Melanie Onn MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 47692 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will to publish the data on therapy service costs by region.
Answer: The data requested is in the table below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by region*: RegionTotal application value less than £3,000 Total application value between £3,000 and £5,000East Mi...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded where (a) local authorities and (b) regional adoption agencies were required to match-fund the application due to an exce
Answer: The available information is detailed in the tables below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by placement type:Placement typeLess than £3,000Between £3,000 and £5,000i. Adoption (Domestic and...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded for specialist assessments of children in the financial year 2024–25.
Answer: The available information is detailed in the tables below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by placement type:Placement typeLess than £3,000Between £3,000 and £5,000i. Adoption (Domestic and...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were awarded for therapy support costing (a) less than £3,000 per year per child and (b) between £3,000 and £5,000 per year per child
Answer: The available information is detailed in the tables below.Number of applications* approved in the 2024/25 financial year with therapy service costs totalled by placement type:Placement typeLess than £3,000Between £3,000 and £5,000i. Adoption (Domestic and...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Family HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of family hubs on early (a) intervention and (b) support for families and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Answer: In November 2023, the government published the ‘Evaluation of family hubs’ report, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-family-hubs. Five local authorities were involved in the project with all research activit...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of demand for SEND provision in schools to help support the transition of pupils with special educational needs from primary to secondary school.
Answer: Successful transitions must be well-planned. Poor support for and around transitions was a clear theme in the issues raised when the previous government consulted on the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision Green Pap...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis of and (b) training for foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in schools.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.All teachers are teachers of pupils with SEND, and the depart...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including criteria for evaluating the inclusivity of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision in schools within Ofsted inspec
Answer: Criteria for evaluating inclusivity in mainstream, special and alternative provision schools are a key part of the proposals set out in the consultation ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’, which runs until 28 April 2025.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the (a) criteria and (b) number of students needed for a school to have a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator position.
Answer: All mainstream schools, including academies and free schools, must have a special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO). The SENCO must be a qualified teacher, or the head teacher, working at the school.SENCOs play a vital role in setting the direction f...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that every school has a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).
Answer: All mainstream schools, including academies and free schools, must have a special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO). The SENCO must be a qualified teacher, or the head teacher, working at the school.SENCOs play a vital role in setting the direction f...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that special guardianship and kinship carers receive adequate financial support.
Answer: The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. Kinship carers often take on this role at a time when they were least expecting to raise a family and we recognise the challenges the...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care and Foster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children that were looked after in (a) relative and
Answer: The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separatel...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children were looked after in (a) relative and (b) f
Answer: The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separatel...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoptions, last updated 14 November 2024, how many children were looked after in a (a) relative and (b)
Answer: The latest figures on children looked after who were cared for in a relative or friend foster placement by age, gender and ethnicity and at local authority level are shown in the attached tables. The department does not hold the data broken down separatel...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to take forward the commitments in the Championing kinship care: national kinship care strategy, published on 15 December 2023.
Answer: This department recognises the valuable and important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children.The department is determined to give every child the opportunities they deserve, and kinship carers play a crucial role ...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the educational benefits of state maintained nurseries.
Answer: High quality early education has a profound impact on child development, and it particularly benefits disadvantaged children. The government recognises that maintained nursery schools contribute to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged chi...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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