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Tim Loughton: I have asked to reply. Local authorities have clearly defined duties and responsibilities for their care leavers. The Care Leavers (England) Regulations 2010 and guidance “Planning Transition for Adulthood for Care Leavers” requires local authorities to provide young people who turn 18 with appropriate leaving care support. This includes a regularly reviewed pathway plan and the...
Edward Timpson: ...admission arrangements so they have the chance to go to schools that best meet their needs. In 2014 we increased the pupil premium rate for looked-after children from £900 to £1900, and the role of Virtual School Heads (VSHs) became statutory. Local authorities have a duty under the Children Act 1989 to promote the educational achievement of children they look after wherever they are...
Theresa May: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. The Dearing report made a number of recommendations that cover various issues. Two key issues were the need to widen participation in and access to higher education, and funding in higher education. The Dearing report was not some fly-by-night, hastily put together report. It was the result of many months of careful research...
Edward Timpson: All care leavers receive support from a personal adviser until age 21; this extends to age 25 if a care leaver remains engaged in education or training. All care leavers also receive a leaving care grant to help with the costs of setting up home; and those attending further and higher education receive financial support to meet the costs associated with engaging in education in the form of...
Dai Havard: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 41—Duty to ensure sufficient support— ‘(1) It shall be the general duty of every local authority to take steps to ensure that, so far as reasonably practicable, a range and level of services are provided sufficient to improve the wellbeing of young carers who are ordinarily resident in their area. (2) The reference in...
Craig Whittaker: ...have been involved in this Bill, past and present, on many measures that appear to be a huge step forward. I look forward to monitoring its progress through to fruition. I want to discuss the role of the virtual school head teacher. Virtual school head teachers are a tried and tested method for improving the attainment of looked-after children. They have been shown to have a positive...
John Hutton: We all know by now that the Bill is all about improving the life chances of young people who have been in care. Of course, education is the best way to do that—helping them into jobs, careers and a fulfilling and productive role in society. Skills and knowledge are now the commanding heights of the new economy. We want looked-after children to have exactly the same opportunities to receive...
David Willetts: We have made no such assessment. As independent and autonomous institutions, further and higher education institutions are responsible for all matters relating to student conduct, including monitoring performance and attainment levels. Higher education is an adult environment. However, it is a long-established principle that universities have a duty of care to their students. This is also...
The Presiding Officer: The next question is, that amendment S5M-03190.2, in the name of Jeremy Balfour, which seeks to amend motion S5M-03190, in the name of Mark McDonald, on improving the care experience for looked-after children, be agreed to. Amendment agreed to. The next question is, that motion S5M-03190, in the name of Mark McDonald, on improving the care experience for looked-after...
Lord Lucas: My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. He has answered all the points I raised very satisfactorily. I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, spoke to his amendment as well. There are datasets that are not obvious but which can have a great effect on the way the sector progresses. If the sort of information he is suggesting is made public, there will be a trend...
Tim Farron: Of course students deserve high-quality education at university. They also deserve to be cared for during what is, for most of them, their first time away from home. Does the Secretary of State agree with me, and with the families of young people who have tragically taken their own lives at university, that higher education institutions should do more to look out for and protect those...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...for the opportunity to speak to this issue and I thank the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for raising it. Everyone who wants to and has the ability should be able to go to university, including care leavers. We know that care leavers face specific difficulties accessing and succeeding in higher education; universities take their responsibilities in this area very seriously and progress has...
Lord Nash: Good careers education and guidance should give all young people, including those with disabilities, access to the information they need to make informed decisions. That is why we are investing £90 million over this Parliament to improve careers provision for young people. Careers advice for pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND) should be based on high aspirations and...
Mr David Hinchliffe: I wish to present a petition bearing the signatures of 400 Wakefield people who are concerned at the discrimination against disabled students in higher education. The petition has been organised by my constituent, Mr. Tony Murray, who suffers from cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. He believes that the proposed Government Bill will not in any way address the discrimination that...
Lord Rix: Noble Lords will have noticed, no doubt, that Amendment 38 would place a duty to deliver the social care element of the forthcoming education, health and care plans, which gives me an excuse to indulge for a short time in a worry that has bothered me for more than 30 years. In the 1980s, I began to have discussions with civil servants, politicians and administrators, particularly at the old...
Baroness Wilcox of Newport: These amendments would place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that there is sufficient SEN training for teachers in further education so that there is support for students with special educational needs or disabilities that is of an equivalent standard to that for those with similar needs in higher education. The amendments would also ensure that there is sufficient SEN training for...
Edward Timpson: Local authorities have a duty under the Children Act 1989 to promote the educational achievement of the children they look after wherever they are placed. There remains a significant gap in educational outcomes of looked after children and care leavers compared to their peers. A big priority for the Government is therefore to ensure that looked after children and care leavers receive the...
James Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for higher education institutions to students aged 18 and over.
Rupa Huq: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for higher education institutions on student (a) mental health, (b) safety and (c) well-being.
Baroness Garden of Frognal: Universities have duties under the Equality Act 2010 to support disabled students in higher education, including those with mental health conditions. It is a long-established principle that universities have a duty of care to their students. This is also true for further education colleges where the age range of students is wider. Both types of institution will determine what welfare and...
