Helen Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staying put allowances in England; and whether he has plans to introduce a national minimum staying put allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in respect of SEND plans found in favour of the appellant in cases relating to the content of an EHC plan in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the First Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) regarding SEND plans found in favour of the appellant in cases against the refusal to secure an EHC assessment in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on specialist cystic fibrosis services of the rollout of Statutory Integrated Care Systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible children in the care system who have not yet been granted settled status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, if he will publish a breakdown of estimated funding provided through the Nuffield Early Language Intervent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, if he publish a breakdown of funding distributed via the Early Years Professional Development Programme in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, what proportion of children his Department estimates those interventions will reach.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, what criteria his Department will use to monitor the outcomes of the (a) Early Years Professional Developm...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the number of additional qualified level 3 special educational needs coordina...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for (a) parents and (b) guardians of people with disabilities to specialist advice on section 20 voluntary arrangements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for families to (a) preventative services and (b) support before children enter the care system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to ensure referrals from schools to children’s social care services are responded to (a) appropriately and (b) promptly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to early years staff to help them understand, identify and support children with difficulties in speaking and understanding as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of whether children who are eligible for help with their speaking and understanding language are receiving targeted interventions under Departmental budgets beyond the early y...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) legal advice and (b) independent specialist advice after a non-emergency child protection enquiries is made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) financial support and (b) paid leave available to kinship carers compared to (i) foster carers and (ii) adoptive parents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the suitability of guidance for (a) education, (b) healthcare and (c) other public services on the needs of kinships carers and the children they care for.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to help enable access to family group conferences at an earlier stage in decision making on the future of a child.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Ofsted on (a) the adequacy of the performance of children's social care services in England and (b) steps to improve standards among those agencies.