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Select: Questions in parliament about home education funding Lone parents Income Support : Consultation Documents Available on May 14th Report of EO Lone Parent meeting with DWP Head of Parents Employment Division Probable Short-Run Consultation on Draft Regulations for Lone Parents on Jobseeker's AllowanceSecretary of State Jim Knight says Government Has Made No Estimate of Home Ed Numbers Press Release: Lack of Appropriate Childcare Leaves Children Home AloneIsle of Man Propose Compulsory Registration and Assessment of HE Children Lone parents on Income Support : EO Meet with DWP Minister Jim Knight Answers Question About Number of Home Educators' GCSEsQuestion in Parliament Tuesday 25th March: Number of Home Ed Children Getting GCSEsNew Lone Parent Page with Updated Links Second Round of DCSF Regional Events March 8th 2008 Schools Minister says No Intention to Collect Numbers on Home EducationUpdate on Access to Exam Centres in Independent SchoolsEducation Otherwise Meeting with DCSF Children Missing Education Team on Tuesday 1st April Tory Shadow Minister for Schools: Parliamentary Question about Numbers of Home Educated Children Exam-type conditions for GCSE coursework? EO to meet with QCA on Friday 4th AprilNew Sample Letters to the CEO of JobCentre Plus and to Constituency MP Charities Commission Consultation Launched Today on Public Benefit for Education CharitiesLone Parents Jobseekers Allowance: Contact the CEO of JobCentre PlusLone Parents Welfare Reform ; Please Write to Your MP Work & Pensions Committee Report on Child Poverty Recommends Flexible Approach to Welfare ReformChanges to GCSE Coursework Arrangements: EO to Meet with QCAMinisterial Speeches Due Today (from Health, Work & Pensions) About Welfare ReformLast Chance To Tell Department for Innovations How They Can Learn From Home EducatorsListen Again To Radio 4 Home Education Friday PM Home Education on Radio 4 TodayExperts Say the Government Has Much To Learn From Alternative Education, Including Home EducationThe Primary Review: will home education be in the news ? New Facility to Sign Up for Email Notification When the Campaign Site is UpdatedContactpoint Petition: the Downing Street Response/Where Do We Go From Here? View all...Tuesday 13 MayQuestions in parliament about home education funding Yesterday in parliament the Secretary of State for Schools was asked which authorities in England provide funds for home education. Home Education: Finance Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local education authorities in England provide funds for home education. [204696] Jim Knight: The Department does not collect information from local authorities specifically on the funding which they provide for home education. However, included in the following table is how much local authorities in England budgeted to spend on education otherwise than at school and PRU during 12 May 2008: Column 1416W the 2007-08 financial year. The Department is currently collecting the financial information for 2008-09. There then follows in Hansard an alphabetical list of local authorities in England.printer friendly version tell a friendThursday 8 MayLone parents Income Support : Consultation Documents Available on May 14th The Government intends that lone parents on Income Support should be moved to Jobseeker's Allowance when the youngest child is 7. This will be introduced in stages from the end of 2008, initially when the youngest child is 12 by November 2008, decreasing to 7 by November 2010. The Department of Work and Pensions yesterday formally referred new draft regulations on Income Support entitlement and the new Jobseeker's Allowance regime to the Government's Social Security Advisory Committee. This is the last stage of the process before new regulations are debated and voted in parliament by the summer recess on July 22nd. Education Otherwise is currently speaking to the Social Security Advisory Committee and to the Head of the Parent Employment Division at the Department of Work and Pensions. Education Otherwise has also written to Minister Stephen Timms urging the Minister to add home educating lone parents to the category of claimants who will be entitled to remain on Income Support because of additional caring responsibilities. EO has just learned that SSAC requested additional information to support the draft regulations. Consultation documents will be posted on the SSAC website some time around May 14th. The Department of Work and Pensions will shortly be issuing a Press Release on this subject which we will flag up here. Education Otherwise Campaign Site will publish more news about this as soon as it becomes available. You can find background information here and you can also to receive an email whenever the campaign site is updated. printer friendly version tell a friendThursday 1 MayReport of EO Lone Parent meeting with DWP Head of Parents Employment Division On Tuesday April 29th members of Education Otherwise Government Policy Group met with Alison Durbin of the DWP to find out the timescale for moving lone parents from Income Support onto Jobseeker's Allowance. You can read more about the meeting here.printer friendly version tell a friendWednesday 30 AprilProbable Short-Run Consultation on Draft Regulations for Lone Parents on Jobseeker's AllowanceThe Department of Work and Pensions expects draft regulations for welfare reform to be presented to the next meeting of the Social Security Advisory Committee on May 7th. At this point it has been confirmed that there are no regulatory exemptions planned for home educating lone parents. However, it is highly likely that SSAC will consult with stakeholders and interested parties on the draft welfare reform regulations. Home educators should be aware that the consultation needs to be swiftly concluded in order to give time for SSAC to send a report and recommendations to Ministers. There will also have to be a debate scheduled in parliament before the parliamentary recess which begins on July 22nd. SSAC meeting minutes are not posted until 2 months after the meetings. It is therefore very important to keep abreast of the consultations page of the SSAC website. Education Otherwise campaign site will also post any further information about a consultation as soon as possible. You can sign up here for email notification of updates to the campaign site. EO Government Policy Group also had a 2 hour meeting yesterday with the Chair of the Department of Work and Pensions division overseeing the welfare reform programme. A report of the meeting will be posted here shortly. printer friendly version tell a friendThursday 24 AprilSecretary of State Jim Knight says Government Has Made No Estimate of Home Ed Numbers Michael Gove: "To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of children under the age of 16 years who were home educated in each year since 1997." Jim Knight, written answer 23rd April 2008: "We have made no estimate of the numbers of children under the age of 16 who were home educated in each of the years since 1997." Hansard reference here. printer friendly version tell a friendView all...
Home Education: Finance Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local education authorities in England provide funds for home education. [204696] Jim Knight: The Department does not collect information from local authorities specifically on the funding which they provide for home education. However, included in the following table is how much local authorities in England budgeted to spend on education otherwise than at school and PRU during 12 May 2008: Column 1416W the 2007-08 financial year. The Department is currently collecting the financial information for 2008-09.
Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local education authorities in England provide funds for home education. [204696] Jim Knight: The Department does not collect information from local authorities specifically on the funding which they provide for home education. However, included in the following table is how much local authorities in England budgeted to spend on education otherwise than at school and PRU during 12 May 2008: Column 1416W the 2007-08 financial year. The Department is currently collecting the financial information for 2008-09.
The Department of Work and Pensions yesterday formally referred new draft regulations on Income Support entitlement and the new Jobseeker's Allowance regime to the Government's Social Security Advisory Committee. This is the last stage of the process before new regulations are debated and voted in parliament by the summer recess on July 22nd.
Education Otherwise is currently speaking to the Social Security Advisory Committee and to the Head of the Parent Employment Division at the Department of Work and Pensions. Education Otherwise has also written to Minister Stephen Timms urging the Minister to add home educating lone parents to the category of claimants who will be entitled to remain on Income Support because of additional caring responsibilities.
EO has just learned that SSAC requested additional information to support the draft regulations. Consultation documents will be posted on the SSAC website some time around May 14th. The Department of Work and Pensions will shortly be issuing a Press Release on this subject which we will flag up here.
Education Otherwise Campaign Site will publish more news about this as soon as it becomes available. You can find background information here and you can also to receive an email whenever the campaign site is updated. printer friendly version tell a friendThursday 1 MayReport of EO Lone Parent meeting with DWP Head of Parents Employment Division On Tuesday April 29th members of Education Otherwise Government Policy Group met with Alison Durbin of the DWP to find out the timescale for moving lone parents from Income Support onto Jobseeker's Allowance.
You can read more about the meeting here.printer friendly version tell a friendWednesday 30 AprilProbable Short-Run Consultation on Draft Regulations for Lone Parents on Jobseeker's AllowanceThe Department of Work and Pensions expects draft regulations for welfare reform to be presented to the next meeting of the Social Security Advisory Committee on May 7th.
At this point it has been confirmed that there are no regulatory exemptions planned for home educating lone parents.
However, it is highly likely that SSAC will consult with stakeholders and interested parties on the draft welfare reform regulations. Home educators should be aware that the consultation needs to be swiftly concluded in order to give time for SSAC to send a report and recommendations to Ministers. There will also have to be a debate scheduled in parliament before the parliamentary recess which begins on July 22nd.
SSAC meeting minutes are not posted until 2 months after the meetings. It is therefore very important to keep abreast of the consultations page of the SSAC website.
Education Otherwise campaign site will also post any further information about a consultation as soon as possible. You can sign up here for email notification of updates to the campaign site.
EO Government Policy Group also had a 2 hour meeting yesterday with the Chair of the Department of Work and Pensions division overseeing the welfare reform programme. A report of the meeting will be posted here shortly. printer friendly version tell a friendThursday 24 AprilSecretary of State Jim Knight says Government Has Made No Estimate of Home Ed Numbers Michael Gove:
"To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of children under the age of 16 years who were home educated in each year since 1997."
"We have made no estimate of the numbers of children under the age of 16 who were home educated in each of the years since 1997."
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