House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 21 May 2009 (pt 0019)

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Children, Schools and Families

Adoption: Greater London

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local authorities have received Government funding for adoption target levels in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available; and how much Government funding was granted in each such year. [274811]

Beverley Hughes: A total of £970,547.40 has been claimed to date against the three year local public sector agreement (LPSA) adoption targets agreed by the then Department for Education and Skills and local authorities that ended in 2007-08. Since LPSA Performance Reward Grant (PRG) is claimed and paid in two instalments, to date half of this amount has been paid, with the remainder due in 2009-10.

Local authority	Total PRG paid (£)
East Riding of York	328,409.38
Hammersmith and Fulham	489,810.42
Lewisham	152,327.60
Total	970,547.40

For funding prior to 2007-08, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 3 September 2007, Official Report, column 1702W.

Children: Care homes

Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effect on provision of welfare beds in secure children's homes of the decision of the Youth Justice Board to reduce the number of justice beds in such homes. [274995]

Beverley Hughes: It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess the need for, and availability of, welfare beds in secure children's homes as part of their duty to ensure that there is sufficient children's home provision. Local authorities can obtain support in this role from the DCSF Commissioning Support Programme which will offer Children's Trusts bespoke support based on their needs and focus on key areas of concern.

It is likely that following the Youth Justice Board's decision some homes may decide to close. However, the effect on the overall provision of welfare beds will depend upon the decisions made by the providers of the remaining homes about the number of welfare beds they wish to provide, taking into account likely demand
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from local authorities. DCSF is working closely with the YJB and the providers of the homes to monitor future developments and the YJB has made funding available to support those homes who lost contracts to help them develop sustainable provision of welfare beds.

Children: Day Care

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many out-of-school and
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holiday play scheme places were available for children aged (a) four and under, (b) five to 11 and (c) 11 years and over in each London local authority in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08. [276182]

Beverley Hughes: Information is not available specifically for the age groups requested. Available information on children aged under eight is shown in the following table.

Number^{( 1)} of registered out of school and holiday scheme child care places for children under eight years of age: Position at 31 March each year
	Out of school clubs		Holiday schemes
Local authority area	1997^{( 2)}	2008^{( 3)}	1997^{( 2)}	2008^{( 3,4)}
Inner London				⁽⁶⁾—
Camden	⁽⁵⁾—	1,800	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
City of London	70	100	70	⁽⁶⁾—
Hackney	1,100	2,700	2,300	⁽⁶⁾—
Hammersmith and Fulham	⁽⁵⁾—	800	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Haringey	200	1,800	1,300	⁽⁶⁾—
Islington	1,100	1,600	1,500	⁽⁶⁾—
Kensington and Chelsea	700	1,500	3,100	⁽⁶⁾—
Lambeth	⁽⁵⁾—	2,100	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Lewisham	1,000	2,200	1,000	⁽⁶⁾—
Newham	200	1,500	1,200	⁽⁶⁾—
Southwark	2,100	4,100	2,300	⁽⁶⁾—
Tower Hamlets	⁽⁵⁾—	1,600	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Wandsworth	1,000	3,500	3,500	⁽⁶⁾—
Westminster	700	1,000	3,000	⁽⁶⁾—

Outer London
Barking and Dagenham	200	800	1,200	⁽⁶⁾—
Barnet	300	2,500	2,900	⁽⁶⁾—
Bexley	200	1,000	500	⁽⁶⁾—
Brent	300	1,400	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Bromley	300	2,400	1,100	⁽⁶⁾—
Croydon	700	3,500	700	⁽⁶⁾—
Ealing	500	2,200	400	⁽⁶⁾—
Enfield	300	2,000	700	⁽⁶⁾—
Greenwich	200	2,800	200	⁽⁶⁾—
Harrow	200	1,500	1,100	⁽⁶⁾—
Havering	300	1,100	400	⁽⁶⁾—
Hillingdon	100	1,300	1,100	⁽⁶⁾—
Hounslow	600	1,300	2,200	⁽⁶⁾—
Kingston upon Thames	300	1,500	2,300	⁽⁶⁾—
Merton	300	1,900	3,500	⁽⁶⁾—
Redbridge	200	1,600	2,300	⁽⁶⁾—
Richmond Upon Thames	400	1,800	4,900	⁽⁶⁾—
Sutton	100	1,400	800	⁽⁶⁾—
Waltham Forest	⁽⁵⁾—	2,300	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
⁽¹⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. ⁽²⁾ Data Source: Children's Daycare Facilities Survey ⁽³⁾ Data Source: Ofsted ⁽⁴⁾ Ofsted do not collect information on holiday scheme childcare places. ⁽⁵⁾ Data not available. ⁽⁶⁾ Data not collected.

Children: Expenditure

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what pilot schemes his Department has initiated to assist families with children in each year since 2001; what the cost was of each such scheme; how many families were involved in each such scheme; what evaluation was undertaken in respect of each such scheme; and if he will make a statement. [276431]

Beverley Hughes: We have undertaken a wide range of pilots since 2001 which have added considerably to our understanding of what works to improve outcomes for families and children. The key pilots targeted specifically at families are listed in the following table.

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