Education Select Committee Evidence
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Education Select Committee evidence October 2020 Contents 1. Organogram .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 2. Data requests made for 2019/20 and outcomes .......................................................................................................... 3 3. Visits using powers ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 4. Help at Hand: The Children’s Commissioner’s advice, assistance and representation service .................................... 8 5a. Children’s guide to coronavirus .................................................................................................................................. 9 5b. Back to school guide ................................................................................................................................................. 12 6. List of publications between April 2019 and September 2020 ................................................................................... 13 7. Impact ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 8. Media coverage between June 2019 and September 2020 ....................................................................................... 18 1 1. Organogram Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield Executive Assistant to Private Secretary Senior Management Team Head of Business Director of Strategy and Director of Evidence Services Policy Haroon Chowdry Head of Head of Policy and Head of Stats and Data Communications and Head of Finance Advocacy Collection External Affairs Senior Public Affairs and Senior Public Affairs and Business Support Head of News Senior Digital Officer Digital Officer Head of Data Science Policy Analyst Policy Analyst Assistant Senior Quantitative Business Support Policy and Advocacy Children's Writer Policy Officer Analyst Advisor (HR) Assistant Business Support Advisor (Audit, Head of Public Affairs Head of Advocacy Data Analyst Finanance and Producrement) Business Administration Senior Child Rights Senior Child Rights Senior Social Researcher Investigative Researcher Public Affairs Officer Apprentice Advisor Advisor Vacancy 2 2. Data requests made for 2019/20 and outcomes Between 1 May 2019 and 30 September 2020 The Children’s Commissioner gathers data in a number of ways: Data requests from public bodies (we assess all potential data requests to ensure they are addressing substantial issues that cannot be met using existing data) Use of existing data sources and newly linked administrative data to provide a rounded picture of trends and issues in the welfare and well-being of children. Review Purpose To whom Number Year Output/Impact of requests Stability Index To update the Stability Index DfE 1 2019 The data collection 2020 with data on school and from local authorities placement moves. was suspended in April To update the Stability Index All local 1 2019 2020 to minimise the with data on social worker authorities burden on LAs during changes. (LAs) Covid-19. The 2020 Stability Index report will be published in Autumn 2020 using only centrally collected DfE data. Vulnerability To provide updated estimates All N/A 2019 Local area vulnerability Framework of the numbers of vulnerable published profiles published in 2020 children at the local authority sources April 2020 level under ‘local area CHLDRN interactive vulnerability profiles’. web application also now live and regularly being updated To use the Family Resources DWP 1 2020 Estimates to be Survey to generate local published Autumn authority level estimates of 2020. CCO’s previously calculated aggregate number of children in families with complex needs Mental Health To provide updated analysis of NHS 1 2019 Report published in Briefing how much is being spent on England January 2020 CAMHS services locally and NHS Digital 1 2019 nationally, as well as variations in waiting times for these services and the numbers of children accessing them Elective Home To gather numbers of children All local 1 2019 Report completed in Education withdrawn from school into authorities February 2020. Elective Home Education Publication held back (EHE), for each school in because of Covid-19. England in order to produce a Data included at LA comprehensive estimate of level as part of CHLDRN the scale of the practice and app identify which schools are most engaged 3 Review Purpose To whom Number Year Output/Impact of requests Early Years To collect local data on the All local 1 2019 Report published Green Paper numbers of 2 ½ year checks authorities Summer 2020 being carried out, understand how well local areas are working in partnership and whether needs are being assessed and supported adequately. Unregulated Following reports of children All local 1 2019 Report published accommodation in care being placed in authorities September 2020 for looked after temporary accommodation children such as caravan parks and boats this data request collected information on specific types of accommodation being used for semi-independent and independent placements for looked after children aged 16- 17. Education Addition of the Individualised DfE 1 2019/20 Used as part of Learner Record (ILR) datasets unregulated to data received from DfE to placements report understand education though data quality outcomes for young people issues meant it was not entering apprenticeships and used as part of the final inform our education publication research. Gangs briefing Understanding how local All local 1 2019/20 Report delayed by authority public health teams authorities Covid-19 crisis, planned manage issues of youth publication autumn violence through the Joint 2020. Strategic Needs Assessment and spending on preventative and intervention measures. To understand the numbers of Public 1 2019 Data published as part young people in treatment for Health of local area substance misuse and how England vulnerability profiles this has changed over time at the local level. Children in To understand the numbers of NHS 1 2020 Data provided – to be CAMHS children in inpatient CAMHS England used for Who are they, settings and their progression where are they? 2020 through treatment and report due to be discharge. published Autumn 2020 Routes to To understand the number of Home Office 1 2019 Report delayed by citizenship children applying for Covid-19 crisis citizenship under different routes, how many are refused and for what reasons. 4 Review Purpose To whom Number Year Output/Impact of requests Impact of To understand how regimes in YCS 1 2020 Report published and Covid-19 on YOIs and STCs have changed updated information youth justice during the Covid-19 crisis. In provided to Justice settings particular exploring time out Select Committee of cell, availability of education and ability to communicate with family/friends. Impact of Rapid data collection with Early years 1 2020 Briefing published May Covid-19 on nurseries and childminders to settings 2020 Early Years understand how they have Settings operated since the 23rd March and the impact that Covid-19 has had on the setting, children and staff. Children’s Collection of the Mental NHS Digital 1 2020 Data to be provided by mental health Health of Children and Young Spring 2021 People (MHCYP) 2017 survey data from NHS Digital to conduct research into the relationships between mental health, socio-economic characteristics, behaviour and outcomes. Numbers of Collection from NHS England NHS 1 2020 Data for internal review children in Tier of the weekly situation reports England to inform 4 CAMHS (SitRep) from Tier 4 CAMHS understanding of issues units to understand how many children have experienced the Covid crisis in these settings. School To analyse and report on rates DfE 1 2020 Data provided – to attendance of school attendance during inform ongoing during Covid-19 Covid-19 by school and by monitoring of the lockdown types of pupil, in order to impact of Covid-19 on inform local analysis and school attendance engagement with local areas Under 18’s with To inform the 2020 ‘Who are NHS Digital 1 2020 Data provided – report learning they, where are they’ to be published disabilities in (WATWAT) report of the Autumn 2020 inpatient numbers of children in secure mental health settings. settings Mental health To provide updated analysis of NHS 1 2020 Data requested – briefing how much is being spent on England report to be published CAMHS services locally and NHS Digital Winter 2020 nationally, as well as variations in waiting times for these services and the numbers of children accessing them 5 Review Purpose To whom Number Year Output/Impact of requests Child poverty Using the Understanding UK Data N/A 2020 Series of blogs Society (USoc) survey waves Archive published [Blog 1, Blog administered during the 2] Analysis included in coronavirus crisis to upcoming Coronavirus understand the impact of the summary report coronavirus crisis on children and poverty. Laptop scheme Collected data from DfE on DfE 1 2020 Brief published the numbers of laptops and internet ‘dongles’ allocated to vulnerable children and schools under the scheme to support vulnerable children with home schooling Homeless Data on the number of 15 local 1 2020 Report published families families with children authorities