a whole school approach to mental health, and further rollout of Mental Health Support Teams to reach 50% of children by April 2025. These measures are making a difference, in 2022/23 380,000 fewer children were persistently absent or not attending in than in 2021/22. For those children who are not enrolled at a school, the department collects termly data on home educated children and children missing education from local authorities, doing so on a voluntary basis since October 2022, with the collection becoming mandatory this autumn. Analysis of the data is allowing the department to understand the drivers behind the rise in children not in school and take action where appropriate. The data is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652cf499697260000dccf830/Elective_home_education_and_children_missing_education_2023-24_aggregate_data_collection_guide_v1.1.pdf. Parents have a right to educate their children at home and must provide an efficient, suitable full-time education if the child is of compulsory school age. Local authorities hold the relevant powers to make enquiries with parents as to whether a suitable education is being provided. If home education appears not to be suitable, the local authority must commence the school attendance order process by first issuing a preliminary notice. The government remains committed to legislation for a local authority registration system for children not in school. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, Flick Drummond, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. Local authorities also have a duty to make arrangements to identify children in their area who are not in school or receiving a suitable education elsewhere. The department has issued statutory guidance for local authorities to support them in this duty, and is running a call for evidence on improving support for children missing education to inform future policy. To keep all children safe, revisions to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), clarify that a multi-agency safeguarding response applies to all forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. In 2021, the department provided £1.5 million to 20 local authorities across 7 regions to develop and strengthen multiagency approaches to safeguarding adolescents at risk of harm outside the home. The department funded the £2.8 million Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme (2019/2023) to help local areas develop their strategic response to extra-familial harms. |
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Mar. 27 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 27 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 26 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 26 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 25 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 25 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 22 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 22 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 21 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 20 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 19 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 19 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 18 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 18 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 15 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 15 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Mar. 14 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Miller Dame Margaret Hodge Caroline Nokes Jess Phillips Wera Hobhouse Dehenna Davison Mrs Flick |
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Wednesday 17th April 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Investigation into whistleblowing in the civil service At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Fiona Ryland - Government Chief People Officer at Cabinet Office Matthew Davies - HR Deputy Director at Cabinet Office Helen Pickles - Director General, People, Capability and Place at Department for Work and Pensions View calendar |
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Monday 15th April 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE - Permanent Secretary at Home Office Simon Ridley - Second Interim Permanent Secretary at Home Office Dan Hobbs - Director General, Migration and Borders Group at Home Office Joanna Rowland - Director General, Customer Services Group at Home Office View calendar |
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Wednesday 17th April 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Investigation into whistleblowing in the civil service At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Fiona Ryland - Government Chief People Officer at Cabinet Office Matthew Davies - HR Deputy Director at Cabinet Office Helen Pickles - Director General, People, Capability and Place at Department for Work and Pensions Esther Wallington - Chief People Officer at HM Revenue and Customs View calendar |
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Monday 25th March 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Value for Money from Legal Aid At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Antonia Romeo - Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Justice Jerome Glass - Director General Policy and Strategy Group at Ministry of Justice Jane Harbottle - CEO at Legal Aid Agency Jason Latham - Development Director at HM Courts and Tribunals Service View calendar |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Children’s social care At 10:00am: Oral evidence John Pearce - President at Association of Directors of Children’s Services Roger Gough - Children’s Services Spokesperson at County Councils Network Stuart Ashley - Director of Children’s Services at Hampshire County Council At 11:00am: Oral evidence Dan Turnbull - Senior Director for Markets at Competitions and Markets Authority Mr Andrew Isaac - Chair at Children’s Services Development Group Dr Mark Kerr Ms Lucy Croxton - Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager at Together Trust View calendar |
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Wednesday 8th May 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England View calendar |
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Wednesday 24th April 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Decarbonising home heating At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Jeremy Pocklington CB - Permanent Secretary at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar |
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Wednesday 5th June 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: NHS England’s modelling for the Long-Term Workforce Plan At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Sir Chris Wormald KCB - Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care View calendar |
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Monday 3rd June 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK border: Implementing an effective trade border At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Jim Harra CB - First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive at HM Revenue and Customs Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE - Permanent Secretary at Home Office View calendar |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disabled students’ allowance View calendar |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disabled students’ allowance At 10:00am: Oral evidence Tara Chattaway - Head of Education at Thomas Pocklington Trust Lesley Morrice - Chair at National Network of Assessment Centres Sarah Todd - Chair at National Association of Disability Practitioners At 10:40am: Oral evidence Laura Blackman - Managing Director of Education Programmes at Capita Glenn Tookey - Managing Director at Study Tech At 11:20am: Oral evidence The Baroness Barran MBE - Minister for School System and Student Finance at Department for Education Chris Larmer - CEO at Student Loans Company View calendar |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disabled students’ allowance At 10:00am: Oral evidence Tara Chattaway - Head of Education at Thomas Pocklington Trust Lesley Morrice - Chair at National Network of Assessment Centres Sarah Todd - Chair at National Association of Disability Practitioners At 10:40am: Oral evidence Laura Blackman - Managing Director of Education Programmes at Capita Glenn Tookey - Managing Director at Study Tech At 11:20am: Oral evidence The Baroness Barran MBE - Minister for School System and Student Finance at Department for Education Chris Larmer - CEO at Student Loans Company Anne Rimmer - Deputy Director Student Funding Policy and Student Loans Company Sponsorship at Department for Education View calendar |
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Wednesday 24th April 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Decarbonising home heating At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Jeremy Pocklington CB - Permanent Secretary at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Ben Rimmington - Director General, Net Zero Buildings and Industry at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero David Capper - Director of Net Zero Buildings at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar |
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Monday 22nd April 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Supporting mobile connectivity At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Sarah Munby - Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Emran Mian CB OBE - Director General for Digital, Technology and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Dean Creamer CBE - Chief Executive at Building Digital UK View calendar |
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Monday 22nd April 2024 3 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Supporting mobile connectivity At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Munby - Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Emran Mian CB OBE - Director General for Digital, Technology and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Dean Creamer CBE - Chief Executive at Building Digital UK View calendar |
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Monday 29th April 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Rail reform: The rail transformation programme At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB - Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport Conrad Bailey - Director General, Rail Strategy and Services Group at Department for Transport Anit Chandarana - Interim Director General, Rail Infrastructure at Department for Transport Andrew Haines - Chief Executive at Network Rail, and Lead at Great British Railways Transition Team View calendar |
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Tuesday 30th April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Children’s social care At 10:00am: Oral evidence Stephen Kingdom - Campaign Manager at Disabled Children’s Partnership Tina Emory OBE - Co-Chair at National Network of Parent Carer Forums Ms Katie Ghose - Chief Executive at Kids At 11:00am: Oral evidence Yvette Stanley - National Director, Regulation and Social Care at Ofsted Professor Michelle McManus, Professor of Safeguarding and Violence Prevention Annie Hudson - Chair at Child Safeguarding Review Panel View calendar |
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Monday 13th May 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Investigation into UKHSA Health Security Campus At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Professor Dame Jenny Harries DBE - Chief Executive at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Scott McPherson - Strategy, Policy and Programmes and Programme Senior Responsible Officer at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Shona Dunn CB - Second Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care View calendar |
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Wednesday 8th May 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Susan Acland-Hood - Permanent Secretary at Department for Education Justin Russell - Director General for Families at Department for Education Susie Owen - Director and SRO for the Early Years Programme at Department for Education View calendar |
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Wednesday 15th May 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Whole of Government Accounts 2021-22 At 1:30pm: Oral evidence James Bowler CB - Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury Conrad Smewing - Director General, Public Spending at HM Treasury Andrew Cartner - Director, Public Spending at HM Treasury View calendar |
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Monday 3rd June 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK border: Implementing an effective trade border At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Jim Harra CB - First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive at HM Revenue and Customs Tom Smith - Director, Borders Group at Cabinet Office Tamara Finkelstein CB - Permanent Secretary at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sarah Homer - Director General for Portfolio Delivery at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar |
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Wednesday 5th June 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: NHS England’s modelling for the Long-Term Workforce Plan At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Sir Chris Wormald KCB - Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care Amanda Pritchard - Chief Executive at NHS England Julian Kelly - Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer at NHS England View calendar |
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Monday 10th June 2024 3:30 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: HMRC customer service At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Jim Harra CB - Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive at HM Revenue and Customs Angela MacDonald - Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary at HM Revenue and Customs Myrtle Lloyd - Director General, Customer Services at HM Revenue and Customs View calendar |
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Wednesday 22nd May 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Use of artificial intelligence in government At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Munby - Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology View calendar |
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Wednesday 12th June 2024 1 p.m. Public Accounts Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Update on reducing the backlog in Criminal Courts At 1:30pm: Oral evidence Antonia Romeo - Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Justice Jerome Glass - Director General, Policy and Strategy Group at Ministry of Justice Nick Goodwin - Chief Executive at HM Courts and Tribunals Service View calendar |
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19 Apr 2024
Boys’ attainment and engagement in education Education Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The Education Committee will examine boys’ educational attainment and engagement. The Committee will also assess how schools and the Department for Education have sought to improve the educational attainment and engagement of boys across all stages of education. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. You can submit evidence until 23:59 on Friday 17 May. Your submission should be no more than 3000 words. |